Opera House

The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known), in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera house. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. La Scala's season...

The Teatro Colón (Spanish) (Colón Theatre) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is one of the world's major opera houses. The present theatre, the second with that name, opened in 1908 after twenty years under construction. The auditorium is horseshoe-shaped, has 2,487 seats ...

The Kungliga Teatern ("Royal Theatre") or Royal Swedish Opera is the national stage for opera in Sweden. The building lies in the center of Stockholm, on the eastern side of Gustav Adolfs torg. The opera company was founded by King Gustav III and its first performance,...

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden, one of the foremost opera houses in the world. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of the Royal Opera, the Royal...

The Gran Teatre del Liceu , or simply Liceu in Catalan) or Liceo in Spanish, is an opera house on La Rambla in Barcelona. The Liceu opened on April 4, 1847. It is one of the world's finest and biggest stage and acoustic settings for opera, and one of the most...

The Drottningholm Palace Theatre is an opera house located at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, which has been described by Per-Erik Öhrn, the theatre’s former artistic director, as "the Swedish jewel in our European cultural heritage crown of centuries-old...

Teatro La Fenice ("The Phoenix") is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to "rise from the ashes" despite losing the use...

The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Hamburgische Staatsoper) is one of the leading opera companies in Germany. Opera in Hamburg dates back to 2 January 1678 when the "Opern-Theatrum" was inaugurated with a performance of a biblical Singspiel by Johann Theile. It was...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (named on the building the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center), is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate...

Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera) is a prominent German opera company. Its permanent home is the Opera House on the Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin. Frederick II commissioned the original building on the site and construction work began in July...

The Baths of Caracalla were Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla. The extensive ruins of the baths have become a popular tourist attraction. The bath complex covered approximately 13 hectares ...

The Shanghai Grand Theatre is located at the intersection of Central Boulevard and Huangpi Road South in northern part of the People's Square in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China. The building was designed by French architect Jean-Marie Charpentier and covers a...

The Bolshoi Theatre (, Bol'shoy Teatr, Large Theatre) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by famed architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The company was founded in 1776 by Prince Peter Urussov and Michael Maddox. Initially...

The Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera) is an opera company based in Munich, Germany in existence since 1653. Its orchestra is the Bavarian State Orchestra. While opera performances are held in the Prinzregententheater completed in 1901, the Company's home...

The Koninklijke Muntschouwburg (de Munt) (Dutch), or le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (la Monnaie) (French) (both meaning Royal Theatre of the Mint) is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium. Today the National Opera of Belgium, a federal institution, takes the name of the...

The Arts Centre is a complex of theatre and concert halls in the Southgate precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, designed by architect Sir Roy Grounds. The masterplan for the complex (along with the National Gallery of Victoria) was approved in 1960, and...

''Note for Palacio De Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic see Palacio De Bellas Artes Palacio de Bellas Artes ("Palace of Fine Arts") is the premier opera house of Mexico City. The building is famous for both its extravagant art nouveau exterior in...

The Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, pron. , is an opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was opened on July 30 1793 by Queen Maria I as a replacement for the Tejo Opera House, which was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. The theatre is located in the historical...

The Opéra de Monte-Carlo is an opera company in the principality of Monaco. With the lack of cultural diversions available in Monaco in the 1870s, Prince Charles III, along with the Societe des Bains de Mers, decided on the construction of an opera house on a high...

The Malmö Opera och Musikteater or Malmö Opera and Music Theatre is an opera house in Malmö, Sweden. An opera company of the same name presents seasons of opera in this house. Built 1933-1944 by architect Sigurd Lewerentz and, until 1992, known as the Malmö City...

The NorrlandsOperan (literally Norrland Opera), is an opera company in Umeå, located in Norrland, Sweden. It was founded in 1974. Among notable productions in late years are the collaboration with local hard rock groups in Demons of the Opera (2005); the...

The Coliseum Theatre (also known as the London Coliseum) is on St. Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster. It is one of London's largest and best equipped theatre and opened in 1904, designed by theatrical architect Frank Matcham (designer of the London Palladium),...

The Semperoper ist the opera house of the Saxon State Opera Dresden (German: Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden) and the concert hall of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden in Dresden, Germany, and is one of the most famous in the world. It was first built in 1841, by...

The Opera Comique was a 19th-century opera house constructed between Wych Street and Holywell Street with entrances on the East Strand. The theatre opened in 1870 and was demolished in 1902, for the construction of the Aldwych and Kingsway. It is perhaps best...

The Teatro di San Carlo is an opera house in Naples, Italy. It is the oldest continuously active such venue in Europe. Teatro di San Carlo is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The theatre designed by the architects Giovanni Antonio Medrano and Angelo...

Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna and is one of the most important opera venues in Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season. While there had been various theatres presenting opera in...

The Teatro Regio di Torino (Turin Royal Theatre) is a prominent opera house and opera company in Turin, Italy. Its season runs from October to June with the presentation of eight or nine operas given from five to twelve performances of each. Several buildings...

The Verona Arena (Arena di Verona) is a Roman amphitheatre in Verona, Italy, which is famous for the opera performances given there. It is one of the best preserved structures of its kind. The building was built in AD 30 on a site which at the time was outside of the...

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert...

Cork Opera House is a theatre and opera house in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. It was originally built in 1855, although its existence has not been continuous; having survived the burning of much of Cork by British forces in reprisal for an ambush of a military...