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* Comic Opera House for Children, [[Bucharest]]<ref>[http://www.operacomica.ro Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest official website]</ref>
* Comic Opera House for Children, [[Bucharest]]<ref>[http://www.operacomica.ro Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest official website]</ref>
* [[Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera|Hungarian Opera]], [[Cluj-Napoca]]
* [[Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera|Hungarian Opera]], [[Cluj-Napoca]]
* Lyric Theatre, [[Craiova]]<ref>[http://teatrulliric-craiova.ro/ Craiova Lyric Theatre official website]</ref>
* Lyric Theatre, [[Craiova]]<ref>[http://teatrulliric-craiova.ro/ Craiova Lyric Theatre official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831233055/http://teatrulliric-craiova.ro/ |date=2013-08-31 }}</ref>
* Nae Leonard Musical Theatre, [[Galați]]<ref>[http://www.tmnl.ro/index.php?lang=en Galaţi Musical Theatre, official website]</ref>
* Nae Leonard Musical Theatre, [[Galați]]<ref>[http://www.tmnl.ro/index.php?lang=en Galaţi Musical Theatre, official website]</ref>
* National Opera and Ballet Theatre, [[Constanța]]<ref>[http://tnobconstanta.ro/ Opera and Ballet Theatre, Constanţa official website]</ref>
* National Opera and Ballet Theatre, [[Constanța]]<ref>[http://tnobconstanta.ro/ Opera and Ballet Theatre, Constanţa official website]</ref>
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* [[Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Ufa]]
* [[Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Ufa]]
* [[Bolshoi Theatre]], Moscow<ref>http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/partners/sovet/</ref>
* [[Bolshoi Theatre]], Moscow<ref>http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/partners/sovet/</ref>
* [[Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Ulan-Ude]]<ref>http://www.buryatia.ru/buryatia/culture/index_e.html</ref>
* [[Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Ulan-Ude]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buryatia.ru/buryatia/culture/index_e.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20131124144747/http://www.buryatia.ru/buryatia/culture/index_e.html |archivedate=2013-11-24 |df= }}</ref>
* [[The Chelyabinsk state academic opera and ballet theatre of M.I.Glinka]], [[Chelyabinsk]]<ref>http://www.chelopera.ru/</ref>
* [[The Chelyabinsk state academic opera and ballet theatre of M.I.Glinka]], [[Chelyabinsk]]<ref>http://www.chelopera.ru/</ref>
* [[Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater]], [[Cheboksary]]
* [[Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater]], [[Cheboksary]]
* [[Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Ekaterinburg]]<ref>http://www.uralopera.ru/en/about.php</ref>
* [[Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Ekaterinburg]]<ref>http://www.uralopera.ru/en/about.php</ref>
* [[Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre]], Moscow<ref>http://www.opera-centre.ru/centre</ref>
* [[Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre]], Moscow<ref>http://www.opera-centre.ru/centre</ref>
* [[Helikon Opera]], Moscow <ref>http://helikon.ru/eng_default.php</ref>
* [[Helikon Opera]], Moscow <ref>{{cite web |url=http://helikon.ru/eng_default.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114020559/http://helikon.ru/eng_default.php |archivedate=2013-11-14 |df= }}</ref>
* [[Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Krasnoyarsk]]
* [[Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Krasnoyarsk]]
* [[Magnitogorsk Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Magnitogorsk]]
* [[Magnitogorsk Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Magnitogorsk]]
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* [[Natalya Sats Musical Theater]], Moscow
* [[Natalya Sats Musical Theater]], Moscow
* [[Novaya Opera Theatre]], Moscow<ref>http://www.novayaopera.ru/en?page=theatre</ref>
* [[Novaya Opera Theatre]], Moscow<ref>http://www.novayaopera.ru/en?page=theatre</ref>
* [[Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Novosibirsk]]<ref>http://www.opera-novosibirsk.ru/index.php?locale=en_us</ref>
* [[Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Novosibirsk]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opera-novosibirsk.ru/index.php?locale=en_us |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-11-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011063459/http://www.opera-novosibirsk.ru/index.php?locale=en_us |archivedate=2006-10-11 |df= }}</ref>
* [[Pokrovsky Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre]], Moscow
* [[Pokrovsky Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre]], Moscow
* [[Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Nizhny Novgorod]]<ref>http://www.operann.ru/</ref>
* [[Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre]], [[Nizhny Novgorod]]<ref>http://www.operann.ru/</ref>
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* Dnipropetrovsk Opera, [[Dnipropetrovsk]]<ref>[http://www.opera-ballet.com.ua/ Dnipropetrovsk Opera official website, in Russian]</ref>
* Dnipropetrovsk Opera, [[Dnipropetrovsk]]<ref>[http://www.opera-ballet.com.ua/ Dnipropetrovsk Opera official website, in Russian]</ref>
* Donetsk Opera, [[Donetsk]]<ref>[http://www.operabase.com/view.cgi?cc=ua Donetsk Opera listed on Operabase.com]</ref>
* Donetsk Opera, [[Donetsk]]<ref>[http://www.operabase.com/view.cgi?cc=ua Donetsk Opera listed on Operabase.com]</ref>
* Kharkiv Opera, [[Kharkiv]]<ref>[http://www.theatre.kharkov.net/opera.html Kharkiv Opera official website, in Russian]</ref>
* Kharkiv Opera, [[Kharkiv]]<ref>[http://www.theatre.kharkov.net/opera.html Kharkiv Opera official website, in Russian] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20071008153541/http://www.theatre.kharkov.net/opera.html |date=2007-10-08 }}</ref>
* [[Kiev Opera|National Opera of Ukraine]], Kiev
* [[Kiev Opera|National Opera of Ukraine]], Kiev
* [[Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet]] (Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Lviv<ref>[http://www.opera.lviv.ua/index.php?id=18&L=1 Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet official website, in English]</ref>
* [[Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet]] (Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Lviv<ref>[http://www.opera.lviv.ua/index.php?id=18&L=1 Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet official website, in English]</ref>
* [[October Palace]], Kiev
* [[October Palace]], Kiev
* [[Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater]], Odessa<ref>[http://www.opera-ballet.tm.odessa.ua/english/historyen.html Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre official website, in English]</ref>
* [[Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater]], Odessa<ref>[http://www.opera-ballet.tm.odessa.ua/english/historyen.html Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre official website, in English] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224091326/http://www.opera-ballet.tm.odessa.ua/english/historyen.html |date=2009-02-24 }}</ref>
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* Mercury Opera House, [[Rochester, New York]]
* Mercury Opera House, [[Rochester, New York]]
* [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] ([[Metropolitan Opera]]), New York, New York
* [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] ([[Metropolitan Opera]]), New York, New York
* Moores Opera House ([[Moores School of Music]],<ref>[http://www.music.uh.edu/opera/currentseason.asp Moores School of Music list of opera performances, 2009/10]</ref> [[University of Houston]]<ref>
* Moores Opera House ([[Moores School of Music]],<ref>[http://www.music.uh.edu/opera/currentseason.asp Moores School of Music list of opera performances, 2009/10] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620204655/http://www.music.uh.edu/opera/currentseason.asp |date=2009-06-20 }}</ref> [[University of Houston]]<ref>
[[University of Houston#Facilities|University of Houston facilities]]</ref>), Houston, Texas
[[University of Houston#Facilities|University of Houston facilities]]</ref>), Houston, Texas
* [[Cincinnati Music Hall|Music Hall]] ([[Cincinnati Opera]]), [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]
* [[Cincinnati Music Hall|Music Hall]] ([[Cincinnati Opera]]), [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]
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* The Aotea Centre,<ref>[http://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/Home.aspx The Aotea Centre]</ref> [[Auckland]]; now known as "Auckland Live"
* The Aotea Centre,<ref>[http://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/Home.aspx The Aotea Centre]</ref> [[Auckland]]; now known as "Auckland Live"
* Oamaru Opera House, [[Oamaru]]<ref>[http://www.oamaruoperahouse.co.nz/History.html Oamaru Opera house website]</ref>
* Oamaru Opera House, [[Oamaru]]<ref>[http://www.oamaruoperahouse.co.nz/History.html Oamaru Opera house website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531012836/http://www.oamaruoperahouse.co.nz/History.html |date=2009-05-31 }}</ref>
* [[Opera House (Wellington)|Opera House]], [[Wellington]]
* [[Opera House (Wellington)|Opera House]], [[Wellington]]
* [[St. James Theatre (Wellington)|St. James Theatre]], Wellington
* [[St. James Theatre (Wellington)|St. James Theatre]], Wellington
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* [[Teatro Argentino de La Plata]], [[La Plata, Argentina|La Plata]]
* [[Teatro Argentino de La Plata]], [[La Plata, Argentina|La Plata]]
* [[Avenida Theatre|Teatro Avenida]], [[Buenos Aires]]<ref>[http://www.balirica.org.ar/bal/temp_actual/e_temp2009.htm Teatro Avenida's official website showing 2009 performances]</ref>
* [[Avenida Theatre|Teatro Avenida]], [[Buenos Aires]]<ref>[http://www.balirica.org.ar/bal/temp_actual/e_temp2009.htm Teatro Avenida's official website showing 2009 performances]</ref>
* [[Teatro El Circulo]], [[Rosario]]<ref>[http://www.teatro-elcirculo.com.ar/contenidos.php?sid=17 Teatro El Circulo website showing 2009 performances of operas]</ref>
* [[Teatro El Circulo]], [[Rosario]]<ref>[http://www.teatro-elcirculo.com.ar/contenidos.php?sid=17 Teatro El Circulo website showing 2009 performances of operas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722031917/http://www.teatro-elcirculo.com.ar/contenidos.php?sid=17 |date=2009-07-22 }}</ref>
* [[Teatro Colón]], Buenos Aires
* [[Teatro Colón]], Buenos Aires
* [[Teatro San Martin]], San Miguel de Tucumán
* [[Teatro San Martin]], San Miguel de Tucumán
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=== Chile ===
=== Chile ===
* [[Municipal Theater of Santiago|Teatro Municipal]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]<ref>[http://www.municipal.cl/OPV1.asp?IDX=1943&IDX2=1854&GO=1&ca_parent=0 Teatro Municipal official website with opera offerings, 2009]</ref>
* [[Municipal Theater of Santiago|Teatro Municipal]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]<ref>[http://www.municipal.cl/OPV1.asp?IDX=1943&IDX2=1854&GO=1&ca_parent=0 Teatro Municipal official website with opera offerings, 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626232547/http://www.municipal.cl/OPV1.asp?IDX=1943&IDX2=1854&GO=1&ca_parent=0 |date=2009-06-26 }}</ref>


=== Colombia ===
=== Colombia ===

Revision as of 04:13, 1 January 2018

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

Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria

Algeria

The National Centre for the Performing Arts with the Great Hall of the People in the background
Shanghai Grand Theatre

Egypt

South Africa

Asia

Yerevan Opera House

Bangladesh

  • Hatirjheel Opera House, Dhaka

China

India

Indonesia

Palace of Culture (Istana Budaya), Kuala Lumpur

Iran

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Malaysia

Mongolia

Oman

Philippines

Singapore

Syria

South Korea

Taiwan

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

Thailand

Turkey

Hanoi Opera House

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Europe

Vienna Staatsoper at night
Opera/Ballet Theatre, Baku
La Monnaie, Brussels
Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • National Theatre Opera and Ballet, Sarajevo

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Copenhagen Opera House
See also: Opera houses in the Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Palais Garnier, Paris

Georgia

Georgia's Tbilisi Opera

Germany

Bayreuth Festspielhaus
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

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
Läckö Castle - venue of the Castle Opera

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Lviv Opera Theater

United Kingdom

England

Royal Opera House, London
Wales Millennium Centre

Northern Ireland

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

The Sydney Opera House
Opera House, Wellington

Australia

New Zealand

South America

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
Teatro de Cristobal Colón, Bogotá
Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Teatro Municipal de Valencia

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.theworldweekly.com/reader/view/magazine/2016-08-10/chinas-gift-to-algeria-its-first-new-opera-house/8814
  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
  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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  28. ^ http://www.operann.ru/
  29. ^ http://www.rostovopera.ru/about.html
  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

  • 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
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