Flush with cash due to the thriving rubber export business, Brazil's plantation ... rubber in 1909, Manaus lost its main source of income. The wealthy left town, and the opera house closed down ...

MANAUS, Brazil – Inside the Teatro Amazonas ... recently played the title role in "Carmen" to the packed, 689-seat house here. "It was like discovering a diamond in the Amazon rain forest." ...

Manaus, Brazil, is a city of 1.8 million people surrounded ... Manaus’ Amazonas Theater (aka Teatro Amazonas or simply The Opera House) is an opulent ode to the rubber boom of the 1800s when ...

KAHN: This is Manaus, Brazil's largest city in the Amazon ... barons spared no expense building this pink Belle Epoque opera house in the main square. SARAH OLIVEIRA MARQUES: The construction ...

Less than two weeks after a grand reopening, the future of Brazil`s ornate Amazon opera house has been plunged ... season at the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, and suspended the rest of the season.

The Amazonas Theater's Opera Delivery program in Manaus, Brazil, is offering mini performances in private homes and businesses to promote the iconic opera house and music festival. Photo: Ana ...

Manaus is located in northwestern Brazil, next to the river and is the ... The city even has an opera house in the middle of it. The famous Amazon Theatre opera house built in 1884 was titled ...

Manaus, Brazil, is a city of 1.8 million people surrounded ... Manaus’ Amazonas Theater (aka Teatro Amazonas or simply The Opera House) is an opulent ode to the rubber boom of the 1800s when ...