Nicholas, occupied the place where today is located the Obelisk); and the Constitution of Buenos Aires as the capital of argentina in 1880. Avenida Corrientes is one of the most representative of Buenos Aires avenues, and one of the most beloved by the locals. Currents is the Avenue of bookstores, cafes, theatres and pizzeria. Teatro Colon is one of the most important lyric theatres in the world. In the course of the 20th century, directors, singers and most important dancers of the time acted in your scenario. The dome was decorated by the Argentine painter Raul Soldi. The theatre has a stable cast, a body of ballet, orchestras, workshops of scenarios and costume design, a library and a museum. It has 3542 seats, as well as a capacity for 700 standing spectators. Some of the composers that they passed through the theatre are Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Camille Saint-Saens, Manuel de Falla, Aaron Copland, among others. Some of the directors are: Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta and Daniel Baremboim. The long list of singers include Enrico Caruso, Fedor Caliapin, Titta Ruffo, Maria Callas, Montserrat Caballe, Alfredo Kraus, Jose Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo and Samuel Ramey. Among the dancers, acted Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Maia Plisetskaya, Mijail Barishnikov, Antonio Gades, Jorge Donn, Julio Bocca, Maximiliano Guerra and Paloma Herrera. Teatro San Martin Es one of the theatres most modernists and acquaintances in Latin America. It is part of the complejo teatral de Buenos Aires, which is under the direction of the Government of Buenos Aires. Opened in 1944 under the name of Teatro Municipal, in 1950 he renamed it as General San Martin and in 1954 began the construction of the new building was completed in 1960. 14 Floors and 4 subsurface structure is of reinforced concrete, glass and Blacksmithing. The San Martin Theater has three scenarios (the most prestigious of the city), a film done are performed cycles of cinema (especially of independent cinema), several halls for exhibitions and a gallery of paintings by more than 300 square meters.