Teatro Municipal Coliseo Podestá, Municipal theater in La Plata, Argentina

The Teatro Municipal Coliseo Podestá is a theater in downtown La Plata featuring multiple seating tiers and year-round performances. The building is equipped with modern facilities, including LED screens on its facade that display program information.

Designed by the Uruguayan architect Carlos Zehndorf as an Italian horseshoe theatre, it opened on 19 November 1886 as Teatro Politeama Olimpo with Rossini's The Barber of Seville, sung by tenor Roberto Stagno and soprano Gemma Bellincioni. The following year Juan José Podestá bought it and made it the base of his pioneering Río de la Plata theatre company, which gave the building its name.

The theatre carries the name of Juan José Podestá, whose company made it the base of the pioneering rioplatense theatre movement after he bought it in 1887. Its opening night on 19 November 1886 was Rossini's The Barber of Seville, sung by tenor Roberto Stagno and soprano Gemma Bellincioni.

The auditorium seats 1,065 and stands at Calle 10 No. 733, between streets 46 and 47, in central La Plata. The entrance faces this block of Calle 10, a short walk from the city's main axes. Check the box office on site for performance times before planning a visit.

The auditorium seats 1,065 spectators, not 650. It was designed as an Italian horseshoe theatre by the Uruguayan architect Carlos Zehndorf, and it opened on 19 November 1886 as the Teatro Politeama Olimpo with Rossini's The Barber of Seville, sung by tenor Roberto Stagno and soprano Gemma Bellincioni.