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OPERAS AROUND THE WORLD

 

Opera is a form of musical and dramatic work in which singers convey the drama.
Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.
An opera performance incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes incorporates dance.

The performance is usually given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.

Dafne (1597) by Jacopo Peri is commonly regarded as the first opera, but the first great composer of the new art form was Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), whose works are still performed today.

Opera soon spread from Venice and Rome throughout Italy and the rest of Europe: Schütz in Germany, Lully in France, and Purcell in England all helped to establish their national traditions in the 17th century. However, in the 18th century, Italian opera continued to dominate most of Europe, except France, attracting foreign composers such as Handel. Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in the 1760s.

The most influential figure of late 18th century opera was Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi Fan Tutte and The Magic Flute, a landmark in the German tradition.

The first third of the 19th century saw the highpoint of the bel canto style, with Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini all creating works that are still performed today.

The mid to late 19th century is considered a golden age of opera, led by Wagner in Germany and Verdi in Italy. The golden age continued through the verismo era in Italy and contemporary French opera through to Puccini and Strauss in the early 20th century.

At the same time, new operatic traditions emerged in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in Russia and Bohemia.
The 20th century saw many experiments with modern styles, such as atonality and serialism (Schoenberg and Berg), Neo-Classicism (Stravinsky), and Minimalism (Philip Glass and John Adams).

With the rise of recording technology, singers such as Enrico Caruso became known to audiences beyond the circle of opera fans. 

Africa

Cairo Opera House


Egypt

Cairo Opera House, Cairo

Said Darwish Theatre, Alexandria

Damanhur Theatre, Damanhur



Eritrea

Asmara Opera House, Asmara



South Africa

Artscape Opera House (Cape Town Opera Company), Cape Town

State Theatre, Pretoria

Johannesburg Civic Theatre



Americas



Argentina

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires


Brazil

Teatro Amazonas, Manaus

Teatro Arthur Azevedo, São Luís

Teatro da Paz, Belém

Teatro José de Alencar, Fortaleza

Teatro Santa Isabel, Recife

Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro

Teatro Municipal, São Paulo

Teatro São Pedro, Porto Alegre


Canada


Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, a theatre of the Place des Arts, (Montréal Opera), Montréal, Quebec

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (Canadian Opera Company), Toronto, Ontario

Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, (Opera Lyra Ottawa), Ottawa, Ontario

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, (Vancouver Opera), Vancouver, British Columbia

Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, (Edmonton Opera), Edmonton, Alberta

Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, (Calgary Opera), Calgary, Alberta



Chile

Teatro Municipal, Santiago


Colombia

Teatro Colon, Bogota, Colombia

Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Cali, Colombia

Teatro Municipal, Cali, Colombia



Costa Rica

Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, San José



El Salvador

Teatro Nacional de El Salvador (National Theatre of El Salvador), San Salvador


Mexico

El Palacio de Bellas Artes, (Palace of Fine Arts), Mexico City

Teatro Aguascalientes, (Aguascalientes Theatre), Aguascalientes




United States

Academy of Music (Opera Company of Philadelphia), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth Opera), Fort Worth, Texas

Benedum Center (Pittsburgh Opera), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center (Houston Grand Opera), Houston, Texas

California Theater, (Opera San Jose), San Jose

Central City Opera House (Central City Opera), Central City, Colorado

Civic Opera House (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Chicago, Illinois

Crosby Theatre (Santa Fe Opera), Santa Fe, New Mexico

Detroit Opera House (Michigan Opera Theater), Detroit, Michigan

Dicapo Opera Theatre (Dicapo Opera), New York, New York

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles Opera), Los Angeles, California

Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Opera Colorado), Denver, Colorado

Harrison Opera House (Virginia Opera), Norfolk, Virginia

Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House (Washington National Opera), Washington, D.C.

Lyric Opera House (Baltimore Opera), Baltimore, Maryland

Marcus Center (Florentine Opera), Milwaukee, Wisconsin

McCaw Hall (Seattle Opera), Seattle, Washington

Metropolitan Opera House (Metropolitan Opera), New York, New York

New York State Theater (New York City Opera), New York, New York


Newberry Opera House (South Carolina Opera and Asheville Lyric Opera), Newberry, South Carolina

Sarasota Opera House (Sarasota Opera), Sarasota, Florida

War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco Opera), San Francisco, California

Segerstrom Hall (Opera Pacific), Costa Mesa, California

Winspear Opera House (Dallas Opera), Dallas, Texas, opening 2009

Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami, Florida



Uruguay

Teatro Solís, Montevideo




Asia and Oceania

The Sydney Opera House.


Australia

Sydney Opera House, (Opera Australia), Sydney

State Theatre, The Arts Centre (also known as the Victorian Arts Centre), (Opera Australia), Melbourne

Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane

Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia

His Majesty's Theatre, Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia

Theatre Royal, Hobart, Tasmania

Canberra Theatre, Canberra

Playhouse, Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin, North Territory



New Zealand

St. James Theatre and Opera House, Wellington

Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru



China

China National Grand Theatre, Beijing

Century Theatre, Beijing

Poly Theatre, Beijing

People's Liberation Army Opera House, Beijing

Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai

Oriental Opera Hall at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai

Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Hangzhou

Harbin Opera Theatre, Harbin


India

Royal Opera House (Mumbai) -- defunct


Israel

Tel Aviv Opera House at the Performing Arts Centre, Tel Aviv



Japan

Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo

NHK Hall, Tokyo

New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT), Tokyo

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo

Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya

Biwako Hall, Otsu, Shiga

Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

Yokosuka Arts Theatre, Yokosuka


Kazakhstan

Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, Astana


Malaysia

Palace of Culture, Kuala Lumpur


Singapore

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore

Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall, Singapore


South Korea

Seoul Arts Center Opera House, Seoul

Seongnam Arts Center Opera House, Seongnam

Daegu Opera House, Daegu


Thailand


Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok

Siam Opera, Siam Paragon, Bangkok



Turkey

Ankara Opera House, Ankara

Leyla Gencer Sahnesi, Ankara

Operet Sahnesi, Ankara

Atatürk Cultural Center, İstanbul

İzmir State Opera and Ballet, Elhamra Palace İzmir

Mersin State Opera and Ballet, Mersin

Antalya State Opera and Ballet, Antalya



Vietnam

Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi

Saigon Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City


Europe


Austria

Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Schönbrunn Schlosstheater, Vienna

Theater an der Wien, Vienna. Historic theatre associated with Mozart's time.

Volksoper Wien (Vienna People's Opera), Vienna

Wiener Kammeroper (Vienna Chamber Opera), Vienna

Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), Vienna



Belgium

Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (De Munt), Brussels

Opéra royal de Wallonie, Liège

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp

Vlaamse Opera, Ghent


Bulgaria

National Opera and Ballet Sofia, Sofia

Varna Opera Theatre, Varna



Croatia


Croatian National Theatre (HNK) in Zagreb

Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište
(Croatian National Theatre) , Zagreb

Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište
(Croatian National Theatre), Split

Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište
(Croatian National Theatre), Rijeka

Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište
(Croatian National Theatre), Osijek

Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište
(Croatian National Theatre), Varazdin



Czech Republic


Národní Divadlo (National Theatre), Prague

Státní opera Praha (Prague State Opera), Prague

Stavovské divadlo (Estates Theatre), Prague


Denmark

Operaen (The Copenhagen Opera House), Copenhagen

Det Kongelige Teater (Royal Danish Theatre), Copenhagen



England

Buxton Opera House, (Buxton Festival and International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival), Buxton

Coliseum Theatre (English National Opera), London

Glyndebourne (Glyndebourne Festival Opera), East Sussex

Grand Theatre (Opera North), Leeds

The Lowry Centre (Opera North), Manchester

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Sadler's Wells Theatre, London


Estonia

Estonian National Opera (Estonian National Opera), Tallinn



Finland

Kansallisooppera (Finnish National Opera), Helsinki



France


Grand Théâtre, Angers

Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux

Nouvel Opéra, Lyon

Opéra Bastille, Paris

Opéra Théâtre de Besançon, Besançon

Opéra-Comique, Paris

Opéra de Lille, Lille

Opéra Théâtre de Limoges, Limoges

Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy

Opéra de Marseille, Marseille

Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg

Opéra de Rennes, Rennes

Opéra de Rouen, Rouen

Opéra-théâtre de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne

Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, Metz

Opéra de Toulon, Toulon

Opéra de Tours, Tours

Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier

Palais Garnier, Paris

Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse

Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

Théâtre Graslin, Nantes


Germany


Aalto-Theater, Essen

Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe

Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre), Bayreuth

Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera of the Rhine), Düsseldorf

Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin German Opera), Berlin

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival Theatre), Baden-Baden

Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera), Frankfurt

Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), Hamburg

Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin

Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth

Musiktheather im Revier, Gelsenkirchen

Nationaltheater, Mannheim

Nationaltheater (Bavarian State Opera), Munich

Oper Leipzig (Leipzig Opera), Leipzig

Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

Opernhaus Halle, Halle

Opernhaus Kiel, Kiel

Theater Lübeck, Lübeck

Prinzregententheater, Munich

Semperoper or Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera), Dresden

Staatsoper Hannover, Hannover

Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Berlin

Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich

Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel

Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart

Theater Duisburg, Duisburg


Greece

Greek National Opera, Athens

Athens Concert Hall, Athens



Hungary

Budapesti Operettszínház (Budapest Operetta Theatre), Budapest

Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Budapest

Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House), Budapest



Ireland

Cork Opera House, Cork

Grand Opera House, Belfast





Italy


Arena di Verona, Verona

Sferisterio, Macerata

Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan

Teatro alla Scala, Milan (La Scala)

Teatro Argentina, Rome

Teatro Carignano, Turin

Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa

Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna

Teatro Comunale, Bologna

Teatro Comunale, Ferrara

Teatro Comunale, Florence

Teatro Comunale, Modena

Teatro della Pergola, Florence

Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo

Teatro La Fenice, Venice

Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste

Teatro Fraschini, Pavia

Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria

Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto

Teatro della Gran Guardia, Livorno

Teatro Grande, Brescia

Teatro Lirico, Cagliari

Teatro Malibran, Venice

Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo

Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania

Teatro Municipale, Piacenza

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome

Teatro Politeama, Lecce

Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona

Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma

Teatro Regio Torino, Turin

Teatro Rossini, Pesaro

Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

Teatro Sociale, Como

Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia



Latvia

Latvijas Nacionālā opera (Latvian National Opera), Riga


Lithuania

Lietuvos nacionalinis operos ir baleto teatras, Vilnius


Malta

Royal Opera House, Valletta.



Monaco

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco




Netherlands

Muziektheater (The Netherlands Opera), Amsterdam



Norway

Den Norske Opera (Norwegian National Opera), Oslo

New National Opera House (Oslo)

Operaen i Kristiansund



Poland


Baltic State Opera House, Gdańsk

Kraków Opera House, Cracow

Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz

Silesian Opera, Bytom

Teatr Wielki, Łódź, Łódź

Teatr Wielki, Poznań, Poznań

Teatr Wielki, Warsaw (Polish National Opera), Warsaw

Warszawska Opera Kameralna, Warsaw

Wrocław Opera House, Wrocław



Portugal

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon



Romania

Romanian National Opera

Opera Naţională, Bucureşti

Opera Braşov

Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca

Opera Naţională Română, Iaşi

Opera Naţională Română, Timişoara



Russia


Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Konstantin Tachkin Ballet Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Moscow State Theatre, Moscow

Musorgsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow

Novosibirsk opera and ballet theatre, Novosibirsk

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, Moscow

Taganrog Theatre, Taganrog



Scotland

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Theatre Royal, Glasgow (Scottish Opera), Glasgow



Serbia

Srpsko narodno pozorište (Serbian National Theatre), Novi Sad

Narodno pozorište u Beogradu (National Theatre in Belgrade), Belgrade

Madlenianum, Belgrade



Slovakia

Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava

State Opera in Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica



Slovenia


Slovensko narodno gledalisce, (Slovenian National Theatre) Ljubljana

Slovensko narodno gledalisce, (Slovenian National Theatre) Maribor




Spain

Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

Teatro Real, Madrid

Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, Bilbao

El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia

Palacio de la Ópera, A Coruña

Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo

Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville

Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid

Teatre Principal de Maó, Mahón


Sweden


Drottningholms Slottsteater (Drottningholm Palace Theatre), Drottningholm

GöteborgsOperan (Gotherburg Opera), Gothenburg

Kungliga Operan (Royal Swedish Opera), Stockholm

Folkoperan, Stockholm

Malmö Opera och Musikteater (Malmö Opera and Music Theatre), Malmö

Norrland Opera, Umeå



Switzerland

Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva

Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich

Theater Basel, Basel

Stadttheater Bern, Berne

Stadttheater Luzern, Lucerne

Theater Biel-Solothurn

Opéra de Lausanne, Lausanne



Ukraine

Kiev Opera, Kiev

Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, Lviv

Odessa Opera Theater, Odessa

Dnipropetrovsk Opera, Dnipropetrovsk

Kharkiv Opera, Kharkiv

Donetsk Opera, Donetsk



Wales

Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru (Wales Millennium Centre) (Welsh National Opera), Cardiff

 
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