Editing Teatro Colón (section)

===Refurbishment (2005–2010)===
In recent years, given the political and economic circumstances of Argentina, the Teatro Colón has suffered considerably, but a period of slow recovery began.  The theatre underwent massive phased remodelling of both interior and exterior, initially while the house was still open, but production activities ceased at the end of December 2006 to allow full refurbishment.

Initially, "what had been planned as an 18-month, $25-million renovation with 500 workers, scheduled for a May 2008 reopening with ''Aida'', became a three-year $100-million extravaganza with 1,500 workers including 130 professional architects and engineers."<ref name="Lynn">Lynn, p. 29</ref>  In addition, an exterior open-air stage was planned for an opening in 2011.<ref name="Lynn"/> In all, {{convert|60000|sqm|sqft|0}} underwent updating, both inside and out.

Some of the last performances immediately before closure of the theatre's building were  ''[[Swan Lake]]'' on 30 September with the Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón and the [[Buenos Aires Philharmonic]] (''Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/Programacion/Temporada2006/calendarios/septiembre06.htm|title=Official Schedule for September 2006|publisher=Teatro Colón|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717181220/http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/Programacion/Temporada2006/calendarios/septiembre06.htm|archive-date=17 July 2007}}</ref> and, on 28 October, the opera ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' was given featuring Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón and the house chorus.<ref name="Official Schedule for October 2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/Programacion/Temporada2006/calendarios/octubre06.htm|title=Official Schedule for October 2006|publisher=Teatro Colón|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613073547/http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/Programacion/Temporada2006/calendarios/octubre06.htm|archive-date=13 June 2007}}</ref>

The theatre's final performance before its closure for refurbishment works in 2005 was a concert on 1 November starring folklore singer [[Mercedes Sosa]] in performance with the [[Argentine National Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Pedro Ignacio Calderón]].

While it was originally planned to reopen in time for the centenary on 25 May 2008, delays prevented this, and the house was finally reopened with a gala concert and 3D animations on 24 May 2010, the eve of its own 102nd birthday and the [[Argentina Bicentennial]]. Tchaikovsky's ''[[Swan Lake]]'' and Act 2 of Puccini's ''[[La bohème]]'' were performed. A private concert to test the acoustics attended by employees, architects, and others involved in the renovation occurred on 6 May 2010.<ref>{{cite news|author=Daniel Fernández Quinti|title=Probaron que la acústica del Teatro Colón está intacta|publisher=Clarín (Buenos Aires)|date=7 May 2010|url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/probaron-acustica-teatro-colon-intacta_0_rkJG7_806Fx.html|access-date=5 July 2010|language=es}}</ref> On the 6 September 2013, the Teatro Colón hosted the Opening Ceremony of the [[125th IOC Session|125th Session of the International Olympic Committee.]]