List of opera houses

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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

Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria, Egypt.

South Africa

Tunisia

Morocco

Asia

Bangladesh

  • Hatirjheel Opera House, Dhaka

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Malaysia

Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mongolia

Oman

Philippines

Singapore

Syria

South Korea

Taiwan

Tajikistan

  • Aini Theater of Opera and Ballet, Dushanbe

Thailand

Turkey

Main entrance to the Ankara Opera House

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Hanoi Opera House

Europe

Albania

Armenia

Yerevan Opera Theatre

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

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

Moldova

Monaco

Netherlands

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

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

Canada

The Four Seasons Centre, Toronto

Costa Rica

Cuba

Great Theatre of Havana

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Interior of the National Theater of Honduras, Tegucigalpa

Honduras

  • Teatro Nacional Manuel Bonilla

Mexico

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

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

Australia

The Sydney Opera House

New Zealand

Opera House, Wellington

South America

Argentina

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Bolivia

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

Brazil

Teatro Amazonas, Manaus

Chile

Colombia

Teatro de Cristobal Colón, Bogotá

Peru

Uruguay

The Solís Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay. Opened in 1856 is the oldest opera house in South America.
Teatro Solís, Montevideo

Venezuela

Teatro Municipal de Valencia, Venezuela

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