List of opera houses

Opera houses are listed by continent, then by country with the name of the opera house and city; the opera company is sometimes named for clarity. Note: there are many theatres whose name includes the words Opera House but which do not currently put on opera regularly (or, in some cases, at all). Such theatres are not included in this list.

Africa

Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria

Egypt

• Cairo Opera House, Cairo
• Sayed Darwish Theatre (former Theatre Mohamed Aly), Alexandria
• Damanhur Theatre, Damanhur
• Khedivial Opera House, Cairo

Eritrea

• Asmara Opera House, Asmara

South Africa

• Artscape Opera House (Cape Town Opera Company), Cape Town
• State Theatre, Pretoria
• Johannesburg Civic Theatre

Americas

Argentina

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Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, at night

• Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
• Teatro Argentino, La Plata

Brazil

• Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
• Teatro Arthur Azevedo, São Luís
• Teatro da Paz, Belém
• Teatro José de Alencar, Fortaleza
• Teatro Santa Isabel, Recife
• Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
• Teatro Municipal, São Paulo
• Teatro Pedro II, Ribeirão Preto
• Teatro São Pedro, Porto Alegre

Canada

The Four Seasons Centre, from University Avenue and Queen Street

• Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, a theatre of the Place des Arts, (Montréal Opera), Montréal, Quebec
• Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (Canadian Opera Company), Toronto, Ontario
• Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, (Opera Lyra Ottawa), Ottawa, Ontario
• Queen Elizabeth Theatre, (Vancouver Opera), Vancouver, British Columbia
• Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, (Edmonton Opera), Edmonton, Alberta
• Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, (Calgary Opera), Calgary, Alberta

Chile

• Teatro Municipal, Santiago

Colombia

• Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Cali, Colombia
• Teatro Municipal, Cali, Colombia

Costa Rica

• Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

El Salvador

• Teatro Nacional de El Salvador (National Theatre of El Salvador), San Salvador

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

Mexico

• El Palacio de Bellas Artes, (Palace of Fine Arts), Mexico City
• Teatro Aguascalientes, (Aguascalientes Theatre), Aguascalientes

United States

• Academy of Music (Opera Company of Philadelphia), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth Opera), Fort Worth, Texas
• Benedum Center (Pittsburgh Opera), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center (Houston Grand Opera), Houston, Texas
• California Theater, (Opera San Jose), San Jose
• Central City Opera House (Central City Opera), Central City, Colorado
• Cherryvale Opera House, Cherryvale, Kansas
• Civic Opera House (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Chicago, Illinois
• Crosby Theatre (Santa Fe Opera), Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Detroit Opera House (Michigan Opera Theater), Detroit, Michigan
• Dicapo Opera Theatre (Dicapo Opera), New York, New York
• Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles Opera), Los Angeles, California
• Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Opera Colorado), Denver, Colorado

The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, as seen from the Potomac River

• Harrison Opera House (Virginia Opera), Norfolk, Virginia
• Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
• Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House (Washington National Opera), Washington, D.C.
• Lyric Opera House (Baltimore Opera), Baltimore, Maryland
• Marcus Center (Florentine Opera), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• McCaw Hall (Seattle Opera), Seattle, Washington
• Metropolitan Opera House (Metropolitan Opera), New York, New York
• Music Hall (Cincinnati Opera), Cincinnati, Ohio
• New York State Theater (New York City Opera), New York, New York

The San Francisco War Memorial Opera House

• Newberry Opera House (South Carolina Opera and Asheville Lyric Opera), Newberry, South Carolina
• Sarasota Opera House (Sarasota Opera), Sarasota, Florida
• War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco Opera), San Francisco, California
• Segerstrom Hall (Opera Pacific), Costa Mesa, California
• Winspear Opera House (Dallas Opera), Dallas, Texas, opening 2009
• Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami, Florida

Uruguay

• Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Asia and Oceania

The Sydney Opera House.

Australia

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

New Zealand

• St. James Theatre and Opera House, Wellington
• Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru

China

• China National Grand Theatre, Beijing
• Century Theatre, Beijing
• Poly Theatre, Beijing
• People's Liberation Army Opera House, Beijing
• Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai
• Oriental Opera Hall at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai

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Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre

• Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Hangzhou
• Harbin Opera Theatre, Harbin

India

• Royal Opera House (Mumbai) -- defunct

Israel

• New Israeli Opera at the Performing Arts Center, Tel Aviv

Palace of Culture (Istana Budaya), Kuala Lumpur

Japan

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

National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia

Kazakhstan

• Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, Astana

Malaysia

• Palace of Culture, Kuala Lumpur

Mongolia

National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Philippines

• Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

Singapore

• Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
• Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall, Singapore

South Korea

• Seoul Arts Center Opera House, Seoul
• Seongnam Arts Center Opera House, Seongnam
• Daegu Opera House, Daegu

Thailand

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

• Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok
• Siam Opera, Siam Paragon, Bangkok

Turkey

• Ankara Opera House, Ankara
• Leyla Gencer Sahnesi, Ankara
• Operet Sahnesi, Ankara

Hanoi Opera House

• Atatürk Cultural Center, İstanbul
• İzmir State Opera and Ballet, Elhamra Palace İzmir
• Mersin State Opera and Ballet, Mersin
• Antalya State Opera and Ballet, Antalya

Vietnam

• Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi
• Saigon Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City

Europe

The Vienna Staatsoper, at night

Austria

• Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg
• Schönbrunn Schlosstheater, Vienna
• Theater an der Wien, Vienna. Historic theatre associated with Mozart's time.
• Volksoper Wien (Vienna People's Opera), Vienna
• Wiener Kammeroper (Vienna Chamber Opera), Vienna
• Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), Vienna

Yerevan Opera House

Armenia

• Yerevan Opera, Yerevan

Belgium

• De Munt/La Monnaie, Brussels
• Opéra royal de Wallonie, Liège
• Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp
• Vlaamse Opera, Ghent

Façade of De Munt/ La Monnaie, Brussels

Bulgaria

• National Opera and Ballet Sofia, Sofia
• Varna Opera Theatre, Varna

Croatia

• Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb , Zagreb
• Croatian National Theatre, Split
• Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka

Croatian National Theatre (HNK) in Zagreb

• Croatian National Theatre, Osijek
• Croatian National Theatre, Varazdin

Czech Republic

The Copenhagen Opera House 2005

• Národní Divadlo (National Theatre), Prague
• Státní opera Praha (Prague State Opera), Prague
• Stavovské divadlo (Estates Theatre), Prague

See also: Opera houses in the Czech Republic

Denmark

• Operaen (The Copenhagen Opera House), Copenhagen
• Det Kongelige Teater (Royal Danish Theatre), Copenhagen

England

The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninnette de Valois in the foreground

• Buxton Opera House, (Buxton Festival and International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival), Buxton
• Coliseum Theatre (English National Opera), London
• Glyndebourne (Glyndebourne Festival Opera), East Sussex
• Grand Theatre (Opera North), Leeds
• The Lowry Centre (Opera North), Manchester
• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
• Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

Estonia

• Estonian National Opera (Estonian National Opera), Tallinn

Finland

• Kansallisooppera (Finnish National Opera), Helsinki

France

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The Palais Garnier, Paris

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

Germany

Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as seen in 1882

The Leipzig Opera

• Aalto-Theater, Essen
• Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
• Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre), Bayreuth
• Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera of the Rhine), Düsseldorf
• Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin German Opera), Berlin
• Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival Theatre), Baden-Baden
• Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera), Frankfurt
• Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), Hamburg
• Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin
• Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth
• Musiktheather im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
• Nationaltheater, Mannheim
• Nationaltheater (Bavarian State Opera), Munich
• Oper Leipzig (Leipzig Opera), Leipzig
• Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
• Opernhaus Halle, Halle
• Opernhaus Kiel, Kiel
• Theater Lübeck, Lübeck
• Prinzregententheater, Munich
• Semperoper or Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera), Dresden
• Staatsoper Hannover, Hannover
• Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg
• Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Berlin
• Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
• Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel
• Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart
• Theater Duisburg, Duisburg

Georgia

Tbilisi Opera Hall

• Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tbilisi

Greece

• Greek National Opera, Athens
• Athens Concert Hall, Athens

Hungary

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

Ireland

• Cork Opera House, Cork
• Grand Opera House, Belfast
• Theatre Royal, Wexford

Italy

La Scala, Milan

Interior of La Fenice (Venice) in 1837.

• Arena di Verona, Verona
• Sferisterio, Macerata
• Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan
• Teatro alla Scala, Milan (La Scala)
• Teatro Argentina, Rome
• Teatro Carignano, Turin
• Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa
• Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna
• Teatro Comunale, Bologna
• Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
• Teatro Comunale, Florence
• Teatro Comunale, Modena
• Teatro della Pergola, Florence
• Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo
• Teatro La Fenice, Venice
• Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste
• Teatro Fraschini, Pavia
• Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria
• Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto
• Teatro della Gran Guardia, Livorno
• Teatro Grande, Brescia
• Teatro Lirico, Cagliari
• Teatro Malibran, Venice
• Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo
• Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania

Inside of Verona Arena with scenery for an opera performance, summer 1994

• Teatro Municipale, Piacenza
• Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome
• Teatro Politeama, Lecce
• Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona
• Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma
• Teatro Regio Torino, Turin
• Teatro Rossini, Pesaro
• Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
• Teatro Sociale, Como
• Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia

Latvia

• Latvijas Nacionālā opera (Latvian National Opera), Riga

Lithuania

• Lietuvos nacionalinis operos ir baleto teatras, Vilnius

Malta

• Royal Opera House, Valletta.

Monaco

• Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco

The Stopera, Amsterdam

The new opera house in Oslo, Norway

The restored Teatr Wielki, Warsaw

Netherlands

• Muziektheater (The Netherlands Opera), Amsterdam

Norway

• Den Norske Opera (Norwegian National Opera), Oslo
• Oslo Opera House
• Operaen i Kristiansund

Poland

• Baltic State Opera, Gdańsk
• Kraków Opera House, Cracow
• Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz
• Silesian Opera, Bytom
• Teatr Wielki, Łódź, Łódź
• Teatr Wielki, Poznań, Poznań
• Teatr Wielki, Warsaw (Polish National Opera), Warsaw
• Warszawska Opera Kameralna, Warsaw
• Wrocław Opera House, Wrocław

Portugal

• Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon
• Casa da Musica, Porto

Romania

• Romanian National Opera
• Opera Naţională, Bucureşti
• Opera Braşov
• Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca
• Opera Naţională Română, Iaşi
• Opera Naţională Română, Timişoara

Russia

The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia

• Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Konstantin Tachkin Ballet Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• Moscow State Theatre, Moscow
• Mikhaylovsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow
• Novosibirsk opera and ballet theatre, Novosibirsk
• Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, Moscow
• Taganrog Theatre, Taganrog

Scotland

• Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
• Theatre Royal, Glasgow (Scottish Opera), Glasgow

Serbia

• Srpsko narodno pozorište (Serbian National Theatre), Novi Sad
• Narodno pozorište u Beogradu (National Theatre in Belgrade), Belgrade
• Madlenianum, Belgrade

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

The façade of the Liceu, Barcelona, as viewed from La Rambla

• Slovensko narodno gledalisce, (Slovenian National Theatre) Ljubljana
• Slovensko narodno gledalisce, (Slovenian National Theatre) Maribor

Spain

• Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
• Teatro Real, Madrid
• Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, Bilbao
• El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia
• Palacio de la Ópera, A Coruña
• Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo
• Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville
• Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid
• Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao
• Kursaal Palace, Donostia-San Sebastián
• Teatre Principal de Maó, Mahón

Sweden

The Gothenburg Opera

• Drottningholms Slottsteater (Drottningholm Palace Theatre), Drottningholm
• GöteborgsOperan (Gotherburg Opera), Gothenburg
• Kungliga Operan (Royal Swedish Opera), Stockholm
• Folkoperan, Stockholm
• Malmö Opera och Musikteater (Malmö Opera and Music Theatre), Malmö
• Norrland Opera, Umeå

Switzerland

• Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva
• Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich
• Theater Basel, Basel
• Stadttheater Bern, Berne
• Stadttheater Luzern, Lucerne
• Theater Biel-Solothurn
• Opéra de Lausanne, Lausanne

Turkey

• Ankara State Opera, Ankara
• Istanbul State Opera, Istanbul
• Izmir State Opera, Izmir
• Antalya State Opera, Antalya
• Mersin State Opera, Mersin

Ukraine

Odessa Opera Theater

• Kiev Opera, Kiev

The Wales Millennium Centre

• Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, Lviv
• Odessa Opera Theater, Odessa
• Dnipropetrovsk Opera, Dnipropetrovsk
• Kharkiv Opera, Kharkiv
• Donetsk Opera, Donetsk

Wales

• Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru (Wales Millennium Centre) (Welsh National Opera), Cardiff

References

• Allison, John (ed.), Great Opera Houses of the World, supplement to Opera Magazine, London 2003
• Beauvert, Thierry, Opera Houses of the World, The Vendome 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

See also

• List of buildings
• List of concert halls
• List of contemporary amphitheatres
• List of jazz clubs
• Opera house
• Theatre