TEATRO DEGOLLADO (1866)
The recently refurbished Degollado Teatro, archetype of the plush European opera house, is regularly the scene of cultural events, often with internationally famous performers.
The bas-relief over the entrance is entitled “Apollo and the Muses”, while the painting above the stage is called “Time and the Hours”. The fresco in the cupola, painted by Gerardo Suárez and Jacobo Galbez (the latter also being the theater’s architect) depicts characters from Canto IV of Dante´s Divine Comedy: the author, shown in white robe and laurel wreath, his protagonist, Virgil, similarly attired, Homer with long white hair, lyre and sword, Sultan Saladin, Julius Caesar, as well as other figures taken from history and mythology.
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