Opera house

An opera house is a building where operas are performed. The venues are usually constructed specifically with opera in mind, although other performing arts may be performed there.

Listing by location

Africa

Egypt

• Cairo Opera House, Cairo
• Khedivial Opera House, Cairo (burned down in 1971)

Americas

Argentina

• Colón Theater, Buenos Aires

Brazil

• Amazon Theater, Manaus

Canada

• Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec
• The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto

El Salvador

• Teatro Nacional, San Salvador

Mexico

• Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City

United States

• Academy of Music, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• Baltimore Lyric Opera House
• Civic Opera Building
• Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
• War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
• Santa Fe Opera Theatre
• Opera House of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.\
• Harrison Opera House; Norfolk, Virginia

Europe

Austria

• Vienna State Opera

Belgium

• La Monnaie (De Munt), Brussels

Croatia

• Vatroslav Lisinski, Zagreb
• Ivan Zajc, Rijeka

Czech Republic

• National Theatre, Prague
• Prague State Opera, Prague
• Estates Theatre, Prague

see also: Opera houses in the Czech Republic

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Denmark

• The Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen

Finland

• Finnish National Opera (In Finnish: Kansallisooppera), Helsinki

France

• Opera Bastille, Paris
• Opera Garnier, Paris
• Opéra-Comique, Paris
• Opéra National de Lyon

Germany

• Bayreuth Festspielhaus
• Hamburg State Opera
• Berlin State Opera
• Komische Oper Berlin
• Bavarian State Opera
• Semper Oper (Dresden)
• Oper Leipzig
• Oper Frankfurt
• Staatsoper Hannover

Greece

• Greek National Opera, Athens http:/www.nationalopera.gr
• The Athens Concert Hall, Athens http:/www.megaron.gr

Hungary

• Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest http://www.opera.hu/
• Erkel Theatre, Budapest
• Budapest Operetta Theatre http://www.operett.hu/

Italy

• La Fenice, Venice
• La Scala, Milan
• San Carlo, Naples
• Teatro Comunale of Bologna
• Teatro Regio Parma
• Teatro Regio Torino
• Verona Arena

Monaco

• Opéra de Monte-Carlo

The Netherlands

• De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam

Norway

• Norwegian National Opera

Portugal

• Teatro Nacional São Carlos

Russia

• Maryinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Serbia

• Srpsko narodno pozori?te, Novi Sad
• Narodno pozori?te, Belgrade

Spain

• Liceu, Barcelona
• Teatro Real, Madrid
• Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid
• Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo
• Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville

Sweden

• Royal Swedish Opera
• Gothenburg Opera
• Malmö Opera and Music Theatre
• Norrland Opera
• Drottningholm Palace Theatre

Switzerland

• Opernhaus Zürich

United Kingdom

• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
• English National Opera, London
• Glyndebourne, East Sussex
• Scottish Opera
• Welsh National Opera
• English Touring Opera

Asia and the Pacific

Australia

• Sydney Opera House, Sydney

China

• Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai
• Zheng Yici Peking Opera Theatre, Beijing

Japan

• Tokyo Kokuritsu Gekijou, New Opera Theatre, Tokyo

Singapore

• The Esplanade