The Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro is one of the most beautiful theatres in South America, a sumptuous Beaux-Arts masterpiece modeled on the Opera Garnier in Paris and inaugurated in 1909 on the Praca Floriano in central Rio. Its opulently decorated interior, with gilded caryatids, Assyrian-inspired ornament, and painted ceilings by Eliseu Visconti, reflects the cultural ambitions of Belle Epoque Brazil. The theatre is the home of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra and presents a season of opera and ballet.
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