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.

Opera house

Africa

Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria

Egypt

South Africa

  • Pretoria State Theatre

Tunisia

Morocco

Asia

Yerevan Opera House

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 Grand Theatre
  • 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
  • Shanghai Opera Theater, Shanghai
  • Zhengyici-xi-lou, Beijing Opera, Beijing
  • Ko Shan Theatre Theatre, Hong Kong
  • Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre Theatre, Hong Kong
  • North District Town Hall Auditorium, Hong Kong
  • Sai Wab Ho Civic Centre Theatre, Hong Kong
  • Shatin Town Hall Auditorium, Hong Kong
  • Sheungwan Civic Centre Theatre, Hong Kong
  • Sunbeam Theatre, Hong Kong
  • Taipo Civic Centre Auditorium, Hong Kong
  • Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium, Hong Kong
  • Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium, Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

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

Iran

  • Vahdat Hall

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

  • Kuwait Opera House, Kuwait City

Malaysia

Mongolia

Oman

Philippines

Singapore

Syria

South Korea

Taiwan

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

Tajikistan

  • Aini Theater of Opera and Ballet, Dushanbe

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Europe

Albania

  • Tirana Opera House, Tirana

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • National Theatre Opera and Ballet, Sarajevo

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Copenhagen Opera House

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

Finland

  • Finnish National Opera, Helsinki

France

Palais Garnier, Paris

Georgia

Georgia's Tbilisi Opera

Germany

Semperoper, Dresden
Theater Duisburg (2009)
Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe

Greece

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House

Iceland

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

Latvia

Latvian National Opera

Lithuania

Malta

Macedonia

  • Macedonian Opera and Ballet[11]
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

Moldova

Monaco

The new opera house, Oslo, Norway
Teatr Wielki, Warsaw (restored)

Netherlands

Norway

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

Poland

Portugal

São Carlos main façade, Lisbon

Romania

Iaşi Romanian National Opera

Russia

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Serbia

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

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Hanoi Opera House

Ukraine

United Kingdom and Dependencies

England

Royal Opera House, London
Wales Millennium Centre

Northern Ireland

  • Grand Opera House, Belfast

Scotland

Wales

Jersey

North America

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

Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Mexico

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

Oceania

Opera House, Wellington

Australia

New Zealand

  • Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre,[44] Auckland; now known as "Auckland Live"
  • Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru[45]
  • 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

Bolivia

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

Brazil

Chile

  • Teatro Municipal, Santiago[48]

Colombia

Peru

  • Teatro Manuel Ascencio Segura, Lima

Uruguay

Venezuela

Teatro Municipal de Valencia

See also

References

Notes

  1. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180323-tunisia-inaugurates-city-of-culture/
  2. Aula Simfonia Jakarta
  3. State Opera Plovdiv
  4. Croatian National Theatre, Osijek website
  5. Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka website
  6. Croatian National Theatre, Split website
  7. Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin website
  8. 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
  9. Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
  10. "Icelandic opera official website in English". Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  11. Macedonian Opera and Ballet company
  12. Opera Braşov, Braşov official website
  13. Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest official website
  14. Craiova Lyric Theatre official website Archived 2013-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Galaţi Musical Theatre, official website
  16. Opera and Ballet Theatre, Constanţa official website
  17. National Operetta Theatre, Bucharest official website
  18. http://astoperahouse.ru/en/
  19. http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/partners/sovet/
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2013-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. http://www.chelopera.ru/
  22. http://www.uralopera.ru/en/about.php
  23. http://www.opera-centre.ru/centre
  24. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  25. http://www.kazan-opera.ru/en/about/history/
  26. http://www.novayaopera.ru/en?page=theatre
  27. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2006-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  28. http://www.operann.ru/
  29. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  30. http://www.operaballet.net/en/
  31. http://www.spbopera.ru/en/
  32. http://stanmus.com/
  33. http://www.operaizh.ru/
  34. Dnipropetrovsk Opera official website, in Russian
  35. Donetsk Opera listed on Operabase.com
  36. Kharkiv Opera official website, in Russian Archived 2007-10-08 at Archive.today
  37. Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet official website, in English
  38. Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre official website, in English Archived 2009-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
  39. Civic Theatre Opera House
  40. "Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  41. Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, NY – NY Daily News (Retrieved on June 21, 2009) Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  42. Moores School of Music list of opera performances, 2009/10 Archived 2009-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  43. University of Houston facilities
  44. The Aotea Centre
  45. Oamaru Opera house website Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
  46. Teatro Avenida's official website showing 2009 performances
  47. Teatro El Circulo website showing 2009 performances of operas Archived 2009-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  48. Teatro Municipal official website with opera offerings, 2009 Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine

Sources

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