List of opera houses

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

Algeria

The National Centre for the Performing Arts with the Great Hall of the People in the background

The Algiers Opera House^[1]

Shanghai Grand Theatre

Egypt

Alexandria Opera House or Sayed Darwish Theatre (formerly Teatro Mohamed Ali), Alexandria
Cairo Opera House, Cairo
Damanhur Theatre, Damanhur
Khedivial Opera House, Cairo

South Africa

Artscape Opera House (Cape Town Opera Company), Cape Town
Joburg Theatre
Pretoria State Theatre

Asia

Yerevan Opera House

Armenia

Yerevan Opera Theatre, Yerevan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Baku

Bangladesh

Hatirjheel Opera House, Dhaka

China

Century Theatre, Beijing
Guangzhou Beilei Theatre
Guangzhou Drama Arts Center - Theatre No.13
Guangzhou Friendship Theatre
Guangzhou Guanglian Hall
Guangzhou Huanghuagang Theatre
Guangzhou Jiangnan Theatre
Guangzhou Military Auditorium
Guangzhou Opera House
Guangzhou Rainbow Theatre
Guangzhou South Theatre
Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Hangzhou
Harbin Opera Theatre, Harbin
National Centre for the Performing Arts
Oriental Opera Hall at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai
Poly Theatre, Beijing
Poly Theatre (People's Liberation Army Opera House), Beijing
Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai
Zhengyici-xi-lou, Beijing Opera, Beijing

Hong Kong

Shatin Town Hall

Ko Shan Theatre Theatre
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre Theatre
North District Town Hall Auditorium
Sai Wab Ho Civic Centre Theatre
Shatin Town Hall Auditorium
Sheungwan Civic Centre Theatre
Sunbeam Theatre
Taipo Civic Centre Auditorium
Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium

Georgia

Georgia's Tbilisi Opera

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tbilisi

India

Royal Opera House (Mumbai)

Indonesia

Palace of Culture (Istana Budaya), Kuala Lumpur

Aula Simfonia Jakarta^[2]
Taman Ismail Marzuki, Theatre Hall, Jakarta
Usmar Ismail Concert Hall, Jakarta

Iran

Vahdat Hall

Israel

Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center

Japan

Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya
Biwako Hall, Ōtsu, Shiga
Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT)
NHK Hall, Tokyo
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Yokosuka Arts Theatre, Yokosuka

Kazakhstan

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

Taiwan

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Thailand

Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok

Turkey

Ankara Opera House, Ankara
Antalya State Opera and Ballet, Antalya
City Opera, Eskisehir Metropolitan Municipality, Eskisehir
İzmir State Opera and Ballet, Elhamra Palace, İzmir
Leyla Gencer Sahnesi, Ankara
Mersin Halkevi (Mersin State Opera and Ballet), Mersin
Operet Sahnesi, Ankara
Süreyya Opera House Kadıköy, Istanbul

Hanoi Opera House

Uzbekistan

Navoi Theatre, Tashkent

Vietnam

Haiphong Opera House, Haiphong
Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi
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

Tirana Opera House, Tirana

Austria

Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz
Grazer Oper, Graz
Musiktheater Linz, Linz
Neue Oper Wien, Vienna
Salzburg Festival, Salzburg
Schönbrunn Schlosstheater, Vienna
Theater am Kärntnertor (Hofoper), Vienna
Theater an der Wien, Vienna; historic theatre associated with Mozart's time
Theater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt
Volksoper Wien (Vienna People's Opera), Vienna
Wiener Kammeroper (Vienna Chamber Opera), Vienna
Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), Vienna

Belarus

National Opera and Ballet of Belarus, Minsk

Belgium

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

National Theatre Opera and Ballet, Sarajevo

Bulgaria

Bourgas Opera Theatre, Bourgas
National Opera and Ballet, Sofia
Rousse State Opera, Rousse
State Opera Plovdiv,^[3] Plovdiv
State Opera Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora
Varna Opera Theatre, Varna

Croatia

Croatian National Theatre, Osijek^[4]
Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka^[5]
Croatian National Theatre, Split^[6]
Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin^[7]
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Zagreb^[8]

Czech Republic

Copenhagen Opera House

National Theatre (Prague) (Národní Divadlo), Prague
The State Opera (Státní opera), Prague
Theatre of the Estates (Stavovské divadlo or Estates Theatre), Prague

Denmark

The Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen), Copenhagen
Den Jyske Opera, Aarhus
Det Kongelige Teater (Royal Danish Theatre), Copenhagen
Funen Opera, Odense
Opera Hedeland, Hedehusene

Estonia

Estonian National Opera, Tallinn
Vanemuine, Tartu

Finland

Aleksanterin Teatteri, Helsinki
Kansallisooppera, Helsinki

France

Palais Garnier, Paris

Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
Grand Théâtre, Angers
Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux
Grand Théâtre, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
Nouvel Opéra, Lyon
Opéra Bastille, Paris
Opéra-Comique, Paris
Opéra de Lille, Lille
Opéra de Marseille, Marseille
Opéra de Nice, Nice
Opéra de Rennes, Rennes
Opéra de Rouen, Rouen
Opéra de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
Opéra de Toulon, Toulon
Opéra de Tours, Tours
Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy
Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg
Opéra royal du château de Versailles, Versailles
Opéra-théâtre d'Avignon, Avignon
Opéra Théâtre de Besançon, Besançon
Opéra Théâtre de Limoges, Limoges
Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, Metz
Palais Garnier, Paris
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Théâtre Graslin, Nantes

Germany

Bayreuth Festspielhaus

Semperoper, Dresden

Theater Duisburg (2009)

Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe

Aalto Theatre, Essen
Alte Oper (former opera house), Frankfurt
Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre), Bayreuth
Chemnitz Opera, Chemnitz
Cologne Opera, Cologne
Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich
Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera of the Rhine), Düsseldorf
Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin German Opera), Berlin
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Weimar
Dortmund Opera, Dortmund
Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg (under construction)
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival Theatre), Baden-Baden
Halle Opera House, Halle
Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), Hamburg
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
Kiel Opera House, Kiel
Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin
Kroll Opera House, Berlin (destroyed in 1943)
Landestheater Altenburg (de), Altenburg
Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth
Mecklenburg State Theatre, Schwerin
Das Meininger Theater, Meiningen
Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
National Theatre Munich (Bavarian State Opera), Munich
Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg (Lower Saxony)
Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera), Frankfurt
Oper Leipzig (Leipzig Opera), Leipzig
Opernhaus am Taschenberg, Dresden (changed to church in 1708, demolished in 1888)
Opernhaus am Zwinger, Dresden (1719, destroyed 1849)
Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Opernhaus Wuppertal, Wuppertal
Prinzregententheater, Munich
Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarbrücken
Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen
Semperoper (Saxon State Opera), Dresden
Staatsoper Hannover, Hanover
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Berlin
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
Staatstheater Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel
Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nuremberg
Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Theater Bonn, Bonn
Theater Bremen, Bremen
Theater Dortmund, Dortmund
Theater Duisburg, Duisburg
Theater Erfurt, Erfurt
Theater Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Theater Lübeck, Lübeck
Theater Trier, Trier
Theater Ulm, Ulm

Greece

Apollon Theatre (in Greek), Ermoupolis ^[9]
Athens Concert Hall, Athens
Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera, Athens
Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House

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

Iceland

The Icelandic Opera (Íslenska Óperan), Reykjavík^[10]

Ireland

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

Arena di Verona, Verona
Sferisterio, Macerata
Teatro Alessandro Bonci, Cesena
Teatro Alfieri, Asti
Teatro Alfieri, Florence
Teatro Alfieri, Turin
Teatro alla Scala, Milan (La Scala)
Teatro Argentina, Rome
Teatro Capranica, Rome
Teatro Carignano, Turin
Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa
Teatro Civico, Sassari
Teatro Civico, Tortona
Teatro Comunale, Alessandria
Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna
Teatro Comunale, Bologna
Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
Teatro Comunale, Florence
Teatro Comunale Gabriello Chiabrera, Savona
Teatro Comunale, Modena
Teatro Communale G. B. Pergolesi, Jesi
Teatro Communale Ponchielli, Cremona
Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan
Teatro della Gran Guardia, Livorno
Teatro della Pergola, Florence
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome
Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria
Teatro Fraschini, Pavia
Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto
Teatro Grande, Brescia
Teatro Lirico, Milan
Teatro Lirico, Cagliari
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste
Teatro Malibran, Venice
Teatro Marrucino, Chieti
Teatro Massimo, Palermo
Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia
Teatro Municipale, Piacenza
Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia
Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari
Teatro Politeama, Lecce
Teatro Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo
Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan (burned down in 1776; replaced by Teatro alla Scala)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma
Teatro Regio Torino, Turin
Teatro Rossini, Lugo
Teatro Rossini, Pesaro
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Teatro Sociale, Como

Latvia

Latvian National Opera

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

Lithuania

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

Malta

Aurora Opera House, Victoria, Gozo
Manoel Theatre, Valletta
Royal Opera House, Valletta (destroyed)

Macedonia

Macedonian Opera and Ballet^[11]

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

Moldova

National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Chişinău

Monaco

The new opera house, Oslo, Norway

Teatr Wielki, Warsaw (restored)

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Netherlands

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

Norway

Folketeatret
Den Norske Opera (Norwegian National Opera), Oslo
Operaen i Kristiansund
Operahuset Nordfjord
Oslo Opera House

Poland

Baltic State Opera, Gdańsk
Court Opera in Łazienki complex, Warsaw
Grand Theatre, Łódź
Great Theatre, Poznań, Poznań
Kraków Chamber Opera, Kraków
Opera in the castle, Szczecin
Opera Krakowska, Kraków
Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz
Opera Podlaska, Białystok
Polish National Opera (Great Theatre), Warsaw
Silesian Opera, Bytom
Teatr Muzyczny w Lublinie, Lublin
Warsaw Chamber Opera, Warsaw
Wrocław Opera, Wrocław

Portugal

São Carlos main façade, Lisbon

Romania

Iaşi Romanian National Opera

Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera, Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca
Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest^[12]
Galaţi Musical Theatre, Galaţi^[13]
Iaşi Romanian National Opera, Iaşi^[14]
Lyric Theatre, Craiova^[15]
National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Constanţa^[16]
National Operetta Theatre, Bucharest^[17]
Opera Brașov, Brașov^[18]
Romanian National Opera, Bucharest
Timișoara Romanian National Opera, Timișoara^[19]

Russia

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Astrakhan^[20]
Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ufa
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow^[21]
Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ulan-Ude^[22]
The Chelyabinsk state academic opera and ballet theatre of M.I.Glinka, Chelyabinsk^[23]
Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary
Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ekaterinburg^[24]
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Moscow^[25]
Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
Magnitogorsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Magnitogorsk
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Mayakovsky Theatre (Helikon Opera), Moscow ^[26]
Mikhaylovsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Moscow Operette Thearte, Moscow
Musa Calil Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kazan^[27]
Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow^[28]
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk^[29]
Pokrovsky Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre, Moscow
Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Nizhny Novgorod^[30]
Pyotr Illytch Tchaikovsky Perm Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
Republic Sakha - Yakutia State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yakutsk
Rostov State Opera and Ballet, Rostov^[31]
Samara State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Samara
Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yoshkar-Ola^[32]
Saratov State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov
St Petersburg Chamber Opera, Saint Petersburg^[33]
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Academic Theatre, Moscow^[34]
State Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk^[35]
Taganrog Theatre, Taganrog
Tsaritsynskaya opera, Volgograd
Voronezh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Voronezh

Serbia

Teatro Real, Madrid

Gothenburg Opera

Läckö Castle - venue of the Castle Opera

Slovakia

Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava
State Opera in Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica
State Theatre Košice, Košice

Spain

Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, Bilbao
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Kursaal Palace, San Sebastián
Palacio de la Ópera, A Coruña
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia
Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao
Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo
Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville
Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid
Teatre La Faràndula, Sabadell
Teatre Principal, Barcelona (now closed)
Teatre Principal de Maó, Mahón
Teatro Real, Madrid

Sweden

Drottningholm Palace Theatre (Drottningholms Slottsteater), Drottningholm
Folkoperan, Stockholm
Gothenburg Opera (GöteborgsOperan), Gothenburg
Läckö Castle Opera, Lidköping
Malmö Opera (Malmö Opera), Malmö
Norrland Opera, Umeå
Royal Swedish Opera (Kungliga Operan), Stockholm

Switzerland

Bern Theatre (Stadttheater Bern), Bern
Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva
Lausanne Opera, Lausanne
Opernhaus Zürich, Zürich
Stadttheater Luzern, Lucerne
Theater Basel, Basel
Theater Biel-Solothurn, Biel/Bienne–Solothurn
Theater St. Gallen, St. Gallen

Ukraine

Lviv Opera Theater

Chernivtsi Opera House, Chernivtsi
Dnipropetrovsk Opera, Dnipropetrovsk^[36]
Donetsk Opera, Donetsk^[37]
Kharkiv Opera, Kharkiv^[38]
Kiev Opera, Kiev
Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Lviv^[39]
October Palace, Kiev
Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater, Odessa^[40]

United Kingdom

England

Royal Opera House, London

Wales Millennium Centre

Opera House, Buxton
Coliseum Theatre, London
Garsington Opera, Buckinghamshire
Glyndebourne, East Sussex
Grand Opera House, York
Grand Theatre, Leeds
Grange Park Opera, Northington, Hampshire
Lowry Centre, Salford
Opera House, Manchester
Opera House, Tunbridge Wells
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Sadler's Wells (Sadler's Wells Theatre), London
Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle upon Tyne
Wakefield Opera House (became cinema 1920s), Wakefield

Northern Ireland

Grand Opera House, Belfast

Scotland

Edinburgh Festival Theatre (Festival Theatre), Edinburgh
Music Hall & Opera House (remodelled 1889 as Assembly Rooms), Dundee
Theatre Royal, Glasgow (Scottish Opera), Glasgow

Wales

Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru (Wales Millennium Centre), Cardiff
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

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

Costa Rica

Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Cuba

Gran Teatro de la Habana, Havana
Teatro Sauto, Matanzas

Dominican Republic

Gran Teatro del Cibao, Santiago
Teatro Nacional, Santo Domingo

El Salvador

Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, San Salvador

Mexico

Casa de la Ópera Angelopolitana, Puebla
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Teatro Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara
Teatro José Peón Contreras, Mérida

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

Abraham Chavez Theatre (El Paso Opera), El Paso, Texas
Academy of Music (Opera Company of Philadelphia), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth Opera), Fort Worth, Texas
Baton Rouge River Center (Opéra Louisiane), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Benedum Center (Pittsburgh Opera), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Boston Opera House (1909), Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Opera House (1980), Boston, Massachusetts
Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center (Houston Grand Opera), Houston, Texas
California Theater (Opera San Jose), San Jose, California
Carpenter Theater (Virginia Opera), Richmond, Virginia
Central City Opera House (Central City Opera), Central City, Colorado
Civic Opera House (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Chicago, Illinois
Civic Theatre Opera House^[41] (San Diego Opera), San Diego, California
Clowes Memorial Hall (Indianapolis Opera), Indianapolis, Indiana
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia
Crosby Theatre (Santa Fe Opera), Santa Fe, New Mexico
David H. Koch Theater (formerly New York State Theater; formerly New York City Opera venue)
Detroit Opera House (Michigan Opera Theater), Detroit, Michigan
Dicapo Opera Theater (Dicapo Opera), New York, New York
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles Opera), Los Angeles, California
Duchamp Opera House (1830) (Le Petit Paris), St. Martinville, Louisiana
Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Opera Colorado), Denver, Colorado
French Opera House, New Orleans, Louisiana
Harrison Opera House (Virginia Opera), Norfolk, Virginia
Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York^[42]^[43]
Howell Opera House, Howell, Michigan
Jefferson Performing Arts Center (Jefferson Performing Arts Society), Metairie, Louisiana
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House (Washington National Opera), Washington, D.C.
Lyric Opera House (Baltimore Opera), Baltimore, Maryland
Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts (New Orleans Opera) New Orleans, Louisiana
Marcus Center (Florentine Opera), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
McCaw Hall (Seattle Opera), Seattle, Washington
Mercury Opera House, Rochester, New York
Metropolitan Opera House (Metropolitan Opera), New York, New York
Moores Opera House (Moores School of Music,^[44] University of Houston^[45]), Houston, Texas
Music Hall (Cincinnati Opera), Cincinnati, Ohio
New York State Theater (See David H. Koch Theater) (formerly New York City Opera), New York, New York
Newberry Opera House (South Carolina Opera and Asheville Lyric Opera), Newberry, South Carolina
Peabody Opera House, in St. Louis, Missouri
Plaza Theater, in El Paso, Texas
Rapides Opera House, Alexandria, Louisiana
Reynolds Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
RiverView Theater (Shreveport Opera), Shreveport, Louisiana
Sarasota Opera House (Sarasota Opera), Sarasota, Florida
Segerstrom Hall (Opera Pacific), Costa Mesa, California
Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia
Theatre de la Renaissance, New Orleans, Louisiana
Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre, New Orleans, Louisiana
Théâtre d'Orléans, New Orleans, Louisiana
War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco Opera), San Francisco, California
Winspear Opera House (Dallas Opera), Dallas, Texas
Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami

Oceania

The Sydney Opera House

Opera House, Wellington

Australia

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

New Zealand

The Aotea Centre,^[46] Auckland; now known as "Auckland Live"
Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru^[47]
Opera House, Wellington
St. James Theatre, Wellington

South America

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires

Teatro Amazonas, Manaus

Teatro de Cristobal Colón, Bogotá

Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Argentina

Independencia Theater, Mendoza
Teatro Libertador General San Martín, Córdoba
Municipal Theater of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
Teatro Alberdi, San Miguel de Tucumán
Teatro Argentino de La Plata, La Plata
Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires^[48]
Teatro El Circulo, Rosario^[49]
Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Teatro San Martin, San Miguel de Tucumán

Bolivia

Casa Teatro, Santa Cruz
Teatro René Moreno, Santa Cruz

Brazil

Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
Teatro Arthur Azevedo, São Luís
Theatro da Paz, Belém
Teatro José de Alencar, Fortaleza
Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), Rio de Janeiro
Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), Santos
Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), São João da Boa Vista
Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), São Paulo
Teatro Pedro II, Ribeirão Preto
Teatro São Pedro, Porto Alegre
Teatro São Pedro, São Paulo
Teatro Santa Isabel, Recife
Wire Opera House, Curitiba

Chile

Teatro Municipal, Santiago^[50]

Colombia

Medellín Metropolitan Theatre, Medellín
Teatro de Cristobal Colón, Bogotá
Teatro Heredia Adolfo Mejía, Cartagena
Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Santiago de Cali
Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá
Teatro Municipal, Santiago de Cali

Peru

Teatro Manuel Ascencio Segura, Lima

Uruguay

Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta, Montevideo
Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Venezuela

Teatro Municipal de Valencia

Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, Caracas
Teresa de La Opera, Maracay
Teresa Municipal, Caracas
Teatro Municipal, Valencia

References

Notes

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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History and national traditions	Origins of opera Italian opera (Verismo) Opera in German French opera Opera in English Russian opera Polish opera Hungarian opera Armenian opera Spanish opera Opera in Latin America Opera in Venezuela List of Argentine operas List of Mexican operas List of North Korean operas

Opera components	Aria Aria di sorbetto Arioso Cabaletta Cantabile Da capo aria Insertion aria Ballet Cadenza Cavatina Divertissement Leitmotif Libretto Mad scene Overture Recitative Ritornello Surtitles

Types of opera	Afterpiece Azione teatrale Ballad opera Burletta Comédie en vaudevilles Comédie mêlée d'ariettes Dramma per musica Entr'acte Farsa Festa teatrale Género chico Grand opera Intermède Intermezzo Literaturoper Melodrama Monodrama Duodrama Melodramma Musical theatre Number opera Opéra-ballet Opera buffa Opéra bouffe Opéra bouffon Opéra comique Opéra féerie Opera semiseria Opera seria Operetta Pasticcio Pastorale héroïque Posse mit Gesang Rescue opera Romantische Oper Sainete Savoy opera Semi-opera Singspiel Spieloper Tonadilla Tragédie en musique Zarzuela Zeitoper

Voice types	Soprano Coloratura Soubrette Lyric Spinto Dramatic Mezzo-soprano Contralto (Alto) Countertenor Sopranist Haute-contre Castrato Tenor (Tenore di grazia) Baritenor Baritone Bass-baritone Bass

Participant and role types	Banda Breeches role (Travesti) Claque Comprimario Diva Hovsångare Kammersänger Maestro Musico Prima donna Prompter Répétiteur

Singing concepts and techniques	Bel canto Cantabile Chest voice Coloratura (Fioritura) Convenienze Coup de glotte Fach Falsetto Falsettone Head voice Legato Messa di voce Passaggio Portamento Sprechgesang Squillo Tessitura Timbre Vibrato Vocal range Vocal register Vocal resonation Vocal weight Voice types

List articles	Argentine operas Christmas operas Historical opera characters Important operas Major opera composers Mexican operas North Korean operas Notable operas Opera topics Operetta composers Opera librettists Opera genres Opera houses Opera companies Opera festivals Opera directors Operas set in the Crusades Orphean operas Zarzuela composers

Miscellaneous	Opera house Orchestral enhancement Regietheater Sitzprobe Stagione

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