Tacón_Theatre
Tacón Theatre
Former theatre in Havana, Cuba
The Teatro Tacón (Tacón Theatre) opened in 1838 in Havana, Cuba. Its auditorium contained 2,750 seats.[1] It was built by Pancho Martí , a businessman from Barcelona who moved to Havana, and named after Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Governor of Cuba from 1834 to 1838.[2][3] In 1847 Bottesini's opera Cristoforo Colombo premiered there.[4] By 1855, so many people attended events that the city issued parking regulations for carriages on performance nights.[5]