Shows

Curitiba, Paraná

Teatro Guairá in Curitiba is the most important performing arts venue in southern Brazil — a massive 1970s cultural complex with three stages including the 2,000-seat Guairão that serves as the home of the Paraná Symphony Orchestra and the Guairá Ballet Company, presenting outstanding classical music, opera, and theatrical productions to one of Brazil's most culturally sophisticated state capitals. Curitiba's extraordinary reputation as Brazil's most livable and innovative city (it has been called the ecological capital of Brazil for its pioneering urban design) and the Guairá's remarkable programming create a showroom of considerable Brazilian performing arts significance.

R. XV de Novembro, 971, Curitiba, PR 80060-000

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Theatro São Pedro in Porto Alegre is southern Brazil's most historically important performing arts showroom — a beautifully preserved 1858 Italian neoclassical opera house that serves as the premier venue for classical music, opera, ballet, and theatrical productions in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's most gaucho-influenced and European-heritage state. The theatre's remarkable architectural beauty and its extraordinary 165-year history of presenting performing arts to southern Brazil create a showroom of genuine Brazilian regional heritage significance.

Praça Mal. Deodoro, Porto Alegre, RS 90010-060

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

CCBB Rio de Janeiro (Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil) is one of the most visited cultural centers in the world — a beautifully restored 1906 neoclassical building in downtown Rio that presents outstanding cinema, theatre, music, and visual arts programming to over 2 million visitors annually, making it consistently one of the top-10 most-visited museums and cultural centers globally. The CCBB's extraordinary programming breadth, its remarkable architectural beauty, and its extraordinary visitor numbers create a cultural showroom of genuine Brazilian and world cultural significance.

R. Primeiro de Março, 66, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20010-000

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Canecão is one of the most legendary showrooms in Brazilian music history — a Rio de Janeiro concert hall in Botafogo where the greatest names in Brazilian popular music (Roberto Carlos, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia, and hundreds more) recorded their landmark live albums that defined MPB. Though the original venue has been redeveloped, the Canecão name and its extraordinary musical legacy remain among the most revered in Brazilian entertainment history.

Av. Venceslau Brás, 215, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-000

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro's historic downtown performing arts showrooms represent the extraordinary theatrical heritage of a city that has been Brazil's cultural capital for over 200 years — venues where the choro, samba, and MPB musical traditions that have made Brazil's popular music the most beloved national music on earth were nurtured, performed, and transmitted to new generations. The Centro Cultural Carioca and historic downtown Rio theatres create performing arts showrooms of considerable Brazilian cultural heritage significance.

R. Pedro I, 22, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20060-050

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro is the most architecturally magnificent performing arts venue in Brazil — a stunning 1909 French neoclassical opera house modeled on the Paris Opéra Garnier, where the Corpo de Baile do Municipal, the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, and world-class opera productions have set the standard for classical performing arts in South America for over a century. The theatre's extraordinary architectural grandeur and its remarkable programming history make it one of the most beautiful opera houses in the Americas.

Praça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20031-050

São Paulo, São Paulo

Sala São Paulo is the finest concert hall in South America and one of the great concert halls of the world — a beautifully converted 1938 railway station building in the Luz district whose extraordinary acoustic design (adjustable canopy system for variable reverberation) and remarkable architectural transformation have made it the home of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) and one of the most acclaimed concert experiences anywhere in the Americas. Sala São Paulo's extraordinary acoustic achievement and its remarkable role in elevating Brazilian orchestral culture to international standards create a concert hall of singular South American performing arts significance.

Praça Júlio Prestes, 16, São Paulo, SP 01218-020

São Paulo, São Paulo

Teatro Alfa is one of São Paulo's most important large-format performing arts showrooms — a 1,500-capacity theater that has hosted major Brazilian and international theatrical productions, dance companies, and live entertainment events for the city's sophisticated southern zone audiences. The theatre's excellent production facilities and its consistent programming of high-quality theatrical and musical events create a performing arts venue of considerable São Paulo cultural significance.

R. Bragança Paulista, 1281, São Paulo, SP 04635-901

São Paulo, São Paulo

Teatro Bradesco is São Paulo's premier large-scale theatrical showroom for Broadway and West End productions — a beautifully appointed theatre that has brought the biggest international musical theatre productions to Brazil, including The Lion King, Mamma Mia, and Cats, to the largest theatre-going audiences in South America. The theatre's extraordinary programming of international theatrical blockbusters and its excellent production values create a showroom of considerable Brazilian theatrical entertainment significance.

R. Palestra Itália, 500, São Paulo, SP 05089-000

São Paulo, São Paulo

SESC (Social Service of Commerce) theatres across São Paulo represent one of the most remarkable cultural democratization projects in the world — a network of cultural centers and theatres funded by Brazilian commerce that provides outstanding theatre, dance, cinema, and musical programming at below-market prices to São Paulo's working and middle classes. SESC's extraordinary mission to make world-class cultural programming accessible to all Brazilians and its remarkable success in achieving this goal create showrooms of genuine Brazilian social and cultural significance.

R. Pelotas, 141, São Paulo, SP 04012-000