List of opera houses

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
The Solís Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay. Opened in 1856 is the oldest opera house in South America.

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

Egypt

South Africa

Tunisia

Morocco

Asia

Bangladesh

  • Hatirjheel Opera House, Dhaka

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Malaysia

Mongolia

Oman

Philippines

Singapore

Syria

South Korea

Taiwan

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

Tajikistan

  • Aini Theater of Opera and Ballet, Dushanbe

Thailand

Turkey

Hanoi Opera House

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Europe

Yerevan Opera Theatre

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Vienna State Opera, Vienna

Azerbaijan

Opera and Ballet Theatre, Baku

Belarus

Belgium

La Monnaie, Brussels

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • National Theatre Opera and Ballet, Sarajevo

Bulgaria

Croatia

Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb

Czech Republic

See also: Opera houses in the Czech Republic

Denmark

Copenhagen Opera House

Estonia

Finland

France

Palais Garnier, Paris

Germany

Berlin State Opera, Berlin
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Semperoper, Dresden
Theater Duisburg (2009)
Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe

Greece

Georgia

Georgian National Opera

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

La Scala, Milan
Interior: La Fenice, Venice, 1837
Interior: Teatro San Carlo, Naples
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, biggest theater in Italy and third in Europe

Latvia

Latvian National Opera

Lithuania

Malta

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

Moldova

Monaco

Netherlands

North Macedonia

  • National Opera and Ballet

Norway

The new opera house, Oslo, Norway

Poland

Silesian Opera in Bytom
Wrocław Opera in Wrocław

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

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Lviv Opera Theater

United Kingdom and Dependencies

England

Royal Opera House, London
Wales Millennium Centre

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Isle of Man

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

  • Casa Teatro, Santa Cruz
  • Teatro René Moreno, Santa Cruz

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Teatro Municipal de Valencia, Venezuela

See also

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Further reading

  • 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