VENUES
Teatro Ángela Peralta
Ceferino Gutiérrez designed and built the Teatro Ángela Peralta, (he also designed the façade of La Parroquia) in 1871. Two years later, on May 20, 1873, the Mexican singer Ángela Peralta inaugurated the theatre with Donizetti’s Lucia de Lammermoor. For more than 130 years, the Ángela Peralta has hosted a great diversity of performers and is a beloved landmark of San Miguel.
The façade has a harmonious and simple classical style and was added to the building between 1913 and 1915. In 2005, an extensive restoration project was undertaken; the newly refurbished theatre was inaugurated in 2006. This theatre has provided a home for the Festival’s concerts for many years and is still our primary venue every season.
Santuario de Atotonilco
The town of Atotonilco is 17 km from San Miguel and has been a sacred site since pre-Hispanic times – its name is derived from Nahua “hot waters”, and the springs in the area were once a ritual attraction and later became one for more earthly delights, which troubled a priest from San Miguel named Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro.
The church was constructed (at the behest of Padre Felipe Neri) between 1740 and 1766 and is a masterpiece of Hispanoamerican Baroque architecture.
The interior murals were painted by a Mestizo artisan named Pocasangre, and are of such beauty and caliber that the Santuario de Atotonilco has been called Mexico’s Sistine Chapel.
Not only is this sanctuary on the list of candidates
for World Heritage Sites status, it is an active field project of the World
Monuments Fund. In 2007, the Festival held its first concert here with
the Rossetti String Quartet; it was a memorable experience for all who
attended, and we plan to schedule another performance in Atotonilco in
2008.
Teatro Ángela PeraltaCeferino Gutiérrez designed and built the Teatro Ángela Peralta, (he also designed the façade of La Parroquia) in 1871. Two years later, on May 20, 1873, the Mexican singer Ángela Peralta inaugurated the theatre with Donizetti’s Lucia de Lammermoor. For more than 130 years, the Ángela Peralta has hosted a great diversity of performers and is a beloved landmark of San Miguel.
The façade has a harmonious and simple classical style and was added to the building between 1913 and 1915. In 2005, an extensive restoration project was undertaken; the newly refurbished theatre was inaugurated in 2006. This theatre has provided a home for the Festival’s concerts for many years and is still our primary venue every season.
Santuario de AtotonilcoThe town of Atotonilco is 17 km from San Miguel and has been a sacred site since pre-Hispanic times – its name is derived from Nahua “hot waters”, and the springs in the area were once a ritual attraction and later became one for more earthly delights, which troubled a priest from San Miguel named Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro.
The church was constructed (at the behest of Padre Felipe Neri) between 1740 and 1766 and is a masterpiece of Hispanoamerican Baroque architecture.
The interior murals were painted by a Mestizo artisan named Pocasangre, and are of such beauty and caliber that the Santuario de Atotonilco has been called Mexico’s Sistine Chapel.
Not only is this sanctuary on the list of candidates
for World Heritage Sites status, it is an active field project of the World
Monuments Fund. In 2007, the Festival held its first concert here with
the Rossetti String Quartet; it was a memorable experience for all who
attended, and we plan to schedule another performance in Atotonilco in
2008.