Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center
"Bellas Artes de Santurce" | |
| Former names | Centro de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico |
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| Address | Ponce de León Ave, Parada 22 Santurce, PR 00940 |
| Location | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°26′51″N 66°4′9″W / 18.44750°N 66.06917°W |
| Owner | Corporation of the Performing Arts Center of Puerto Rico |
| Type | Concert hall, Opera house, Theatre, Performing arts center |
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| Construction | |
| Built | 1981 |
| Opened | April 9, 1981 |
| Construction cost | $11,372,000 |
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The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center (Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish) is a multi-use performance centre located in the barrio of Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for plays, ballet, operas and concerts. It was renamed in 1994 after the late Puerto Rican philanthropist, politician and Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis A. Ferré.
The Center opened on April 9, 1981 under the administration of Governor Carlos Romero Barceló after ten years of planning, project financing, and construction. Since then, it has become the most important performing arts venue in the Puerto Rican capital, presenting the highest level of commercial theater in Puerto Rico along with ballets and operas, and also hosting artists such as Plácido Domingo and Menudo. The center is home to the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and the annual Casals Festival.
In January 2019, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton began its third touring production at the venue, with Miranda reprising the title role of Founding Father and Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, with higher praise than his original run on Broadway. Miranda returned to the venue after nine years since he reprised the role of Usnavi exclusively in San Juan during the North American touring production of In the Heights, which he also wrote.