Since 1919, Sociedade de Cultura Artística nurtured the dream of having its own theatre in São Paulo, Brazil.

The theatre was designed by leading architects Rino Levi, Roberto Cerqueira César and Fa Pestalozzi.

Heitor Villa-Lobos and Camargo Guarnieri led the concerts which also opened that year's season of concerts, conducting the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and presenting their own musical creations.

During the morning of August 17, 2008, a fire, started by unknown causes, burnt the theatre to ashes.

The rebuilding of the theatre started on 20 March 2010 and the venue is scheduled to reopen in 2012.