Theatro Municipal
On Cinelândia, the Theatro Municipal is Rio’s opera house from the city’s early twentieth-century renewal.
The theater opened on 14 July 1909, during the city’s early twentieth-century renewal.
Its eclectic design borrows from the Paris Opéra by Charles Garnier.
The façade carries names of European and Brazilian artists.
It stands on Cinelândia beside the National Library and the Fine Arts Museum.
Since the inauguration it has hosted opera, symphony, choir and ballet.
The walk from Lapa to Cinelândia is about 10 minutes on foot, along the civic avenue toward the palatial house on the square.
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Stay nearby
Stay at Mural da Lapa; the Theatro Municipal is about 10 minutes on foot.