One
hundred years have gone by since the first stones
were placed for what is today a major item of Costa
Rican pride and joy.
These
foundations symbolically embody a growing. Today,
in the middle of the centenary celebrations of the
Teatro Nacional the same pride and magnificence remains
untouched by time.
As
in a creative process that produces a masterpiece
once all the right elements are joined, the National
Theater became, for turn-of-the-century Costa Ricans,
the missing piece that made all the parts of their
cultural experience come to life. With dances and
dinners in which ladies and gentlemen chatted and
admired paintings and sculptures, this coliseum of
art crowned the lights and magnificence of the capital
city of San José. Costa Rica celebrated the
opening of their long-awaited theater, just as current-day
Costa Ricans delighted when restorations were finished
after the theater was damaged by seismic activity
in 1990.
The
National Theater is the main arena for history, legends
and memories that have been mingling long after the
first spectators crowded the beautifully decorated
hall. To the rise and fall of the theater's curtain,
Costa Rica experienced many of its major changes,
immersing the National Theater in the chronicles of
its people.
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One
hundred years have gone by since the first stones
were placed for what is today a major item of Costa
Rican pride and joy.