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Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias

Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias

Sé · Funchal

Funchal, Madeira

32°38′49″ N16°54′41″ W Google Maps

The Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias is a theatre in Funchal, built on part of the former Convento de São Francisco site and first named after Queen Maria Pia. Dr Manuel Passos de Freitas's orfeão performed there. During the quincentenary of the discovery, Guiomar Teixeira was staged there and the organising committee was appointed there.

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2Chronology

  1. The council renamed Teatro D. Maria Pia as Teatro Dr. Manuel de Arriaga.

  2. After Manuel de Arriaga declined the honour, the Funchal council renamed the theatre Teatro Funchalense.

  3. After Manuel de Arriaga's death the Funchal theatre was again named Teatro Dr. Manuel de Arriaga.

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