Hall & Location |
Date |
Acoustical Designer |
Seats |
HxWxL/D - Meters
HxWxL/D - Feet |
Notes |
Teatro alla Scalla
Milan, Italy |
1778 |
A. Giuseppe Piermarini |
2,289 |
63ft H x 66 ft W x 99ft L
x 105ft D
19.2H x 20.1W x 30.2L x
32D |
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Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Bayreuth, Germany |
1876 |
Richard Wagner |
1,800 |
42ftH x 109ftW x 106ftL x
111ftD
12.8H x 33.2W x 32.3L x
33.8D |
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The Bolshoi Moscow, Russia |
1856 |
Joseph Bové |
2,153/1,740 |
64H x 101’ W x 97’ L x ?
19.6H x 31.oW x 29.8L x ? |
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Copenhagen Opera House
Copenhagen, Denmark |
2004 |
Rob Harris, ARUP |
1,703 |
42H x 73W x 92L x 104D /
18.5H x 22.3W x 28.3L x
31.8D |
$500 million |
Esplanade Singapore |
2002 |
ARTEC |
2,000 |
55H x 95W x 101L x 127D
17H x 29W x 31L x 39D |
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Four Seasons Centre
Toronto, Ont. Canada |
2006 |
Sound Space Design
Robert Essert |
2,071 |
93’W x ? W x ? D 105’L
28.5W x ? H x ? D x
32.0L |
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Guangzhou Opera House
China |
2011 |
Marshal Day |
1,800 |
60’H x 110’ W x 115’ D x
109’ L
18.4H x 33.7W x 35.3D x
33.4L |
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Metropolitan Opera
New York,
New York |
1966 |
Cyril Harris |
3,816 |
82H x 110W x 130L x 184D
25H x 33.5W x 39.6L x
56.1D |
|
Opera Royal (Versailles
Court Theater)
Versailles, France |
1769 |
Ange-Jacques Gabriel |
1,500/1,200 |
50H x 85W x 76D x 78L
15.4H x 25.8W x 23.1D x
23.7L |
|
Oslo Opera House
Oslo,
Norway |
2008 |
Rob Harris, ARUP |
1,364 |
52H x 79W x 90L x 106D
16.1H x 24.3W x 27.5L x
32.5D |
|
Palais Garnier
(Paris Opera House)
Paris, France |
1875 |
Charles Garnier |
1,979 |
68H x 62W x 91L x 106D
20.7H x 18.9W x 27.7L x
32.3D |
|
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden London,
England |
1858/1999 |
Edward Berry ARUP |
2,157 |
61H x 63W x 100L x 141D
18.6H x 19.2W x 30.5L x
43D |
|
Semperoper Dresden,
Germany |
1841/1985 |
Gottfried & Manfred
Semper |
|
54H x 67W x 62D x 72L
16.6H x 20.5W x 19D x 22L |
|
Teatro Colon Buenos Aires,
Argentina |
1908 |
Francesco Tamburini |
2,487 |
87H x 80W x 113L x 141D
26.5H x 24.4W x 34.4L x
43D |
|
Teatro di San Carlo
Naples, Italy |
1737 |
Angelo Carsale |
1,386 |
81H x 95W x 85D x 112L
24.6H x 28.9W x 25.8D x
43.1L |
|
Wiener Staatsoper
Vienna State Opera
Vienna, Austria |
1869/1955 |
G. Schwaiger |
1,709 |
62H x 60W x 98L x 111D
18.9H x 18.3W x 29.9L x
33.8D |
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War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco, California |
1932 |
G. Albert Lansburgh |
3,252 |
73H x 104W x 120L x 122D
22.2H x 31.7W x 36.6L x
37.2D |
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Winspear Opera House
Dallas, Texas |
2009 |
Sound Space Design |
2,200 |
62H x 95W x 101L x 134D
19H x 29W x 31L x 39D |
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Amazon Theatre
Manaus, Brazil |
1884 |
Celestial Sacardim |
701 |
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Civic Opera House
Chicago, Illinois |
1929 |
Graham, Anderson, Probst
and White |
3,563 |
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Cuvilliés Theater Munich,
Germany |
1753/1857 |
François de Cuvilliés |
509 |
|
renovation / 1944 fire /
1958 rebuilt |
Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia |
1973 |
BL & NV Jordan |
2,679 |
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Teatro SS. Giovanni e
Paolo
Venice, Italy |
1638 |
Carlo Fontana |
900 |
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destroyed by fire in 1715 |
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