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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

Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria

Egypt

  1. Alexandria Opera House or Sayed Darwish Theatre, (formerly Teatro Mohamed Ali), Alexandria
  2. Cairo Opera House, Cairo
  3. Damanhur Theatre, Damanhur
  4. Khedivial Opera House, Cairo

South Africa

  1. Artscape Opera House (Cape Town Opera Company), Cape Town
  2. Joburg Theatre
  3. Pretoria State Theatre

Asia

Yerevan Opera House
The National Centre for the Performing Arts with the Great Hall of the People in the background
Shanghai Grand Theatre

Armenia

  1. Yerevan Opera Theatre, Yerevan

Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Baku

China

  1. Century Theatre, Beijing
  2. Guangzhou Friendship Theatre
  3. Guangzhou Beilei Theatre
  4. Guangzhou Military Auditorium
  5. Guangzhou Huanghuagang Theatre
  6. Guangzhou Guanglian Hall
  7. Theatre No.13 of Guangzhou Drama Arts Center
  8. Guangzhou South Theatre
  9. Guangzhou Jiangnan Theatre
  10. Guangzhou Rainbow Theatre
  11. Guangzhou Opera House
  12. Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Hangzhou
  13. Harbin Opera Theatre, Harbin
  14. National Centre for the Performing Arts
  15. Oriental Opera Hall at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai
  16. Poly Theatre (Beijing), Beijing
  17. Poly Theatre (Beijing) (People's Liberation Army Opera House), Beijing
  18. Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai
  19. Zhengyici-xi-lou, Beijing Opera, Beijing

Hong Kong

Shatin Town Hall
  1. Theatre, Ko Shan Theatre
  2. Theatre Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
  3. Auditorium North District Town Hall
  4. Theatre, Sai Wab Ho Civic Centre
  5. Auditorium, Shatin Town Hall
  6. Theatre, Sheungwan Civic Centre
  7. Sunbeam Theatre
  8. Auditorium Taipo Civic Centre
  9. Auditorium Tuen Mun Town Hall
  10. Auditorium Tsuen Wan Town Hall

Georgia

Georgia's Tbilisi Opera
  1. Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tbilisi

India

  1. Royal Opera House (Mumbai)—defunct

Indonesia

Palace of Culture (Istana Budaya), Kuala Lumpur
  1. Aula Simfonia Jakarta
  2. Usmar Ismail Concert Hall, Jakarta
  3. Taman Ismail Marzuki, Theatre Hall, Jakarta

Iran

File:Talar-vahdat.jpg
The Tehran Opera House
  1. Vahdat Hall

Israel

  1. Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center

Japan

  1. Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya
  2. Biwako Hall, Ōtsu, Shiga
  3. Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
  4. Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
  5. New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT)
  6. NHK Hall, Tokyo
  7. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
  8. Yokosuka Arts Theatre, Yokosuka

Kazakhstan

  1. ABAI Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Almaty (1934)
  2. Baiseitova Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Astana (2000-2012, terminated)
  3. State Opera and Ballet Theatre "Astana opera", Astana (2012)
  4. Palace of Peace and Reconciliation - Opera Hall, Astana (2006)
  5. Shymkent Regional Opera and Ballet Theatre, Shymkent (2007)

Malaysia

  1. Palace of Culture, Kuala Lumpur

Mongolia

  1. National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Oman

  1. Royal Opera House, Muscat

Philippines

  1. Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
  2. Manila Grand Opera House - historic theatre, now demolished

Singapore

  1. Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
  2. Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall, Singapore

South Korea

  1. Daegu Opera House, Daegu
  2. National Theater of Korea, Seoul
  3. Seoul Arts Center Opera House, Seoul
  4. Seongnam Arts Center Opera House, Seongnam

Taiwan

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House
  1. National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Thailand

  1. Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok

Turkey

  1. Ankara Opera House, Ankara
  2. city Opera, Eskisehir Metropolitan Municipality, Eskisehir
  3. Antalya State Opera and Ballet, Antalya
  4. Süreyya Opera House Kadıköy, Istanbul
  5. İzmir State Opera and Ballet, Elhamra Palace, İzmir
  6. Leyla Gencer Sahnesi, Ankara
  7. Mersin Halkevi (Mersin State Opera and Ballet), Mersin
  8. Operet Sahnesi, Ankara
Hanoi Opera House

Uzbekistan

  1. Navoi Theatre, Tashkent

Vietnam

  1. Haiphong Opera House, Haiphong
  2. Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi
  3. Municipal Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Opera House), Ho Chi Minh City

Europe

Vienna Staatsoper at night
Opera/Ballet Theatre, Baku
La Monnaie, Brussels
Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb

Albania

  1. Tirana Opera House, Tirana

Austria

  1. Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz
  2. Grazer Oper, Graz
  3. Salzburg Festival, Salzburg
  4. Musiktheater Linz, Linz
  5. Theater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt
  6. Schönbrunn Schlosstheater, Vienna
  7. Theater an der Wien, Vienna. Historic theatre associated with Mozart's time.
  8. Volksoper Wien (Vienna People's Opera), Vienna
  9. Neue Oper Wien, Vienna
  10. Wiener Kammeroper (Vienna Chamber Opera), Vienna
  11. Theater am Kärntnertor (Hofoper), Vienna
  12. Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), Vienna

Belgium

  1. La Monnaie/De Munt (Royal Theatre of the Mint), Brussels
  2. Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège
  3. Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp
  4. Vlaamse Opera, Ghent

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  1. National theatre Opera and Ballet, Sarajevo

Bulgaria

  1. Bourgas Opera Theatre, Bourgas
  2. National Opera and Ballet, Sofia
  3. Rousse State Opera, Rousse
  4. State Opera Plovdiv, Plovdiv
  5. State Opera Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora
  6. Varna Opera Theatre, Varna

Croatia

  1. Croatian National Theatre, Osijek[1]
  2. Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka[2]
  3. Croatian National Theatre, Split (city)[3]
  4. Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin[4]
  5. Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Zagreb[5]

Czech Republic

Copenhagen Opera House
  1. National Theatre (Prague) (Národní Divadlo), Prague
  2. The State Opera (Prague) (Státní opera), Prague
  3. Theatre of the Estates (Stavovské divadlo or Estates Theatre), Prague
See also: Opera houses in the Czech Republic

Denmark

  1. The Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen), Copenhagen
  2. Det Kongelige Teater (Royal Danish Theatre), Copenhagen
  3. Den Jyske Opera, Aarhus
  4. Opera Hedeland, Hedehusene
  5. Funen Opera, Odense

Estonia

  1. Estonian National Opera, Tallinn

Finland

  1. Aleksanterin Teatteri, Helsinki
  2. Kansallisooppera, Helsinki

France

Palais Garnier, Paris
  1. Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
  2. Grand Théâtre, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
  3. Grand Théâtre, Angers
  4. Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux
  5. Nouvel Opéra, Lyon
  6. Opéra Bastille, Paris
  7. Opéra-théâtre d'Avignon, Avignon
  8. Opéra Théâtre de Besançon, Besançon
  9. Opéra-Comique, Paris
  10. Opéra de Lille, Lille
  11. Opéra Théâtre de Limoges, Limoges
  12. Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy
  13. Opéra de Marseille, Marseille
  14. Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
  15. Opéra de Nice, Nice
  16. Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg
  17. Opéra de Rennes, Rennes
  18. Opéra de Rouen, Rouen
  19. Opéra royal du château de Versailles, Versailles
  20. Opéra de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
  21. Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, Metz
  22. Opéra de Toulon, Toulon
  23. Opéra de Tours, Tours
  1. Palais Garnier, Paris
  2. Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse
  3. Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
  4. Théâtre Graslin, Nantes

Germany

Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Semperoper, Dresden
Theater Duisburg (2009)
Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe
  1. Aalto Theatre, Essen
  2. Alte Oper (former opera house), Frankfurt
  3. de [Anhaltisches Theater], Dessau
  4. Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
  5. Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre), Bayreuth
  6. Chemnitz Opera, Chemnitz
  7. Cologne Opera, Cologne
  8. Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich
  9. Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera of the Rhine), Düsseldorf
  10. Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Weimar
  11. Dortmund Opera, Dortmund
  12. Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin German Opera), Berlin
  13. Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg (under construction)
  14. Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival Theatre), Baden-Baden
  15. Halle Opera House, Halle
  16. Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), Hamburg
  17. Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
  18. Kiel Opera House, Kiel
  19. Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin
  20. Kroll Opera House, Berlin (destroyed in 1943)
  21. Landestheater Altenburg (de), Altenburg
  22. Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth
  23. Mecklenburg State Theatre, Schwerin
  24. Das Meininger Theater, Meiningen
  25. Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
  26. Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim
  27. National Theatre Munich (Bavarian State Opera), Munich
  28. Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg (Lower Saxony)
  29. Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
  30. Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera), Frankfurt
  31. Oper Leipzig (Leipzig Opera), Leipzig
  32. Opernhaus am Taschenberg, Dresden (changed to church in 1708, demolished in 1888)
  33. Opernhaus am Zwinger, Dresden (1719, destroyed 1849)
  34. Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
  35. Opernhaus Wuppertal, Wuppertal
  36. Prinzregententheater, Munich
  37. de [Saarländisches Staatstheater], Saarbrücken
  38. Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen
  39. Semperoper (Saxon State Opera), Dresden
  40. Staatsoper Hannover, Hanover
  41. Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Berlin
  42. Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
  43. Staatstheater Braunschweig, Braunschweig
  44. Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt
  45. Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel
  46. Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz
  47. Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nuremberg
  48. Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart
  49. Theater Bonn, Bonn
  50. Theater Bremen, Bremen
  51. Theater Dortmund, Dortmund
  52. Theater Duisburg, Duisburg
  53. de [Theater Erfurt], Erfurt
  54. Theater Heidelberg, Heidelberg
  55. Theater Lübeck, Lübeck
  56. de [Theater Ulm], Ulm
  57. Theater Trier, Trier

Greece

  1. Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera, Athens
  2. Athens Concert Hall, Athens
  3. Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki
  4. Apollon Theatre (Ermoupoli) (in Greek), Ermoupolis [6]

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House
  1. Budapest Operetta Theatre (Budapesti Operettszínház), Budapest
  2. Erkel Theatre (Erkel Színház), Budapest
  3. Hungarian State Opera House (Magyar Állami Operaház), Budapest

Iceland

  1. The Icelandic Opera (Íslenska Óperan), Reykjavík[7]

Ireland

  1. Cork Opera House, Cork
  2. Theatre Royal, Wexford
  3. Wexford Opera House

Italy

La Scala, Milan
Interior: La Fenice, Venice, 1837
Teatro San Carlo, Naples: View from the royal box
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, biggest theater in Italy and third in Europe
  1. Arena di Verona, Verona
  2. Sferisterio, Macerata
  3. Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan
  4. Teatro Argentina, Rome
  5. Teatro Alessandro Bonci, Cesena
  6. Teatro Alfieri, Asti
  7. Teatro Alfieri, Florence
  8. Teatro Alfieri, Turin
  9. Teatro Capranica, Rome
  10. Teatro Carignano, Turin
  11. Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa
  12. Teatro Civico, Sassari
  13. Teatro Civico, Tortona
  14. Teatro Comunale, Alessandria
  15. Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna
  16. Teatro Comunale, Bologna
  17. Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
  18. Teatro Comunale, Florence
  19. Teatro Comunale Gabriello Chiabrera, Savona
  20. Teatro Communale G. B. Pergolesi, Jesi
  21. Teatro Comunale, Modena
  22. Teatro Communale Ponchielli, Cremona
  23. Teatro della Pergola, Florence
  24. Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo
  25. Teatro La Fenice, Venice
  26. Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste
  27. Teatro Fraschini, Pavia
  28. Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria
  29. Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto
  30. Teatro della Gran Guardia, Livorno
  31. Teatro Grande, Brescia
  32. Teatro Lirico, Milan
  33. Teatro Lirico, Cagliari
  34. Teatro Malibran, Venice
  35. Teatro Marrucino, Chieti
  36. Teatro Massimo, Palermo
  37. Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia
  38. Teatro Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo
  39. Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
  40. Teatro Municipale, Piacenza
  41. Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia
  42. Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome
  43. Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari
  44. Teatro Politeama, Lecce
  45. Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan (burned down in 1776; replaced by Teatro alla Scala)
  46. Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma
  47. Teatro Regio Torino, Turin
  48. Teatro Rossini, Lugo
  49. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro
  50. Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
  51. Teatro alla Scala, Milan (La Scala)
  52. Teatro Sociale, Como

Latvia

Latvian National Opera
  1. Latvian National Opera (LNO, Latvijas Nacionālā Opera), Riga

Lithuania

  1. Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (Lietuvos nacionalinis operos ir baleto teatras), Vilnius

Malta

  1. Royal Opera House, Valletta (destroyed)
  2. Manoel Theatre, Valletta
  3. Aurora Opera House, Victoria, Gozo

Macedonia

  1. Macedonian Opera and Ballet[8]
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

Moldova

  1. National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Chişinău

Monaco

The new opera house, Oslo, Norway
Teatr Wielki, Warsaw (restored)
  1. Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Netherlands

  1. Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

Norway

  1. Den Norske Opera (Norwegian National Opera), Oslo
  2. Oslo Opera House
  3. Operaen i Kristiansund
  4. Operahuset Nordfjord
  5. Folketeatret

Poland

  1. Polish National Opera (Great Theatre), Warsaw
  2. Baltic State Opera, Gdańsk
  3. Opera Krakowska, Kraków
  4. Kraków Chamber Opera, Kraków
  5. Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz
  6. Silesian Opera, Bytom
  7. Court Opera in Łazienki complex, Warsaw
  8. Grand Theatre, Łódź
  9. Great Theatre, Poznań, Poznań
  10. Opera in the castle, Szczecin
  11. Opera Podlaska, Białystok
  12. Warsaw Chamber Opera, Warsaw
  13. Wrocław Opera, Wrocław
  14. Teatr Muzyczny w Lublinie, Lublin

Portugal

São Carlos main façade, Lisbon
  1. Casa da Musica, Porto
  2. Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon

Romania

Iaşi Romanian National Opera
  1. Romanian National Opera, Bucharest
  2. Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca
  3. Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera, Cluj-Napoca
  4. Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest[9]
  5. Galaţi Musical Theatre, Galaţi[10]
  6. Iaşi Romanian National Opera, Iaşi[11]
  7. Lyric Theatre, Craiova[12]
  8. National Operetta Theatre, Bucharest[13]
  9. National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Constanţa[14]
  10. Opera Brașov, Brașov,[15]
  11. Timișoara Romanian National Opera, Timișoara[16]

Russia

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
  1. Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ufa
  2. Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow[17]
  3. Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary
  4. Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ekaterinburg[18]
  5. Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
  6. Magnitogorsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Magnitogorsk
  7. Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
  8. Mayakovsky Theatre (Helikon Opera), Moscow [19]
  9. Mikhaylovsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
  10. Moscow Operette Thearte, Moscow
  11. Pokrovsky Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre, Moscow
  12. Musa Calil Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kazan[20]
  13. Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow[21]
  14. Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk[22]
  15. Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Nizhny Novgorod[23]
  16. Pyotr Illytch Tchaikovsky Perm Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
  17. Samara State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Samara
  18. Saratov State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov
  19. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Academic Theatre, Moscow[24]
  20. Taganrog Theatre, Taganrog
  21. Tsaritsynskaya opera, Volgograd
  22. Voronezh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Voronezh
  23. Republic Sakha - Yakutia State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yakutsk
  24. The Chelyabinsk state academic opera and ballet theatre of M.I.Glinka, Chelyabinsk[25]
  25. Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yoshkar-Ola[26]
  26. Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ulan-Ude[27]
  27. St Petersburg Chamber Opera, Saint Petersburg[28]
  28. Rostov State Opera and Ballet, Rostov[29]
  29. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Moscow[30]
  30. State Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk[31]
  31. Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Astrakhan[32]

Serbia

Teatro Real, Madrid
Gothenburg Opera
Läckö Castle
Läckö Castle - venue of the Castle Opera
  1. Madlenianum Opera and Theatre, Belgrade
  2. National Theatre in Belgrade, Belgrade
  3. Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad

Slovakia

  1. Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava
  2. State Opera in Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica
  3. State Theatre Košice, Košice

Spain

  1. Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, Bilbao
  2. Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
  3. Kursaal Palace, San Sebastián
  4. Palacio de la Ópera, A Coruña
  5. Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia
  6. Teatre La Faràndula, Sabadell
  7. Teatre Principal, Barcelona (now closed)
  8. Teatre Principal de Maó, Mahón
  9. Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao
  10. Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo
  11. Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville
  12. Teatro Real, Madrid
  13. Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid

Sweden

  1. Drottningholm Palace Theatre (Drottningholms Slottsteater), Drottningholm
  2. Folkoperan, Stockholm
  3. Gothenburg Opera (GöteborgsOperan), Gothenburg
  4. Läckö Castle Opera, Lidköping
  5. Malmö Opera (Malmö Opera), Malmö
  6. Norrland Opera, Umeå
  7. Royal Swedish Opera (Kungliga Operan), Stockholm

Switzerland

  1. Bern Theatre (Stadttheater Bern), Bern
  2. Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva
  3. Lausanne Opera, Lausanne
  4. Opernhaus Zürich, Zürich
  5. Stadttheater Luzern, Lucerne
  6. Theater Basel, Basel
  7. Theater Biel-Solothurn, Biel/Bienne–Solothurn
  8. Theater St. Gallen, St. Gallen

Ukraine

Lviv Opera Theater
  1. Dnipropetrovsk Opera, Dnipropetrovsk[33]
  2. Donetsk Opera, Donetsk[34]
  3. Kharkiv Opera, Kharkiv[35]
  4. Kiev Opera, Kiev
  5. October Palace, Kiev
  6. Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Lviv[36]
  7. Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater, Odessa[37]
  8. Chernivtsi Opera House, Chernivtsi

United Kingdom

England

Royal Opera House, London
Wales Millennium Centre
  1. Opera House, Buxton
  2. Coliseum Theatre, London
  3. Garsington Opera, Buckinghamshire
  4. Glyndebourne, East Sussex
  5. Grand Opera House, York
  6. Grand Theatre, Leeds
  7. Grange Park Opera, Northington, Hampshire
  8. Lowry Centre, Salford
  9. Opera House, Manchester
  10. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
  11. Sadler's Wells (Sadler's Wells Theatre), London
  12. Opera House, Tunbridge Wells
  13. Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle upon Tyne
  14. Wakefield Opera House (became cinema 1920s), Wakefield

Northern Ireland

  1. Grand Opera House (Belfast)

Scotland

  1. Edinburgh Festival Theatre (Festival Theatre), Edinburgh
  2. Music Hall & Opera House (Remodelled 1889 as Assembly Rooms), Dundee
  3. Theatre Royal, Glasgow (Scottish Opera), Glasgow

Wales

  1. Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru (Wales Millennium Centre), Cardiff
  2. Craig-y-Nos Castle, Powys, Wales

North America

The Four Seasons Centre, from University Avenue and Queen Street
Great Theatre of Havana
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

Canada

  1. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (Canadian Opera Company), Toronto, Ontario
  2. Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Manitoba Opera, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  3. Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, (Edmonton Opera), Edmonton, Alberta
  4. Opera Lyra Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
  5. Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, a theatre of the Place des Arts, (Montréal Opera), Montréal, Quebec
  6. Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
  7. Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, (Calgary Opera), Calgary, Alberta
  8. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, (Vancouver Opera), Vancouver, British Columbia
  9. Royal Theatre, Pacific Opera Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
  10. Dofasco Centre for the Performing Arts, Hamilton Opera, Hamilton, Ontario
  11. Elgin Theatre, Opera Atelier, Toronto, Ontario

Costa Rica

  1. Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Cuba

  1. Gran Teatro de la Habana, Havana
  2. Teatro Sauto, Matanzas

Dominican Republic

  1. Teatro Nacional, Santo Domingo
  2. Gran Teatro del Cibao, Santiago

El Salvador

  1. Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, San Salvador

Mexico

  1. Casa de la Ópera Angelopolitana, Puebla
  2. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
  3. Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara
  4. Teatro José Peón Contreras, Mérida
  5. Teatro Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

Panamá Teatro Nacional

United States

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
  1. Abraham Chavez Theatre (El Paso Opera), El Paso, Texas
  2. Academy of Music (Opera Company of Philadelphia), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  3. Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth Opera), Fort Worth, Texas
  4. Baton Rouge River Center (Opéra Louisiane), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  5. Benedum Center (Pittsburgh Opera), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  6. Boston Opera House (1909), Boston, Massachusetts
  7. Boston Opera House (1980), Boston, Massachusetts
  8. Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center (Houston Grand Opera), Houston, Texas
  9. California Theater, (Opera San Jose), San Jose, California
  10. Carpenter Theater (Virginia Opera), Richmond, Virginia
  11. Central City Opera House (Central City Opera), Central City, Colorado
  12. Civic Opera House (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Chicago, Illinois
  13. Civic Theatre Opera House (San Diego Opera), San Diego, California
  14. Clowes Memorial Hall, (Indianapolis Opera), Indianapolis, Indiana
  15. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia
  16. Crosby Theatre (Santa Fe Opera), Santa Fe, New Mexico
  17. David H. Koch Theater, (formerly New York State Theater) (formerly New York City Opera venue)
  18. Detroit Opera House (Michigan Opera Theater), Detroit, Michigan
  19. Dicapo Opera Theater (Dicapo Opera), New York, New York
  20. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles Opera), Los Angeles, California
  21. Duchamp Opera House (1830) (Le Petit Paris), St. Martinville, Louisiana
  22. Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Opera Colorado), Denver, Colorado
  23. French Opera House, New Orleans, Louisiana
  24. Harrison Opera House (Virginia Opera), Norfolk, Virginia
  25. Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York[38][39]
  26. Howell Opera House, Howell, Michigan
  27. Jefferson Performing Arts Center (Jefferson Performing Arts Society), Metairie, Louisiana
  28. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House (Washington National Opera), Washington, D.C.
  29. Lyric Opera House (Baltimore Opera), Baltimore, Maryland
  30. Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts, (New Orleans Opera) New Orleans, Louisiana
  31. Marcus Center (Florentine Opera), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  32. McCaw Hall (Seattle Opera), Seattle, Washington
  33. Mercury Opera House, Rochester, New York
  34. Metropolitan Opera House (Metropolitan Opera), New York, New York
  35. Moores Opera House (Moores School of Music,[40] University of Houston[41]), Houston, Texas
  36. Music Hall (Cincinnati Opera), Cincinnati, Ohio
  37. Peabody Opera House, in St. Louis, Missouri
  38. Plaza Theater, in El Paso, Texas
  39. New York State Theater (See David H. Koch Theater) (formerly New York City Opera), New York, New York
  40. Newberry Opera House (South Carolina Opera and Asheville Lyric Opera), Newberry, South Carolina
  41. Rapides Opera House, Alexandria, Louisiana
  42. RiverView Theater, (Shreveport Opera), Shreveport, Louisiana
  43. Sarasota Opera House (Sarasota Opera), Sarasota, Florida
  44. War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco Opera), San Francisco, California
  45. Reynolds Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
  46. Segerstrom Hall (Opera Pacific), Costa Mesa, California
  47. Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia
  48. Théâtre d'Orléans, New Orleans, Louisiana
  49. Theatre de la Renaissance, New Orleans, Louisiana
  50. Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre, New Orleans, Louisiana
  51. Winspear Opera House (Dallas Opera), Dallas, Texas
  52. Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami

Oceania

The Sydney Opera House
Opera House, Wellington

Australia

  1. Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
  2. Canberra Theatre, Canberra
  3. His Majesty's Theatre, Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
  4. Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane
  5. State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne (also known as the Victorian Arts Centre), Melbourne
  6. Sydney Opera House, Sydney
  7. Theatre Royal, Hobart, Tasmania

New Zealand

  1. Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru[42]
  2. Opera House, Wellington
  3. St. James Theatre, Wellington
  4. The Aotea Centre, Auckland. (Now known as "Auckland Live")

South America

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

Argentina

  1. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires[43]
  2. Independencia Theater, Mendoza
  3. Teatro Libertador General San Martín, Córdoba
  4. Teatro Alberdi, San Miguel de Tucumán
  5. Teatro Argentino de La Plata, La Plata
  6. Teatro El Circulo, Rosario[44]
  7. Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
  8. Teatro San Martin, San Miguel de Tucumán
  9. Municipal Theater of Santa Fe, Santa Fe

Bolivia

  1. Teatro René Moreno, Santa Cruz
  2. Casa Teatro, Santa Cruz

Brazil

  1. Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
  2. Teatro Arthur Azevedo, São Luís
  3. Theatro da Paz, Belém
  4. Teatro José de Alencar, Fortaleza
  5. Teatro Santa Isabel, Recife
  6. Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), Rio de Janeiro
  7. Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), São Paulo
  8. Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), São João da Boa Vista
  9. Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), Santos
  10. Wire Opera House, Curitiba
  11. Teatro São Pedro, São Paulo
  12. Teatro Pedro II, Ribeirão Preto
  13. Teatro São Pedro, Porto Alegre

Chile

  1. Teatro Municipal, Santiago[45]

Colombia

  1. Teatro de Cristobal Colón, Bogotá
  2. Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá
  3. Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Santiago de Cali
  4. Teatro Municipal, Santiago de Cali
  5. Teatro Heredia Adolfo Mejía, Cartagena
  6. Medellín Metropolitan Theatre, Medellín

Peru

  1. Teatro Manuel Ascencio Segura, Lima

Uruguay

  1. Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta, Montevideo
  2. Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Venezuela

  1. Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, Caracas

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Osijek website
  2. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka website
  3. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Split website
  4. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin website
  5. ^ Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Per website: "The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb" seems to be its official name in English and whatever other language they speak
  6. ^ Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
  7. ^ Icelandic opera official website in English
  8. ^ Macedonian Opera and Ballet company
  9. ^ Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest official website
  10. ^ Galaţi Musical Theatre, official website
  11. ^ Romanian National Opera, Iaşi official website
  12. ^ Craiova Lyric Theatre official website
  13. ^ National Operetta Theatre, Bucharest official website
  14. ^ Opera and Ballet Theatre, Constanţa official website
  15. ^ Opera Braşov, Braşov official website
  16. ^ Romanian National Opera, Timișoara official website
  17. ^ http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/partners/sovet/
  18. ^ http://www.uralopera.ru/en/about.php
  19. ^ http://helikon.ru/eng_default.php
  20. ^ http://www.kazan-opera.ru/en/about/history/
  21. ^ http://www.novayaopera.ru/en?page=theatre
  22. ^ http://www.opera-novosibirsk.ru/index.php?locale=en_us
  23. ^ http://www.operann.ru/
  24. ^ http://stanmus.com/
  25. ^ http://www.chelopera.ru/
  26. ^ http://www.operaballet.net/en/
  27. ^ http://www.buryatia.ru/buryatia/culture/index_e.html
  28. ^ http://www.spbopera.ru/en/
  29. ^ http://www.rostovopera.ru/about.html
  30. ^ http://www.opera-centre.ru/centre
  31. ^ http://www.operaizh.ru/
  32. ^ http://astoperahouse.ru/en/
  33. ^ Dnipropetrovsk Opera official website, in Russian
  34. ^ Donetsk Opera listed on Operabase.com
  35. ^ Kharkiv Opera official website, in Russian
  36. ^ Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet official website, in English
  37. ^ Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre official website, in English
  38. ^ "Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  39. ^ Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, NY - NY Daily News (Retrieved on June 21, 2009) Template:Wayback
  40. ^ Moores School of Music list of opera performances, 2009/10
  41. ^ University of Houston facilities
  42. ^ Oamaru Opera house website
  43. ^ Teatro Avenida's official website showing 2009 performances
  44. ^ Teatro El Circulo website showing 2009 performances of operas
  45. ^ Teatro Municipal official website with opera offerings, 2009

Sources

  • 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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