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Teatro Colon 2025 Season


The prestigious TEATRO COLON OF BUENOS AIRES, one of the most important Opera Houses in the world, has announced the program for its 2025 SEASON.

The opening and closing of the Philharmonic Orchestra season will be with open air concerts, starting on March 8th at Puente de la Mujer.


OPERA

The 2025 Opera season, directed by Andrés Rodríguez, will feature seven titles. It will start on March 9th with Verdi’s Aida, in Roberto Oswald’s historic 1996 staging. 
Il Trittico (Il Tabarro / Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi) by Puccini, in a production by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, will go up in May with stage direction by Pier Francesco and Musical direction by Beatrice Venezi.
Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten promises to be one of the most resonant titles of the season. This is an Argentine premiere, produced by Teatro Colón, with Marcelo Lombardero in charge of the stage direction. It will be presented in July, with musical direction by Erik Nielsen.
Werther is also a new production at the Theatre. Jules Massenet's play will be directed by Rubén Szuchmacher and musically by Ramón Tebar (August/September).
In September, Vincenzo Bellini's I Puritani will be performed in concert version , with musical direction by Maurizio Benini.
After 26 years, Salomé returns to Teatro Colón with its own production. The Richard Strauss opera will be directed by Philippe Auguin and directed by Bárbara Lluch.
La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi will close the season in November, with a stage set by Emilio Sagi and musical direction by Daniel Oren.

BALLET

The Teatro Colón Ballet, under the direction of Julio Bocca, will present five titles in 2025. The season will open in April with Bizet’s Carmen, choreographed by Marcia Haydée, followed by a mixed program (Paquita, Por vos muero, and Chacona). Other highlights include Minkus’ Don Quixote with choreography by Silvia Bazilis and Raúl Candal, Tchaikovsky’s Onegin by John Cranko, and a season finale with The Nutcracker, choreographed by Silvia Bazilis.
In August, an International Gala celebrating the Ballet’s 100th anniversary will feature prominent guest artists.

CONCERTS

The Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra (OFBA) will present its traditional concert series with 18 concerts in 2025. This season features distinguished international soloists and conductors, including Baldur Brönimann, Khaki Solomnishvili, Maurizio Benini, Tito Ceccherini, Srba Dinic, Perry So, James Judd, and the orchestra’s new principal conductor, Zoe Zeniodi.
Verónica Cangemi will lead the first Latin American Opera Studio, a program designed to foster the training of young opera artists and launch their international careers.

The full 2025 Season's program (in Spanish only) can be downloaded through this link.

TICKETS:
Individual tickets for all the 2025 performances on sale through the theater's website, or at the box office: Tucuman 1171, every day from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (except May 1st, December 24, 25, 31, and January 1st).

For more information and tickets, visit Teatro Colón official website.
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Teatro Colon Guided Tours


After more than two years being suspended because of the pandemic, the guided tours to the interior of the magnificent Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires start running again on April 21st, 2022.

The tours are held every day of the year, including weekends and holidays (except May 1st, December 24th, 25th and 31st, and January 1st).
The guided visits have a duration of approximately 50 minutes, starting at Paseo de los Carruajes, on Tucuman 1171.
Tours are offered every 15 minutes from 10:00 AM to 4.45 PM. 
Guided visits in English are conducted every day at 10:00 AM, 11.00 AM, 12.00PM, 1:30 PM, 3.00 PM, and 4:00 PM.

The visit has a cost of $ 22,000 Argentine Pesos for foreign visitors.
Argentine residents (with DNI): $10,000 Pesos
Retirees, resident university students (1) and Cultural Pass: $4,500 Pesos
Children under 7 years old (2): Free of charge
People with a disability certificate and one companion (3): Free of charge

1. Tickets corresponding to the “Retirees” and “Students” rates may be purchased by credit or debit card only at the Teatro Colón Ticket Office upon presentation of official documentation proving that status.

2. Tickets for minors, free of charge, must be exchanged for the same method in which the paid tickets were purchased (website or in-person ticket office).

3. Discounts are only applied to the Ticket Office upon presentation of the corresponding credential or certificate.

The entrance ticket can be acquired at the Theater's box office (Tucuman 1171), with credit card, debit card, or cash (Pesos), or online through this link.

For more information, visit the Teatro Colon website,
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Mataderos Fair - A showcase of Argentine traditions


Since 1986, the Fair of Crafts and Popular Argentinian Traditions, better known as the Mataderos Fair (Feria de Mataderos), is open to the public on Sundays and National Holidays from 11 am to 7 pm in its winter schedule from March through December.

At the Mataderos Fair visitors can enjoy more than 500 traditional craft stalls from around the country and about 40 stalls of local products and food characteristic of our country: locro, humita, empanadas, tamales, asado, "choripan", tortas fritas.

As usual, gaucho skills as the Corrida de Sortijas, the traditional game of Pato (horse ball) are held every Sunday afternoon, as well as traditional parades of floats, the Gauchos Parades, and recreational activities for the whole family, like the Children's Film Club, and over 15 free workshops: Folk dance, Loom, Guitar, Charango, Sikus, Tango, wood carving, Quichua Language, Basketry, Ceramics, etc.

During the year many renowned artists are presented in the main stage, as well as folk music and dance groups that always accompany the Fair, many of which travel specially from various provinces of our country to be at the Fair, a wonderful opportunity to showcase their music.

Throughout the year several special events are held, with a prominent priority for National Holidays: May 25th (May Revolution), July 9th (Independence Day), October 12th  (Reaffirmation of the rights of indigenous peoples), November 10th  (Tradition Day), and in the month of June the celebration of the Mataderos Fair's birthday.




Feria de Mataderos. 
Location: Av. Lisandro de la Torre and Avenida de los Corrales
Opening Hours: Sundays and National Holidays, 11 am to 7 pm.
Closed in case of rain
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