The Solís Theatre in Montevideo was designed by the Italian architect Carlo Zucchi, who presented plans in August 1840. The infobox also lists Francisco Xavier Garmendia and Víctor Rabú. A Theater Committee formed in 1833 led the project. The theatre opened in 1856. The article names no style, materials or construction start.
The text says the facade resembles Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and the slightly elliptical concert hall resembles La Scala in Milan. The interior resembles Teatro Metastasio near Florence. The infobox gives a capacity of 1,500.
A reconstruction ran from 1998 to 2004 according to the text, while the infobox says it began in 1996. Philippe Starck designed two columns, and Avel Acoustique did the acoustic studies. The theatre reopened in August 2004. Tomás Giribaldi's La Parisina, considered the first Uruguayan national opera, premiered here on September 14, 1878. The article gives no hours.
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