Editing Teatro Colón (section)

===Characteristics===
The theatre is bounded by the wide [[9 de Julio Avenue]] (technically Cerrito Street), Libertad Street (the main entrance), Arturo Toscanini Street, and Tucumán Street.<ref>[http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/history.htm History of the Colón Theatre (in English)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517070546/http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/history.htm |date=2008-05-17 }}</ref> It is in the heart of the city on a site once occupied by [[Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires|Ferrocarril Oeste]]'s ''Plaza Parque'' station.

The auditorium is horseshoe-shaped, has 2,487 seats (slightly more than the [[Royal Opera House]] in [[Covent Garden]], London), standing room for 1,000 and a stage which is 20 m wide, 15 m high and 20 m deep.<ref>[http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/inicio.htm Official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513191520/http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/inicio.htm |date=2008-05-13 }}</ref> The low-rise building has 6 floors above ground and 3 below ground, 7 elevators with a facade of applied masonry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/240774/teatro-colon-buenos-aires-argentina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103055655/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/240774/teatro-colon-buenos-aires-argentina |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 January 2019 |title=Teatro Colón|website=Emporis|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> It has a large central chandelier with 700 light bulbs. The original architect was the [[Italy|Italian]] Francesco Tamburini; after his death it was completed by the [[Belgium|Belgian]] architect [[Julio Dormal]]. The original auditorium "had eight boxes with metal grilles and a separate entrance, so that those in mourning could still attend performances, but remain dignifiedly sequestered from public view".<ref name=architecturalreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.architectural-review.com/rethink/buenos-aires-argentina-the-teatro-coln-opera-house-in-buenos-aires-is-finally-restored-to-its-luscious-former-glory/8604803.article|title=Buenos Aires, Argentina − The Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires is finally restored to its luscious former glory|last=Slessor|first=Catherine|date=23 August 2010|publisher=The Architectural Review|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>

The Colon's [[acoustics]] are considered to be so good as to place it in the top five performance venues in the world.<ref name="Long">Long, Marshall, [http://mlacoustics.com/PDF/Shoebox.pdf "What is So Special About Shoebox Halls?  Envelopment, Envelopment, Envelopment"], ''Acoustics Today'', April 2009, pp.21–25.</ref> [[Luciano Pavarotti]] held a similar opinion.<ref>Luciano Pavarotti's reaction to the acoustics in Lynn, p.30: The theatre's "acoustics (have) the greatest defect: its acoustics are perfect! Imagine what this signifies for the singer: if one sings something bad, one notices immediately"</ref>