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List of opera houses

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Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
The Solís Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay. Opened in 1856 is the oldest opera house in South America.

This is a list of notable opera houses listed by continent, then by country with the name of the opera house and city. The opera company is sometimes named for clarity.

Africa

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Egypt

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South Africa

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Tunisia

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Morocco

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Asia

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Bangladesh

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  • Hatirjheel Opera House, Dhaka

China

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Hong Kong

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India

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Indonesia

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Iran

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Israel

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Japan

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Kazakhstan

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Kuwait

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Malaysia

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Mongolia

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Oman

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Philippines

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Singapore

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Syria

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South Korea

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Taiwan

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Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

Tajikistan

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  • Aini Theater of Opera and Ballet, Dushanbe

Thailand

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Turkey

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Hanoi Opera House

United Arab Emirates

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Uzbekistan

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Vietnam

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Europe

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Yerevan Opera Theatre

Albania

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Armenia

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Austria

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Vienna State Opera, Vienna

Azerbaijan

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Opera and Ballet Theatre, Baku

Belarus

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Belgium

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La Monnaie, Brussels

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • National Theatre Opera and Ballet, Sarajevo

Bulgaria

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Croatia

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Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb

Czech Republic

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See also: Opera houses in the Czech Republic

Denmark

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Copenhagen Opera House

Estonia

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Finland

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France

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Palais Garnier, Paris

Germany

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Berlin State Opera, Berlin
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Semperoper, Dresden
Theater Duisburg (2009)
Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe

Greece

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Georgia

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Georgian National Opera

Hungary

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Hungarian State Opera House

Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

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La Scala, Milan
Interior: La Fenice, Venice, 1837
Interior: Teatro San Carlo, Naples
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, biggest theater in Italy and third in Europe

Latvia

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Latvian National Opera

Lithuania

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Malta

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Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

Moldova

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Monaco

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Netherlands

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North Macedonia

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  • National Opera and Ballet

Norway

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The new opera house, Oslo, Norway

Poland

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Silesian Opera in Bytom
Wrocław Opera in Wrocław

Portugal

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São Carlos main façade, Lisbon

Romania

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Iaşi Romanian National Opera

Russia

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Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Serbia

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Teatro Real, Madrid
Gothenburg Opera
Läckö Castle
Läckö Castle – venue of the Castle Opera

Slovakia

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Slovenia

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Spain

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Lviv Opera Theater

United Kingdom and Dependencies

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England

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Royal Opera House, London
Wales Millennium Centre

Northern Ireland

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Scotland

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Wales

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Isle of Man

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Jersey

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North America

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The Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
Great Theatre of Havana
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

Canada

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Costa Rica

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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El Salvador

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Mexico

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United States

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The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., as seen from the Potomac River
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Sarasota Opera House, March 2008, after complete interior and exterior renovation
Wortham Center, Houston, Texas

Oceania

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The Sydney Opera House
Opera House, Wellington

Australia

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New Zealand

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South America

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Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
Teatro de Cristobal Colón, Bogotá
Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Argentina

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Bolivia

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  • Casa Teatro, Santa Cruz
  • Teatro René Moreno, Santa Cruz

Brazil

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Chile

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Colombia

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Peru

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Uruguay

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Venezuela

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Teatro Municipal de Valencia, Venezuela

See also

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Further reading

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  • Allison, John (ed.), Great Opera Houses of the World, supplement to Opera magazine, London 2003
  • Beauvert, Thierry, Opera Houses of the World, The Vendôme Press, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-86565-978-8
  • Lynn, Karyl Charna, Opera: the Guide to Western Europe's Great Houses, Santa Fe, New Mexico: John Muir Publications, 1991. ISBN 0-945465-81-5
  • Lynn, Karyl Charna, Italian Opera Houses and Festivals, Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5359-0
  • Plantamura, Carol, The Opera Lover's Guide to Europe, Citadel Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8065-1842-1
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