History
In 1843, under the consulate Don Carlos Antonio López and Mariano Roque Alonso, is built the first building to Theatre, Leading the dynamism that was gaining cultural activity in the country.
In 1844 hall was completed for meetings and was inaugurated, and it served as the headquarters for the Congress.
Convinced of the need for open spaces for the various cultural expressions, Carlos Antonio López order converts Theatre in this space, what happens in 1855, Congress being moved to the new Cabildo.
That same year, the president of the Republic, Don Carlos Antonio López, instructed the Spanish journalist and playwright, Ildefonso Antonio Bermejo, opening a theater in Asuncion, and the building of the First National Congress, which was opened on November 4, 1855.
Subsequently Ildefonso A. Bermejo charted plans and built the building, which once completed construction would be the seat of Theatre.
In 1886: Catalan businessman Baudillo Alió won the award of the old coliseum and the land of freedom to lift the square where a new National Theatre and then began the construction of the "National Theatre", which culminated in 1889.
The inauguration took place on July 21, 1889] with the introduction of the Company Orchestra, La Estudiantina Española Figaro, with repertoire of Verdi, Schubert, Flotow and others.
In 1894: La obra de Alió, an extension of the theater Bermejo, remained in the hands of society, were introduced boxes and beautiful courtyards with gardens, the billboard shows went renewing and life of the first coliseum of Assumption drew attention of friends and strangers.
The scenario is reserved for major domestic and foreign companies.
In 1939 it was transferred to the domain of the Municipality of Asuncion, becoming municipal theater.
For the chamber of "Primer Coliseo" of Asuncion, became renowned foreign companies and national opera, operetta, zarzuela and theater.
The Municipal Theatre, this symbolic space was closed in 1995 because of advanced deterioration and even the collapse of certain sectors. In June 1997 in collaboration with the Spanish Cooperation Agency and School of Asuncion started the restoration work.
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