Overview
- The Teatro Colón announced Basaldúa’s death on Monday, July 13 via its Instagram account and major Argentine outlets published obituaries that day.
- News reports confirm his passing but give no public cause of death and flag the coverage as developing, with small discrepancies in reported age.
- Trained as an architect at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Basaldúa moved into scenography and costume design and worked across theatre, opera, television and film.
- He led the Teatro Colón as director general and artistic director in 2001–2002, and his credits include productions such as La Bohème, Macbeth and Falstaff plus films like Tango.
- His career won major honours including the Premio Konex, the Cóndor de Plata and best art direction at the Festival de La Habana, and his death removes a leading figure from Argentina’s performing arts scene.