Top photo: Tadeu Nascimento
The city’s biggest theater, with seating for an audience of 1000, the Teatro Coliseu has had its current characteristics since 1924. The eclectic style building boasts fine frescos and architectural details, excellent acoustics and refined décor, which have made the theater famous and have classified it as one of the best in the country.
The stage for the premiere of spoken cinema in Santos in 1929, the Teatro Coliseu staged the main musicals, concerts, operas, plays and other spectacles by national and international companies. It fell into disrepair in the 1970 and was closed down in the following decade. Abandoned, it underwent 10 years of renovation work and reopened its doors in 2006.
Hall
Piso de mármore, belas pinturas na parede e iluminação especial completam o estilo art nouveau ao hall de entrada. Utilizado para performances e miniconcertos musicais, ele abriga, em seus 560m², bilheteria, café e chapelaria. A decoração destaca, no salão nobre, a arte do italiano Adolfo Fonzari, iluminada por 39 lustres.
Foto: Francisco Arrais
Sala de espetáculo
O teatro acomoda 1 mil espectadores – são 347 poltronas na platéia; 27 frisas; 25 camarotes de primeira (foyer); 23 de segunda (balcão); 80 poltronas do balcão; 101 galerias numeradas do foyer; 92 galerias do balcão e anfiteatro com capacidade para 110 lugares.
Foto: Francisco Arrais