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.

However, in some cases, articles exist for historically-important houses which no longer present opera or which may have been destroyed. These articles will remain on this list.

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Egypt 1.2 South Africa 2 America 2.1 Argentina 2.2 Brazil 2.3 Canada 2.4 Chile 2.5 Colombia 2.6 Costa Rica 2.7 El Salvador 2.8 Mexico 2.9 United States 2.10 Uruguay 3 Asia and Oceania 3.1 Australia 3.2 New Zealand 3.3 China 3.4 India 3.5 Israel 3.6 Japan 3.7 Kazakhstan 3.8 Malaysia 3.9 Mongolia 3.10 Philippines 3.11 Singapore 3.12 South Korea 3.13 Thailand 3.14 Turkey 3.15 Vietnam 4 Europe 4.1 Austria 4.2 Armenia 4.3 Azerbaijan 4.4 Belgium 4.5 Bulgaria 4.6 Croatia 4.7 Czech Republic 4.8 Denmark 4.9 England 4.10 Estonia 4.11 Finland 4.12 France 4.13 Germany 4.14 Georgia 4.15 Greece 4.16 Hungary 4.17 Iceland 4.18 Ireland (Republic) 4.19 Italy 4.20 Latvia 4.21 Lithuania 4.22 Malta 4.23 Monaco 4.24 Netherlands 4.25 Norway 4.26 Northern Ireland 4.27 Poland 4.28 Portugal 4.29 Romania 4.30 Russia 4.31 Scotland 4.32 Serbia 4.33 Slovakia 4.34 Spain 4.35 Sweden 4.36 Switzerland 4.37 Turkey 4.38 Ukraine 4.39 United Kingdom 4.40 Wales 5 Notes 6 References 7 See also

Africa

Egypt

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

South Africa

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

America

Argentina

• Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
• Teatro Argentino, La Plata
• Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires^[1]
• Teatro Libertador General San Martin, Córdoba
• Independencia Theater, Mendoza
• Teatro El Circulo, Rosario ^[2]
• Municipal Theater of Santa Fe,
• Teatro Alberdi, San Miguel Tucumán
• Teatro San Martin, San Miguel Tucumán

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
• Wire Opera House, Curitiba

Canada

• 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
• Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Manitoba Opera, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Chile

• Teatro Municipal, Santiago^[3]

Colombia

• Teatro Colón, Bogotá
• Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Santiago de Cali
• Teatro Municipal, Santiago de Cali

Costa Rica

• Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

El Salvador

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

Mexico

• El Palacio de Bellas Artes, (Palace of Fine Arts), Mexico City
• Teatro Degollado, (Degollado Theatre), Guadalajara
• 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
• Civic Opera House (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Chicago, Illinois
• Clowes Memorial Hall, (Indianapolis Opera), Indianapolis, Indiana
• 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

• Harrison Opera House (Virginia Opera), Norfolk, Virginia
• Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York^[4][5]
• Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House (Washington National Opera), Washington, D.C.
• Kiel Opera House, in St. Louis, Mo.
• 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
• Moores Opera House (Moores School of Music,^[6], University of Houston^[7] ), Houston Texas
• Music Hall (Cincinnati Opera), Cincinnati, Ohio
• New York State Theater (New York City Opera), New York, New York

• 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
• Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami

Uruguay

• Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Asia and Oceania

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

New Zealand

• St. James Theatre and Opera House, Wellington
• Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru ^[8]

China

• China National Grand Theatre, Beijing
• Century Theatre, Beijing
• Poly Theatre, Beijing
• People's Liberation Army Opera House, Beijing
• Zhengyici-xi-lou, Beijing Opera, Beijing
• Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai
• Oriental Opera Hall at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai
• Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Hangzhou
• Harbin Opera Theatre, Harbin

India

• Royal Opera House (Mumbai) -- defunct

Israel

• Performing Arts Center, Tel Aviv (Israeli Opera)

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

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
• Manila Grand Opera House - historic theatre, now demolished

Singapore

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

South Korea

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

Thailand

• Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok

Turkey

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

• Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul
• 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

Austria

• Grazer Oper, Graz
• 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
• Theater am Kärntnertor (Hofoper), Vienna
• Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), Vienna

Armenia

• Yerevan Opera, Yerevan

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Baku

Belgium

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

Bulgaria

• National Opera and Ballet, Sofia
• Varna Opera Theatre, Varna
• State Opera Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora
• Plovdiv Opera Theatre, Plovdiv
• Bourgas Opera Theatre, Bourgas
• Rousse State Opera, Rousse
• Pleven Opera Theatre, Pleven

Croatia

• Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Zagreb ^[9]
• Croation National Theatre, Split ^[10]
• Croatiation National Theatre, Rijeka ^[11]
• Croation National Theatre,Osijek ^[12]
• Croatian National Theatre, Varazdin ^[13]

Czech Republic

• 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

• 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

• Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
• Grand Théâtre, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
• 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 royal du château de Versailles, Versailles
• 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

• Aalto-Theater (in German), Essen
• Alte Oper (former opera house), Frankfurt
• Anhaltisches Theater (in German), Dessau
• Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
• Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre), Bayreuth
• Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich
• 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
• Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), Hamburg
• Hessisches Staatstheater (in German), Wiesbaden
• Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin
• Krolloper (destroyed in 1943), Berlin
• Landestheater Altenburg (in German), Altenburg
• Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth
• Meininger Theater (in German), Meiningen
• Musiktheater im Revier (in German), Gelsenkirchen
• Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim
• Nationaltheater München (Bavarian State Opera), Munich
• Nationaltheater Weimar (in German), Weimar
• Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg
• Oper Bonn (in German), Bonn
• Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera), Frankfurt
• Oper Köln (in German), Cologne
• Oper Leipzig (Leipzig Opera), Leipzig
• Opernhaus Chemnitz, Chemnitz
• Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
• Opernhaus Halle (in German), Halle
• Opernhaus Kiel (in German), Kiel
• Opernhaus Wuppertal (in German), Wuppertal
• Prinzregententheater, Munich
• Saarländisches Staatstheater (in German), Saarbrücken
• Semperoper or Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera), Dresden
• Staatsoper Hannover, Hannover
• Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Berlin
• Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
• Staatstheater Braunschweig, Braunschweig
• Staatstheater Darmstadt (in German), Darmstadt
• Staatstheater Kassel (in German), Kassel
• Staatstheater Mainz (in German), Mainz
• Staatstheater Nürnberg (in German), Nuremberg
• Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart
• Theater am Goetheplatz (in German), Bremen
• Theater Dortmund (in German), Dortmund
• Theater Duisburg, Duisburg
• Theater Erfurt (in German), Erfurt
• Theater Lübeck, Lübeck
• Theater Ulm (in German), Ulm

Georgia

• Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tbilisi

Greece

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

Hungary

• 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^[14]

Ireland (Republic)

• Cork Opera House, Cork
• Theatre Royal, Wexford

Italy

• 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 Communale G. B. Pergolesi, Jesi
• 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
• Theatro Lirico, Milan
• Teatro Lirico (Cagliari)
• Teatro Malibran, Venice
• Teatro Massimo, Palermo
• Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania

• Teatro Municipale, Piacenza
• Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome
• Teatro Politeama, Lecce
• Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona
• Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan (burned down in 1776; replaced by Teatro alla Scala)
• 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

• Latvian National Opera / Latvijas Nacionālā opera, Riga

Lithuania

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

Malta

• Royal Opera House, Valletta (destroyed)
• Manoel Theatre, Valletta

Monaco

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

Netherlands

• Muziektheater (The Netherlands Opera), Amsterdam

Norway

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

Northern Ireland

• Grand Opera House, Belfast

Poland

• Polish National Opera (Great Theatre), Warsaw
• Baltic State Opera, Gdańsk
• Opera Krakowska, Krakow
• Krakow Chamber Opera, Krakow
• Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz
• Silesian Opera, Bytom
• Grand Theatre, Łódź
• Great Theatre, Poznań, Poznań
• Opera in the castle, Szczecin
• Opera Podlaska, Białystok
• Warsaw Chamber Opera, Warsaw
• Wrocław Opera House, Wrocław

Portugal

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

Romania

• Romanian National Opera, Bucharest
• Opera House, Braşov, (Opera Brasov)
• Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca
• Valie Alecsandri Theatre (Romanian National Opera), Iaşi ^[15]
• Timişoaratate Theatre (Romanian National Opera), Timişoara

Russia

• Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ekaterinburg
• Konstantin Tachkin Ballet Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• 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

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

Slovakia

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

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

• Drottningholms Slottsteater (Drottningholm Palace Theatre), Drottningholm
• GöteborgsOperan (Gothenburg 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, Zürich
• Theater Basel, Basel
• Stadttheater Bern, Berne
• Stadttheater Luzern, Lucerne
• Theater Biel-Solothurn
• Opéra de Lausanne, Lausanne
• Theater St. Gallen, St. Gallen

Turkey

• Ankara Opera House, Ankara (Istanbul State Opera)
• Elhamra Palace (Izmir State Opera), Izmir
• Antalya State Opera, Antalya
• Mersin State Opera, Mersin
• Ankara State Opera, Ankara

Ukraine

• Kiev Opera, Kiev
• Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Lviv ^[16]
• Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Odessa ^[17]
• Dnipropetrovsk Opera, Dnipropetrovsk ^[18]
• Kharkiv Opera, Kharkiv ^[19]
• Donetsk Opera, Donetsk ^[20]

United Kingdom

See separate entries for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Wales

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

Notes

1. ^ Teatro Avenida's official website showing 2009 performances
2. ^ Teatro El Circulo website showing 2009 perormances of operas
3. ^ Teatro Municipal official website with opera offerings, 2009
4. ^ Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City | Travel + Leisure (Retrieved on June 21, 2009)
5. ^ Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, NY - NY Daily News (Retrieved on June 21, 2009)
6. ^ Moores School of Music list of opera performances, 2009/10
7. ^ Univ. of Houston facilities
8. ^ Oamaru Opera house website
9. ^ Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Per website: "The Croation National Theatre in Zagreb" seems to be its offical name in English and whatever other language they speak
10. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Split website
11. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka website
12. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Osijek website
13. ^ Croatian National Theatre, Varazdin website
14. ^ Icelandic opera offical website in English
15. ^ Romanian National Opera, Iaşi official website
16. ^ Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet officla website, in English
17. ^ Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre offical website, in English
18. ^ Dnipropetrovsk Opera officla website, in Russian
19. ^ Kharkiv Opera offical website, in Russian
20. ^ Donetsk Opera listed on Operabase.com

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

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