The Colón, one of the most prestigious theaters in the world, will announce its programming for next year in the first days of December.
“Having recovered Julio Bocca For me it is an infinite pride,” he said. Macritogether with the Minister of Culture of Buenos Aires, Gabriela Ricardes. “That he has the chance to be where he needs to be fills me with emotion, because it is true, his story did not end as it should have ended, and today we show that it did not end, that he has so much to give and this theater still has so much to challenge him.” ”.
Jorge Macri presented the new authorities of the Teatro Colón
Julio Bocca, the former dancer and teacher, is the Director of the Ballet; Gerardo Grieco, Uruguayan cultural manager with more than thirty years of career who managed to take the Solís Theater of Montevideo to the top of culture, occupies the General Directorate, and the Chilean Andes Rodríguez, former artistic director of the prestigious Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile, he is the Opera Director.
Boca He expressed: “I have a lot to give back to the theater, and the theater has a lot to give back to me. I need all the people who are going to work with me to control my dreams. My idea is for ballet to travel the world, for it to be one of the best companies in the top ten.”
It was a celebration of art, with more than 1,500 guests, where ambassadors, businessmen and institutions, subscribers, the Theater staff, the Cabinet and Buenos Aires officials, entertainment figures and more than one hundred journalists were present.
Ricardos He maintained: “This wonderful management team is going to build that bridge between the past and the future that is to come, taking care of what we have, being the center of great productions, but also taking care of our talent.”
In turn, the new general director expressed: “For us it is a change in management model and it is not a simple change of people in the management of a theater. We will try to rescue the essence of this theater, the dream of the founders to be on par with the great capitals of the world. It is a world theater, the best in the world and today we are aware that we have the obligation to redefine that dream of the founders.”
The teacher Marconi and the Camerata Bariloche performed compositions by Astor Piazzolla (Milonga del Ángel, Muerte del Ángel and Adiós Nonino) and then the Camerata, the Divertimento II K. 137, in B flat major, from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartand Symphony No. 10 in B minor, by Felix Mendelssohn.
Among other international figures that make up the new team of directors of the Colón, the following stand out: Zoe Zeniodithe artistic director of “El Sistema” in Greece and former artistic director of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. She was selected by the Dallas Opera for the residency of the Institute of Women Conductors and is now Principal Director of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic. AND Beatrice Venezithe young conductor, one of the most appreciated in Italy, will be the new Guest Conductor.
And the new opera director, Andres Rodriguezsaid: “I am infinitely honored to be able to contribute as much as possible to this immense collective work that rightly makes Argentina proud. “I will put at the service of the Teatro Colón all the experience gathered throughout my 34 years of management at the Municipal Theater of Santiago.”
The renovation at the Teatro Colón has as priorities the local and global recovery of the artistic offer, the promotion of access for all audiences, and also developing a management system that achieves a sustainable theater. The theater was inaugurated in 1908 and completely restored in 2010.
As Music Director they introduced Gustavo Mozzi; Executive Director Thelma Vivoni; Opera Studio Director Veronica Cangemi; Director of the Colón Theater Choir Miguel Martínez; Stage Director Enrique Bordolini; Production Director: Marcela La Salvia, Director of CETC and Contemporary: Martin Bauer and Director of the Higher Institute of Art Marcelo Birman.
Source: Ambito
