The Teatro Monumental (Monumental Theatre) is a concert hall in Madrid. [1] The theatre, designed by Teodoro Anasagasti Algan, was built between 1922 and 1923 as a movie theatre (Teatro Cinema Monumental) and later was transformed to house concerts of different genres, from pop to classical, and jazz to folk. [2]
The theatre is the concert venue of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. [3] It has a 4,200 capacity.
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