List of opera houses

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria, Egypt.

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

Egypt

• Alexandria Opera House, Alexandria
• Cairo Opera House, Cairo
• Damanhur Opera House, Damanhur
• Khedivial Opera House, Cairo (burnt in 1971)
• Port Said Opera House, Port Said

South Africa

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

Tunisia

• Théâtre municipal de Tunis
• Tunisia's City of Culture ^[1]

Morocco

• Théâtre national Mohammed-V  [ fr ], Rabat
• Grand National Theatre of Rabat
• Grand Théâtre CasArts, Casablanca
• Gran Teatro Cervantes, Tangier
• Théâtre municipal de Casablanca  [ fr ]
• Théâtre Afifi  [ fr ], El Jadida
• Royal Opera House of Marrakesh
• Théâtre Regent, Meknès

Asia

Bangladesh

• Hatirjheel Opera House, Dhaka

China

• Century Theatre, Beijing
• National Centre for the Performing Arts
• Poly Theatre, Beijing
• Zhengyici-xi-lou, Beijing Opera, Beijing
• Poly Theatre (People's Liberation Army Opera House), 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 Grand Theatre
• Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai
• Shanghai Opera Theater, Shanghai
• Oriental Opera Hall at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai
• Shanghai Yue Opera House, Shanghai
• Tianchan Theatre, Shanghai

Hong Kong

• 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

India

• Royal Opera House (Mumbai)
• Jamshed Bhabha Theatre (Mumbai)
• Samsung Opera House, Bangalore A previous opera venue. now restored/adapted by Samsumg as an "Experience Centre"
• Opera House open theater (Bangalore)

Indonesia

• Aula Simfonia Jakarta, Jakarta ^[2]
• Jakarta Art Building, Jakarta
• Taman Ismail Marzuki Theater Hall, Jakarta
• Usmar Ismail Concert Hall, Jakarta

Iran

• Vahdat Hall

Israel

• Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center

Japan

• Aichi Arts Center, 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)

Kuwait

• Kuwait Opera House, Kuwait City

Malaysia

• Palace of Culture, Kuala Lumpur
• Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House, Johor Bahru

Mongolia

• National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Oman

• Royal Opera House, Muscat

Philippines

• Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
• Manila Grand Opera House – historic theatre, now demolished

Singapore

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

Syria

• Damascus Opera House

South Korea

• Daegu Opera House, Daegu
• National Theater of Korea, Seoul
• Seoul Arts Center Opera House, Seoul
• Seongnam Arts Center Opera House, Seongnam

Taiwan

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

• National Taichung Theater
• National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei
• National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts

Tajikistan

• Aini Theater of Opera and Ballet, Dushanbe

Thailand

• Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok

Turkey

• Ankara Opera House, Ankara
• Atatürk Cultural Center, Taksim, Istanbul
• Antalya State Opera and Ballet, Antalya
• City Opera, Eskişehir
• 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
• Samsun State Opera and Ballet, İlkadım, Samsun

Hanoi Opera House

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Opera, Dubai

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

Yerevan Opera Theatre

Albania

• Tirana Opera House, Tirana

Armenia

• Yerevan Opera Theatre, Yerevan

Austria

Vienna State Opera, Vienna

• Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz
• Stadtheater Baden, Baden bei Wien
• Graz Opera, Graz
• Musiktheater Linz, Linz
• Neue Oper Wien, Vienna
• Salzburg Festival, Salzburg
• Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg
• Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, 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

Azerbaijan

Opera and Ballet Theatre, Baku

• Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Baku

Belarus

• National Opera and Ballet of Belarus, Minsk

Belgium

La Monnaie, Brussels

• 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, Zagreb

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

Czech Republic

See also: Opera houses in the Czech Republic

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

Denmark

Copenhagen Opera House

• 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 (Rahvusooper Estonia), Tallinn
• Vanemuine, Tartu

Finland

• Finnish National Opera and Ballet, Helsinki

France

Palais Garnier, Paris

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

Germany

Berlin State Opera, Berlin

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
• 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
• Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival Theatre), Baden-Baden
• Halle Opera House, Halle
• Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), Hamburg
• Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
• Opernhaus Kiel, Kiel
• Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin
• Kroll Opera House, Berlin (destroyed in 1943)
• Landestheater 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 Dortmund, Dortmund
• 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
• Stadttheater Minden, Minden
• Theater Bonn, Bonn
• Theater Bremen, Bremen
• Theater Chemnitz, Chemnitz
• Theater Duisburg, Duisburg
• Theater Erfurt, Erfurt
• Theater Heidelberg, Heidelberg
• Theater Lübeck, Lübeck
• Theater Münster, Münster
• Theater Trier, Trier
• Theater Ulm, Ulm

Greece

• Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greek National Opera, Athens
• Athens Concert Hall, Athens
• Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki
• Apollon Theatre (Patras), Patras
• Apollon Theater, Syros, Ermoupoli ^[9]

Georgia

Georgian National Opera

• Georgian National Opera Theater, Tbilisi
• Kutaisi State Opera, Kutaisi

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

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

Italy

La Scala, Milan

Interior: La Fenice, Venice, 1837

Interior: Teatro San Carlo, Naples

Teatro Massimo, Palermo, biggest theater in Italy and third in Europe

• Arena di Verona, Verona
• Opera di Firenze, Florence
• Sferisterio, Macerata
• Teatro Alessandro Bonci, Cesena
• Teatro Alfieri, Asti
• Teatro Alfieri, Florence
• Teatro Alfieri, Turin
• Teatro alla Scala, Milan
• Teatro Apollo, Lecce
• Teatro Biondo, Palermo
• Teatro Argentina, Rome
• Teatro Augusteo, Naples
• Teatro Bellini, Naples
• Teatro Capranica, Rome
• Teatro Carignano, Turin
• Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II, Messina
• Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa
• Teatro Civico, Sassari
• Teatro Civico, Tortona
• Teatro Garibaldi, Enna
• Teatro Coccia, Novara
• Teatro Luigi Pirandello, Agrigento
• Teatro Comunale, Alessandria
• Teatro Comunale, Bologna
• Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
• Teatro Comunale, Florence, cast off in 2014 (and later dismantled)
  and substituted by the newly built Opera di Firenze  [ it ]
• Teatro Comunale, Modena
• Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna
• Teatro Comunale Carlo Gesualdo, Avellino
• Teatro Re Grillo, Licata
• Teatro Communale G. B. Pergolesi, Jesi
• Teatro Comunale Gabriello Chiabrera, Savona
• Teatro Communale Ponchielli, Cremona
• Teatro Bellini, Palermo
• Teatro Finocchiaro, Palermo
• Teatro Comunale Umberto Giordano, Foggia
• Teatro Comunale Margherita, Racalmuto
• Teatro Comunale Vittorio Emanuele, Benevento
• Teatro Curci, Barletta
• Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome
• Teatro del Giglio, Lucca
• Teatro Regina Margherita, Caltanissetta
• Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan
• Teatro degli Industri, Grosseto
• Teatro comunale Vittoria Colonna, Vittoria
• Teatro della Gran Guardia, Livorno
• Teatro della Pergola, Florence
• Teatro delle Muse, Ancona
• Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo
• Teatro La Fenice, Venice
• Teatro Garibaldi, Piazza Armerina
• Teatro Lirico, Milan
• Teatro Lirico, Cagliari
• Teatro Filarmonico, Verona
• Teatro Selinus, Castelvetrano
• Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria
• Teatro Fraschini, Pavia
• Teatro Garibaldi, Modica
• Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto
• Teatro Grande, Brescia
• Teatro Comunale, Noto
• 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 Mario Del Monaco, Treviso
• Teatro Comunale Eliodoro Sollima, Marsala
• Teatro Mercadante, Naples
• Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia
• Teatro Municipale, Piacenza
• Teatro comunale, Siracusa
• Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia
• Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno
• Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari
• Teatro Piccinni, Bari
• Teatro Sangiorgi, Catania
• Teatro Politeama, Catanzaro
• Teatro Politeama, Lecce
• Teatro Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo
• Teatro Regio Ducale, 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 San Carlo, Naples
• Teatro Sannazzaro, Naples
• Teatro Sociale, Como
• Teatro Sociale di Mantova, Mantua
• Teatro Verdi, Padua
• Teatro Verdi, Pisa

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
• Kaunas State Musical Theatre (Kauno valstybinis muzikinis teatras), Kaunas
• Klaipėda State Musical Theatre  [ lt ], Klaipėda

Malta

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

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

Moldova

• National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Chișinău

Monaco

• Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Netherlands

• Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

North Macedonia

• National Opera and Ballet

Norway

The new opera house, Oslo, Norway

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

Poland

Silesian Opera in Bytom

Wrocław Opera in Wrocław

• Baltic State Opera, Gdańsk
• Teatr Muzyczny w Gdyni, Gdynia
• Court Opera in Łazienki complex, Warsaw
• Forest Opera, Sopot
• 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

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

Romania

Iaşi Romanian National Opera

• Brașov Opera, Brașov ^[11]
• Cluj Hungarian Opera, Cluj-Napoca
• Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest ^[12]
• Craiova Romanian Opera, Craiova ^[13]
• Ion Dacian National Operetta Theatre, Bucharest ^[14]
• Nae Leonard National Opera and Operetta Theatre, Galați ^[15]
• Oleg Danovski National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Constanța ^[16]
• Romanian National Opera, Bucharest
• Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca
• Romanian National Opera, Iași
• Romanian National Opera, Timișoara

Russia

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg

• Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Astrakhan ^[17]
• Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ufa
• Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow ^[18]
• Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ulan-Ude ^[19]
• The Chelyabinsk state academic opera and ballet theatre of M.I.Glinka, Chelyabinsk ^[20]
• Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary
• Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ekaterinburg ^[21]
• Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Moscow ^[22]
• Helikon Opera, Moscow ^[23]
• Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
• Magnitogorsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Magnitogorsk
• Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• Mikhaylovsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• Moscow Operetta Theatre, Moscow
• Musa Calil Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kazan ^[24]
• Natalya Sats Musical Theater, Moscow
• Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow ^[25]
• Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk ^[26]
• Pokrovsky Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Nizhny Novgorod ^[27]
• 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 ^[28]
• Samara State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Samara
• Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yoshkar-Ola ^[29]
• Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater, Saratov
• St Petersburg Chamber Opera, Saint Petersburg ^[30]
• Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Academic Theatre, Moscow ^[31]
• State Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk ^[32]
• Taganrog Theatre, Taganrog
• Tsaritsynskaya opera, Volgograd
• Voronezh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Voronezh
• Zazerkalie, Saint Petersburg

Serbia

Teatro Real, Madrid

Gothenburg Opera

Läckö Castle – venue of the Castle Opera

• Madlenianum Opera and Theatre, Belgrade
• National Theatre in Belgrade, Belgrade
• Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

• Ljubljana Opera House, Ljubljana
• SNG Opera balet Maribor, Maribor

Spain

• Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, Bilbao
• Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
• Kursaal Palace, San Sebastián
• Mozart Hall, Zaragoza
• 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
• Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Sweden

• Confidencen, Solna (Stockholm)
• Drottningholm Palace Theatre (Drottningholms Slottsteater), Drottningholm (Stockholm)
• Folkoperan, Stockholm
• Gothenburg Opera (GöteborgsOperan), Gothenburg
• Läckö Castle Opera, Lidköping
• Malmö Opera (Malmö Opera), Malmö
• Norrland Opera, Umeå
• Royal Swedish Opera (Kungliga Operan), Stockholm
• Vadstena Academy, Vadstena
• Wermland Opera, Karlstad

Switzerland

• Bühnen Bern (Stadttheater Bern), Bern
• Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva
• Lausanne Opera, Lausanne
• Opernhaus Zürich, Zürich
• Luzerner Theater (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
• Dnipro Opera, Dnipro ^[33]
• Donetsk Opera, Donetsk ^[34]
• Kharkiv Opera, Kharkiv ^[35]
• National Opera of Ukraine, Kyiv
• Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Lviv ^[36]
• October Palace, Kyiv
• Odesa Opera and Ballet Theater, Odesa ^[37]

United Kingdom and Dependencies

England

Royal Opera House, London

Wales Millennium Centre

• Opera House, Buxton
• English National Opera, London
• Garsington Opera, Buckinghamshire
• Glyndebourne, East Sussex
• Grand Opera House, York
• Grange Park Opera, Horsley, Surrey
• Lowry Centre, Salford
• Opera House, Manchester
• 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

Isle of Man

• Gaiety Theatre and Opera House, Douglas

Jersey

• Jersey Opera House, Saint Helier, Jersey

North America

The Four Seasons Centre, Toronto

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
• Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth Opera), Fort Worth, Texas
• Benedum Center (Pittsburgh Opera), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Boston Opera House (1909), Boston
• Boston Opera House (1980), Boston
• Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center (Houston Grand Opera), Houston
• 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
• Civic Theatre Opera House ^[38] (San Diego Opera), San Diego
• Clowes Memorial Hall (Indianapolis Opera), Indianapolis
• Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre,(Atlanta Opera) Atlanta
• Crosby Theatre (Santa Fe Opera), Santa Fe, New Mexico
• David H. Koch Theater (formerly New York State Theater; formerly New York City Opera venue), New York
• Des Moines Metro Opera, Indianola, Iowa
• Detroit Opera House (Michigan Opera Theater), Detroit
• Dicapo Opera Theater (Dicapo Opera), New York City
• Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles Opera), Los Angeles
• Duchamp Opera House (1830) (Le Petit Paris), St. Martinville, Louisiana
• Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Opera Colorado), Denver
• French Opera House, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Harrison Opera House (Virginia Opera), Norfolk, Virginia
• Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York ^{[39] [40]}
• 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.
• Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Lyric Opera of Kansas City), Kansas City, Missouri
• Lyric Opera House (Baltimore Opera), Baltimore
• Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts (New Orleans Opera) New Orleans
• Marcus Center (Florentine Opera), Milwaukee
• McCaw Hall (Seattle Opera), Seattle
• Mercury Opera House, Rochester, New York
• Metropolitan Opera House (Metropolitan Opera), New York
• Moores Opera House (Moores School of Music, ^[41] University of Houston ^[42] ), Houston
• Music Hall (Cincinnati Opera), Cincinnati
• New York State Theater (See David H. Koch Theater) (formerly New York City Opera), New York
• Newberry Opera House (South Carolina Opera and Asheville Lyric Opera), Newberry, South Carolina
• Peabody Opera House, in St. Louis
• Plaza Theatre, in El Paso, Texas
• Rapides Opera House, Alexandria, Louisiana
• Reynolds Hall, Las Vegas
• River Center Theater for Performing Arts (Opéra Louisiane), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• 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
• Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre, New Orleans
• Théâtre d'Orléans, New Orleans
• War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco Opera), San Francisco
• Winspear Opera House (Dallas Opera), Dallas,
• Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami

Oceania

The Sydney Opera House

Opera House, Wellington

Australia

• Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
• Canberra Theatre, Canberra
• His Majesty's Theatre, Western Australia, Perth
• 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

• Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in the Aotea Centre, Auckland, one of the venues of Auckland Live ^[43]
• Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru ^[44]
• 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 ^[45]
• Teatro El Circulo, Rosario ^[46]
• 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 Coliseu, Santos
• Teatro Guarany, 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
• Theatro São Pedro, São Paulo
• Teatro Santa Isabel, Recife
• Wire Opera House, Curitiba

• Theatro Municipal de Niterói, Niterói
• Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte
• Cine-Theatro Central, Juiz de Fora
• Teatro Carlos Gomes, Vitória
• Teatro Municipal Casa da Ópera, Ouro Preto
• Teatro Deodoro, Maceió
• Teatro Alberto Maranhão, Natal
• Teatro Tobias Barreto, Aracaju
• Teatro Guaíra, Curitiba
• Theatro Sete de Abril, Pelotas
• Teatro Esperança, Jaguarão
• Theatro Guarany, Pelotas
• Teatro Santa Roza, João Pessoa
• Teatro Renault, São Paulo
• Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro, Brasília
• Teatro Sete de Setembro, Penedo
• Teatro Goiânia, Goiânia
• Teatro Polytheama, Jundiaí
• Teatro Álvaro de Carvalho, Florianópolis
• Teatro Castro Alves, Salvador

Chile

• Teatro Municipal, Santiago ^[47]

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, Venezuela

• Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, Caracas
• Teresa de La Opera, Maracay
• Teatro Municipal of Caracas
• Municipal Theatre of Valencia, Venezuela  [ es ], Valencia, Venezuela

See also

• List of concert halls
• List of contemporary amphitheatres

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Further reading

• 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