Teatro Central opens with a Rafael Alberti play

Teatro Central was designed for permanence. When Banco Central sponsored the project on the Isla de la Cartuja, it was intended to be a lasting home for opera, classical music, and avant-garde performance. The project was part of a program to fill the city with diverse performances during 1992, alongside other infrastructure like the Teatro de la Maestranza and the auditorio de la Cartuja.

Designed by Gerardo Ayala with a budget of 1,500 million pesetas, the project was one of the structures that saw the most delays for the Expo. From 27 February, a series of concerts with low capacity were held to test the facilities. The Expo took place between 20 April and 12 October, and on the same day of 20 April, the theater opened to the public with the work La Gallarda by Rafael Alberti.

From August until the beginning of October of 1992, a cycle of theater was held. The Centro Andaluz de Teatro brought the Hungarian director George Tabori to present a production during three days in October of that year. Today, the building is managed by the Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales.

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