Opera house

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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.

Contents 1 Listing by location 1.1 Africa 1.1.1 Egypt 1.2 Americas 1.2.1 Argentina 1.2.2 Brazil 1.2.3 Canada 1.2.4 El Salvador 1.2.5 Mexico 1.2.6 United States 1.3 Europe 1.3.1 Austria 1.3.2 Belgium 1.3.3 Croatia 1.3.4 Czech Republic 1.3.5 Denmark 1.3.6 Finland 1.3.7 France 1.3.8 Germany 1.3.9 Greece 1.3.10 Hungary 1.3.11 Italy 1.3.12 Monaco 1.3.13 The Netherlands 1.3.14 Norway 1.3.15 Portugal 1.3.16 Russia 1.3.17 Serbia 1.3.18 Spain 1.3.19 Sweden 1.3.20 Switzerland 1.3.21 United Kingdom 1.4 Asia and the Pacific 1.4.1 Australia 1.4.2 China 1.4.3 Japan 1.4.4 Singapore 2 See also

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
• Harrison Opera House; Norfolk, Virginia
• Opera House of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
• Civic Opera Building
• Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
• War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
• Santa Fe Opera Theatre
• Woodstock Opera House, Woodstock, Illinois

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

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 [1]
• Erkel Theatre, Budapest
• Budapest Operetta Theatre [2]

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 pozorište, Novi Sad
• Narodno pozorište, 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

See also

• List of notable opera companies
• Theatre
• Category:Arts centres