For over one hundred years since it was built it was the center of cultural life in the city.
Famous soprano Adelina Patti sang there in one of her earlier tours of the Americas during the mid-nineteenth century.
Other notable performers to have graced its stage include the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.

Emilio Pasarell and Antonia Saez have said that "the most significant moments of Puerto Rico's musical history are associated with...Teatro Tapia."
For over one hundred years since it was built it was the center of cultural life in the city. Famous soprano Adelina Patti sang there in one of her earlier tours of the Americas during the mid-nineteenth century. Other notable performers to have graced its stage include the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.
Emilio Pasarell and Antonia Saez have said that "the most significant moments of Puerto Rico's musical history are associated with...Teatro Tapia."
Teatro Tapia