List of Opera Houses / North and Central America

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This list is a subpage of the list of opera houses . Well-known opera houses in North and Central America are listed .

Opera houses in North and Central America

Costa Rica

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San Jose Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica The Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica is the national theater of Costa Rica and is located in the central part of San José. Construction of the building began in 1891 and the inauguration took place on October 21, 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust . Website Costa Rica Teatro Nacional.JPG

Dominican Republic

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Santiago de los Caballeros Gran Teatro del Cibao The Gran Teatro del Cibao (commonly referred to as Teatro del Cibao or El Gran Teatro ) is the second most important theater in the Dominican Republic. It is part of the cultural heritage of Santiago de los Caballeros, the second largest city in the country by population and development. Website Gtc voces colores 01.jpg
Santo Domingo Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito The Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito (German: National Theater) is part of the building complex of the Plaza de la Cultura in Santo Domingo. The theater is the heart of the complex and is surrounded by several museums and cultural institutions. The theater was designed by Dominican architect Teófilo Carbonell and opened on August 16, 1973. Website

El Salvador

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San Salvador Luis Poma Theater The Teatro Luis Poma is a theater in San Salvator. Website
San Salvador Teatro Nacional de El Salvador The Teatro Nacional de San Salvador is located in the historic center of the capital of El Salvador . The current building replaces the old National Theater in San Salvador, which was destroyed by a major fire in February 1910. Website Teatro Nacional, San Salvador.jpg
San Salvador Presidente Theater The Teatro Presidente of El Salvador is located in the capital, San Salvador, and is the largest theater in the country in terms of seating capacity. It is in close proximity to the Museo de Arte de El Salvador .

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Guatemala

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Guatemala City Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias The Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias , commonly known as Teatro Nacional , is a cultural center in Guatemala City. The complex designed by the architect Efrain Recinos was completed in 1978. The center is named after the Guatemalan writer and Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias . Website Teatro al Aire Libre Centro Cultural Miguel Angel Asturias Guatemala.jpg

Honduras

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Tegucigalpa Teatro Nacional Manuel Bonilla The Te atro Nacional Manuel Bonilla is a cultural center in Tegucigalpa, the capital of the Republic of Honduras. Website Tegulcigalpa Theater (34321619) .jpg

Canada

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Calgary Calgary Opera The Calgary Opera is a Canadian opera company based in Calgary in the Canadian province of Alberta . The company has been headquartered in July 2005 at the Mamdani Opera Center , a 2,700 square foot facility in Wesley United Church. The company has its opera productions in the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium . During the summer, the company will present Opera in the Village , Canada's only outdoor summer festival. Website
Calgary Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium The Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium is a large arts, culture, and community facility in Calgary. The auditorium was built in 1955 to celebrate Alberta's 50th anniversary. It is home to the Calgary Opera and the Alberta Ballet. Website Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 2.jpg
Edmonton Edmonton Opera The Edmonton Opera is a professional Canadian opera company in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She performs in the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium and is based in the Winspear Center in downtown Edmonton. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in the 2013/14 opera season. Website
Edmonton Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium The Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium is an art and culture facility with an area of ​​110,000 m³ in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Website
Hamilton Opera Hamilton The Opera Hamilton is an opera company in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. Website
Kelowna Opera Kelowna The Opera Kelowna is an opera company in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Website
Montréal Chants Libres Chants Libres is an opera company based in Montréal, Canada. Website
Montréal La Compagnie baroque Mont-Royal La Compagnie baroque Mont-Royal is an opera company based in Montréal, Canada. Website
Montréal Opéra de Montréal The Opéra de Montréal is an opera company based in the Canadian city of Montreal. Most of the performances take place in the Place des Arts cultural center .

The opera company was founded in 1980 by the Ministry of Culture of the Province of Québec . It replaced the Opéra du Québec , which existed from 1971 to 1975. The Opéra de Montréal has set itself the goal of promoting young singers, conductors, directors and stage designers from Québec in particular, as well as introducing singers in training to a larger audience. A special feature are short appearances in metro stations . The Orchester symphonique de Montréal and the Orchester Métropolitain alternate as the house orchestra .

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Ottawa National Arts Center The National Arts Center or NAC ( French : Center national des Arts ) is a Canadian center for the performing arts in Ottawa, located between Elgin Street and the Rideau Canal. Website Ottawa - ON - National Arts Center.jpg
Ottawa Opera Lyra Ottawa The Opera Lyra Ottawa ( OLO ) was a professional opera company based in Ottawa in the Canadian province of Ontario . It was founded in 1984 by Canadian soprano Diana Gilchrist after the National Arts Center's annual summer opera productions ended . The company performed fully staged and concerted operas with French and English surtitles and programs for young artists at the National Arts Center. On October 14, 2015 Opera Lyra Ottawa has ceased operations. Website
Quebec Grand Théâtre de Québec The Grand Théâtre de Québec is a cultural center in the Canadian city of Québec. The building on Boulevard René-Lévesque has existed since 1971 and is used as a venue for musical and theatrical performances. It is managed by the Société du Grand Théâtre de Québec , whose members are appointed by the government of the Province of Québec . Website WPQc-054 Grand Théâtre de Québec.JPG
Quebec Opéra de Québec The Opéra de Québec or Opera of Quebec City is a Canadian opera company founded in 1983, which is related to the Opéra de Montréal , founded in 1980 . The company does not have its own venue, but performs at the Grand Théâtre de Québec at 269 Boulevard René-Lévesque Est. Website
Saskatoon Saskatoon Opera The Saskatoon Opera is an opera company based in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . Website
Toronto Against the Grain Theater  The Against the Grain Theater  is an opera company in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . Website
Toronto Canadian Children's Opera Company The Canadian Children's Opera Company or CCOC (formerly known as the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus) was founded in 1968 by Ruby Mercer and Lloyd Bradshaw. The company consists of five divisions with around 240 boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 19. The main choir has over 80 singers and is involved as a children's choir in productions of the Canadian Opera Company (COC). The CCOC occurs several times a year. In addition to COC productions, they appear with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , Soundstreams Canada , the Hannaford Street Silver Band , the Art of Time Ensemble and The Tenors, as well as in their own shows. Website
Toronto Canadian Opera Company The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is an opera company based in Toronto in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is the largest opera company in Canada and one of the largest opera producers in North America. The COC plays in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Center for the Performing Arts . Website
Toronto Elgin and Winter Garden Theater Center The Elgin and Winter Garden Theater Center in Toronto is one of the few remaining North American double-decker theaters . It is the world's last still operating theater of this type and is also counted among the last theater buildings of the Edwardian era . The theater was built on Yonge Street in 1913 and has a checkered history. The now listed and renovated building is now a tourist attraction and an important venue for the cultural scene in Toronto. Website Elgin Wintergarden HDR.jpg
Toronto Four Seasons Center for the Performing Arts The Four Seasons Center for the Performing Arts is a 2,071-seat theater in Toronto, located on the southeast corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West, across from Osgoode Hall. It is home to the Canadian Opera Company (COC) and the National Ballet of Canada . The modernist design of the building was created by the Canadian company Diamond and Schmitt Architects under the direction of Jack Diamond. It was completed in 2006. Website Four Seasons Center from above.jpg
Toronto Opera atelier Opera Atelier is a Canadian baroque opera company founded in Toronto in 1985 by the couple Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. The company performs operas from the 17th and 18th centuries presented at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theater Center .

Opera Atelier presents two operas per year and tours internationally every two years. They use historical instruments as well as sets and costumes that reflect the aesthetics of the era.

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Toronto Opera in concert The Opera In Concert is an opera company based in Toronto. Website
Toronto Tapestry Opera The Tapestry Opera (formerly Tapestry New Opera Works ) is a Canadian opera company based in Toronto. The company was founded in 1979 by Artistic Director Wayne Strongman. Website
Toronto Toronto City Opera The Toronto City Opera is an opera company based in Toronto. Website
Toronto Toronto Operetta Theater The Toronto Operetta Theater is a Toronto-based operetta company. Website
Vancouver City Opera Vancouver The City Opera Vancouver is a professional chamber opera ensemble in Vancouver, Canada, which was founded of 2006. Website
Vancouver Opera di Concertisti e Meraviglie The Opera di Concertisti e Meraviglie is an opera company based in Vancouver. Website
Vancouver Opera Pro Cantanti The Opera Pro Cantanti is an opera company based in Vancouver. Website
Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theater The Queen Elizabeth Theater is a performing arts venue in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Along with the Orpheum Theater , Vancouver Playhouse and the Annex, it is one of four establishments operated by the Vancouver Civic Theater Department.The theater is named after the current Canadian monarch Queen Elizabeth II .

The building has two venues: the main auditorium with 2,765 seats and the Playhouse Theater with 668 seats.

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Vancouver Vancouver Concert Opera Co-Operative The Vancouver Concert Opera Co-Operative (VanCOCO) is an opera company based in Vancouver. Website
Vancouver Vancouver Opera The Vancouver Opera is the second largest performing arts organization in British Columbia and the largest opera house in Western Canada. Its mainstage performances take place at the Queen Elizabeth Theater , other locations in Vancouver, and occasionally other locations in British Columbia. Vancouver Opera has one of only two professional opera orchestras in Canada (the other is the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto). Website Vancouver Opera logo.png
Victoria Pacific Opera Victoria The Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) is based in Victoria, British Columbia. The Victoria Royal Theater stages three full productions per season, accompanied by members of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra . Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) was founded in 1980 and offers a wide repertoire ranging from standard canon to new performances. Website
Winnipeg Manitoba Opera The Manitoba Opera is an opera company in Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba , which was founded in 1969. Her first production was a concert version of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore in 1972. Website

Cuba

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Havana Gran Teatro de la Habana The Gran Teatro de la Habana is an opera house, the home of today Ballet Nacional de Cuba and the opera ensemble of the Teatro Nacional de Cuba Lírico is. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Havana Capitol on the Paseo del Prado. Website Havana Theater.jpg
Havana Teatro Lírico Nacional de Cuba The Teatro Lírico Nacional de Cuba is a theater in Havana. The theater is dedicated to the performance of lyric art, opera, operetta, zarzuela, concert music and vocal symphonic music. Website
Matanzas Teatro Sauto The Sauto Theater is a theater in Matanzas, Cuban. It opened in 1863 and has been a symbol of the city ever since. The U-shaped theater with 775 seats is almost completely clad in wood. Sauto Theater in the Matanzas City.jpg

Mexico

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Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Theater The Teatro Aguascalientes or Aguascalientes Opera House is the main theater in the city of Aguascalientes in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes . The modern building is the work of the architect Abraham Zabludowsky . It has a majestic stage and a capacity of 1650 spectators. The theater opened its doors to the public on August 16, 1991 with the performance of an operetta. The opera house also hosts classical music concerts, light music, plays, ballet, and other shows. Website
Guadalajara Degollado Theater The Teatro Degollado is the theater building in the city of Guadalajara in the Mexican province of Jalisco . It is located in the city center on the Plaza de la Liberacion and was inaugurated on September 13, 1866 with the performance of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti .

The building is mainly characterized by its neoclassical portico with triangular gable and Corinthian columns. Inside are paintings by Jacobo Gálvez y Gerardo Suárez from 1861.

The repertoire includes both classical and modern pieces.

Merida José Peón Contreras Theater The Teatro José Peón Contreras in the city of Mérida in Yucatán is one of the most important opera theaters in Mexico. It is also the oldest theater stage in Mérida, which was named on December 27, 1878 on the initiative of the weekly newspapers Yucateco and Revista de Mérida . Website Teatro Peón Contreras, Mérida, Yucatán (01) .JPG
Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes The Palacio de Bellas Artes (German: Palace of Fine Arts ) is the most important cultural institution in Mexico.

The palace is located in the historic center of Mexico City. The monumental building is considered to be the highest and most important cultural center in Mexico, which is dedicated to theater, dance, music and opera, the visual arts, literature and architecture. For this reason, the UNESCO declared the building an art monument in 1987 .

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Panama

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Panama City Teatro Nacional de Panamá The Teatro Nacional de Panamá is located in Old Panama, near the San Francisco Church and Plaza Bolivar. The theater was designed by the Italian architect Genaro Ruggieri in the style of Italian operettas and opened on October 1, 1908. El Teatro Nacional de Panamá.JPG

United States

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Abilene Abilene Opera Association The Abilene Opera Association is an opera company based in Abilene in the US state of Texas . Website
Albany Capitol Opera Albany-Saratoga The Capitol Opera Albany-Saratoga is an opera company based in Albany in the US state of New York. Website
Albuquerque Opera Southwest The Opera Southwest , formerly: Albuquerque Opera Theater , is an opera house in Albuquerque, New Mexico , founded in 1972. In addition to classical opera repertoire, the institution premieres numerous new operas by composers from New Mexico and in 2014 it attracted worldwide attention with the rediscovery of the 143 years Opera Amleto accomplished by Arrigo Boito and Franco Faccio . Website
Alexandria (Louisiana) Rapid Opera House The Rapides Opera House is located in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA . It is a Romanesque building built by Favrot & Livaudaisand in 1903.
Alexandria (Virginia) Capital City Opera The Capital City Opera is an opera company based in Alexandria in the US state of Virginia . Website
Amarillo Amarillo Opera The Amarillo Opera is an opera company based in Amarillo in the US state of Texas. Website
Anchorage Anchorage Opera The Anchorage Opera (AO) is a professional opera company based in Anchorage in the US state of Alaska . Website
Annapolis Annapolis Opera The Annapolis Opera is an opera company based in Annapolis in the US state of Maryland. Website
Asheville Asheville Lyric Opera The Asheville Lyric Opera (ALO) is a professional non-profit opera company based in Asheville in the US state of North Carolina . Founder David Craig Starkey was General Director and Artistic Director until 2016. The 500-seat Diana Wortham Theater , built in 1991, has been the company's headquarters since 2001. Website
Asheville Diana Wortham Theater The Diana Wortham Theater is a theater in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Website
Atlanta Atlanta Opera The Atlanta Opera is an opera house in the metropolitan area of ​​Atlanta , founded in 1979. Since 2007 it has played together with the Atlanta Ballet at the new Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center and is considered the most important opera house in the American Southeast. Website
Atlanta Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center is a performing arts venue in the outskirts of Cumberland / Galleria, northwest of Atlanta. The $ 145 million facility was inaugurated on September 15, 2007 with a concert with artists Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder. Website CEPAC-Courtyard.JPG
Augusta Augusta Opera The Augusta Opera was an opera company based in Augusta in the US state of Georgia. Website
Austin Austin Opera The Austin Opera , formerly known as Austin Lyric Opera , is an Austin, Texas, resident opera house. The company was founded in 1986. Website
Baltimore Baltimore Concert Opera The Baltimore Concert Opera is an opera company based in Baltimore in the US state of Maryland. Website
Baltimore Baltimore Opera Company  The Baltimore Opera Company (BOC) was a Lyric Opera House- based opera company in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008.
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Baltimore Lyric Opera Baltimore The Lyric Opera Baltimore is an American opera company based in Baltimore in the US state of Maryland. The group kicked off its inaugural 2011 season, bringing operatic performances back to the Model Performing Arts Center on Mount Royal Avenue after the Baltimore Opera Company went bankrupt in 2008.
Baltimore Model Performing Arts Center The Modell Performing Arts Center (originally The Music Hall and formerly the Lyric Opera House ) is a performing arts center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, near the University of Baltimore . The building was modeled on the Concertgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam and inaugurated on October 31, 1894 with a performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba as a soloist. From 1904 it was also used for touring performances by the Metropolitan Opera . From 1950 it was the home of the Baltimore Opera Company until the company was liquidated in 2009. Website Lyric Theater Baltimore 1.jpg
Basking Ridge Light Opera of New Jersey The Light Opera of New Jersey is an opera company based in Basking Ridge in the US state of New Jersey . Website
Baton Rouge Raising Cane's River Center The Raising Cane's River Center (originally called Riverside Centroplex and later as Baton Rouge River Center called) is a cultural and entertainment center in downtown Baton Rouge in the US state of Louisiana. Opened in 1977, the complex includes an arena, ballroom, exhibition center, theater and library. The venue hosts over 500 events annually. Website
Baton Rouge Opéra Louisiane The Opéra Louisiane is an opera company based in Baton Rouge in the US state of Louisiana. Website
Bend Opera Bend The Opera Bend is an opera company based in Bend in the US state of Oregon . Website
Bentonville Ozark Family Opera Company The Ozark Family Opera Company is an opera company based in Bentonville in the US state of Arkansas . Website
Berkeley Berkeley Chamber Opera The Berkeley Chamber Opera is an opera company based in Berkeley in the US state of California . Website
Berkeley West Edge Opera The West Edge Opera is an opera company based in Berkeley in the US state of California . Website
Bethesda Opera International The Opera International is an opera company based in Bethesda in the US state of Maryland . Website
Billings Rimrock Opera The Rimrock Opera is an opera company based in Billings in the US state of Montana . Website
Binghamton Tri-Cities Opera Company The Tri-Cities Opera Company (commonly known as TCO ), founded in 1949 by Peyton Hibbitt and Carmen Savoca in Binghamton, New York State, offers three major operas per season in the fall and winter months each year. Website
Birmingham Opera Birmingham The Opera Birmingham is an opera company based in Birmingham in the US state of Alabama . Website
Bloomington Jacobs School of Music Opera and Ballet Theater The Jacobs School of Music Opera and Ballet Theater is an opera company based in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Website
Boise Opera Idaho The Opera Idaho is an opera company based in Boise in the US state of Idaho . Website
Boston Boston Lyric Opera The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is an American opera based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1976. The BLO season consists of three major operas with choir and orchestra, presented at the Shubert Theater in Boston, and a one-hour, English-language abbreviated version of a popular opera for school children and families, which will then tour all of New England .

The opera is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council . She is known for not only presenting popular works but also rarities, particularly from American opera literature, such as Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti .

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Boston Boston Metro Opera  The Boston Metro Opera is an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts , which in 2015 ceased operations. Website
Boston Boston Opera Collaborative The Boston Opera Collaborative is an opera company based in Boston in the US state of Massachusetts. Website
Boston Boston Opera House (1909) The 1909 Boston Opera House was an opera house on Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1909 as the headquarters of the Boston Opera Company and was demolished in 1958 after years of vacancy. Today there is Speare Hall, a dormitory of Northeastern University. BostonOperaHouse 1900s DetroitPubCo LC.jpg
Boston Boston Opera House (1980) The Boston Opera House is a performing arts venue located at 539 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally built as a movie palace, it opened on October 29, 1928 and was re-inaugurated in 1980 as the home of the Opera Company of Boston . The theater was completely restored in 2004 and is currently the home of the Boston Ballet. Broadway shows are also shown here. BF Keith Memorial Theater, Boston interior.JPG
Boston Guerrilla Opera (Boston) The Guerilla Opera is an opera company founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2007 that specializes in contemporary chamber operas. The Zack Box Theater of the Boston Conservatory is the venue for the guerrilla opera . Website
Boston Odyssey Opera The Odyssey Opera is an opera company based in Boston in the US state of Massachusetts. Website
Boston OperaHub (Boston) OperaHub is an opera company based in Boston in the US state of Massachusetts. Website
Boston Opera Company of Boston The Opera Company of Boston was an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts that operated from the late 1950s to the 1980s. The company was founded in 1958 by the American conductor Sarah Caldwellin under the name Boston Opera Group .
Boston Shubert Theater (Boston) The Shubert Theater is a theater in Boston in the US state of Massachusetts. Shubert Theater at the Boch Center.jpg
Boulder Boulder Opera Company The Boulder Opera Company is an opera company based in Boulder, in the US state of Colorado. Website
Bozeman Intermountain Opera The Intermountain Opera is an opera company based in Bozeman, in the US state of Montana. Website
Brighton, Massachusetts Mass Opera The Mass Opera (formerly MetroWest Opera ) is an opera company based in Brighton, in the US state of Massachusetts. Website
Cambridge Lowell House Opera The Lowell House Opera is an opera company based in Cambridge, in the US state of Massachusetts. It is the oldest still performing opera company in New England . Website
Cambridge (New York) Hubbard Hall The Hubbard Hall is a Victorian opera house and cultural center in Cambridge, in the US state of New York. It is operated by the non-profit organization Hubbard Hall Projects . Website
Cambridge (New York) Hubbard Hall Opera Theater The Hubbard Hall Opera Theater (HHOT) is an opera company based in Cambridge, in the US state of New York. It was founded in 2008 by Alexina Jones. HHOT presents opera performances by classically trained singers and instrumentalists in New England and New York State. Website La Traviata, Hubbard Hall Opera Theater.jpg
Canandaigua Finger Lakes Opera The Finger Lakes Opera is an opera company based in Canandaigua, in the US state of New York. Website
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Opera Theater The Cedar Rapids Opera Theater is an opera company based in Cedar Rapids, in the US state of Iowa . Website
Central City (Colorado) Central City Opera The Central City Opera is the fifth-oldest opera company in the United States and was founded in 1932 by Julie Penrose and Anne Evans. Each festival is presented in the historic 550-seat Central City Opera House , built in Central City, Colorado, in 1878. Website
Central City (Colorado) Central City Opera House The Central City Opera House is an opera house in Central City, in the US state of Colorado. Website 1982-06-22 Central City Col L07-ps.jpg
Charlotte Opera Carolina The Opera Carolina is a professional opera company in Charlotte, in the US state of North Carolina. Founded in 1948 by the Charlotte Music Club as the Charlotte Opera Association , the company was renamed Opera Carolina after its merger with the North Carolina Opera in 1986. Website
Charleston, South Carolina Opera Charleston The Opera Charleston is an opera company in Charleston, in the US state of South Carolina . Website
Charlottesville Charlottesville Opera The Charlottesville Opera is an opera company based in Charlottesville, in the US state of Virginia . Website
Charlottesville Victory Hall Opera The Victory Hall Opera is an opera company based in Charlottesville, in the US state of Virginia . Website
Chattanooga Chattanooga Symphony and Opera The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera , also known as CSO , is a symphony orchestra and opera company based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. At the time of the merger in 1985, it was the only such combined organization in the United States. Website
Chautauqua (New York) Chautauqua Opera The Chautauqua Opera is the summer opera of the Chautauqua Institution, based in Chautauqua, in the US state of New York. It is one of the oldest continuously active summer opera companies in the United States, founded in 1929 as the Chautauqua Opera Association , and since then has produced several operas each year during the institution's nine-week summer season. In general, opera performances at Norton Memorial Hall are performed in English, usually Monday and Friday evenings throughout the season. Recently, however, the Chautauqua Opera has increasingly been performed in the Chautauqua amphitheater. Website
Chautauqua (New York) Norton Memorial Hall The Norton Memorial Hall is a building in Chautauqua event, in the US state of New York. NortonMemorialHall.jpg
Chicago Chicago Opera Theater The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. COT was based at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance on Millennium Park in Chicago and is currently located in the newly renovated Studebaker Theater in the historic Fine Arts Building . In addition to the productions of selected operas from the opera's core repertoire, COT primarily focuses on American composers and performers. Alan Stone founded the company in 1974 as the Chicago Opera Studio . Website
Chicago Civic Opera House The Civic Opera House is an opera house located on 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago, in the US state of Illinois. It is part of a building that includes a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings known as the Civic Opera Building . The building complex opened on November 4, 1929 and has an Art Deco interior with additional Art Deco details on the outside.

The Civic Opera House has 3,563 seats, making it the second largest opera auditorium in North America, right behind the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. It was built for the Chicago Civic Opera and is now the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago .

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Chicago Fine Arts Building (Chicago) The ten-story Fine Arts Building , also known as Studebaker Building , located in 410 S Michigan Avenue across the Grant Park in Chicago. It was built in 1884 by Solon Spencer Beman for the Studebaker company and extensively rebuilt in 1898. Currently, true to its name, it is home to artist lofts, art galleries, theater, dance and recording studios, interior and web design companies, musical instrument makers and other art-related companies. Website Fine Arts Building 410 South Michigan Avenue.jpg
Chicago Lyric Opera of Chicago The Lyric Opera of Chicago (LOC) is one of the leading opera houses in the United States .

It was founded in Chicago in 1954 under the name Lyric Theater of Chicago by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly. In the first season Maria Callas made her American debut as Norma . In 1956 the Fox company was reorganized under its current name.

The Lyric Opera is based in the Civic Opera House , a high-rise built in 1929. With 3,563 seats, it is the second largest opera house in the United States (after the New York Metropolitan Opera ).

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Cincinnati Cincinnati Chamber Opera The Cincinnati Chamber Opera is an opera company based in Cincinnati, in the US state of Ohio. Website
Cincinnati Cincinnati Music Hall The Cincinnati Music Hall or Music Hall is a music hall in Cincinnati, in the US state of Ohio, that was completed in 1878. It is home to the Cincinnati Ballet , the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra , the Cincinnati Opera , the May Festival Chorus, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra . In January 1975, it was recognized by the US Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark for its distinctive Venetian Gothic style. Website Renovated Cincinnati Music Hall 2.jpg
Cincinnati Cincinnati Opera The Cincinnati Opera is an American opera company based in Cincinnati, in the US state of Ohio. It is the second oldest opera house in the United States (after the New York Metropolitan Opera ). The Cincinnati Opera began its first season in 1920 and produced operas in the summer months of June and July, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra providing orchestral accompaniment. Website
Cincinnati North American New Opera Workshop  The North American New Opera Workshop  is an opera company based in Cincinnati, in the US state of Ohio. Website
Cleveland Cleveland Opera The Cleveland Opera is an opera company in Cleveland, in the US state of Ohio. It was founded in March 1976 by David Bamberger, Carola Bamberger and John D. Heavenrich and presented its first season in October and November of this year with sold-out productions of Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville . The Barber of Seville. Website
Cleveland Cleveland Opera Theater The Cleveland Opera Theater is an opera company based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Website
Clinton Opera Theater of Connecticut The Opera Theater of Connecticut is an opera company in Clinton, Connecticut, USA. Website
Colorado Springs Opera Theater of the Rockies The Opera Theater of the Rockies is an opera company in Colorado Springs, in the US state of Colorado. Website
Columbia Palmetto Opera The Palmetto Opera is an opera company based in Columbia, in the US state of South Carolina. Website
Columbus Springer Opera House The Springer Opera House is a historic theater located at 103 Tenth Street in Columbus, Muscogee County , Georgia . The three-story brick building was built on his property in 1871 by the wealthy businessman Francis J. Springer.

At the end of the 19th century, the opera house had quickly become a well-known venue in Georgia, where many famous personalities performed, such as John Philip Sousa , Ethel Barrymore , Oscar Wilde and Franklin D. Roosevelt . This success was temporary, since the beginning of the 20th century the opera house was primarily used as a cinema, from the middle of the 20th century it stood empty for a while and was threatened with demolition. An initiative by committed citizens of the city led to the renovation and preservation of the building; since 1964 the Springer Theater has been operating the building as a theater again.

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Columbus RiverCenter Theater for Performing Arts  The RiverCenter for the Performing Arts is a modern cultural center in Columbus, in the US state of Georgia. Website
Columbus (Ohio) Opera Columbus The Opera Columbus is an opera company in Columbus, in the US state of Ohio. Website
Costa Mesa Orange County Performing Arts Center The Orange County Performing Arts Center (OCPAC) is a large concert venue in Costa Mesa, California. The complex, which consists of several halls, was built in 1986 and expanded several times.

The house is considered the cultural flagship of Orange County and regularly hosts performances by renowned artists and groups from around the world. It is also home to the Pacific Symphony , the Philharmonic Society of Orange County , the Opera Pacific and the Pacific Chorale .

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Dallas  Dallas Opera The Dallas Opera is an opera institution based in Dallas, Texas.

The company was founded in 1957 by Laurence Kelly and Nicola Rescigno as the Dallas Civic Opera . Both were active in the Lyric Opera of Chicago , the former as a director, the latter as artistic director.

From 1957 to 2009 the Dallas Opera played in the Music Hall in Fair Park. However, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House has existed since the 2009 season, and has now been played since the premiere of Moby-Dick by Jake Heggie .

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Dallas Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House is an opera house (one of four venues at the AT&T Performing Arts Center ) in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas.

The facility is home to the Dallas Opera (which performed at the Music Hall in Fair Park until the 2008/2009 season) and the Texas Ballet Theater . The AT&T Performing Arts Center also produces original programs and works with local and national organizations to present a variety of other cultural performances on site. These offerings include music, dance, Broadway shows, concerts and lectures.

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Dayton Dayton Opera The Dayton Opera is an American opera company based in Dayton, in the US state of Ohio. The company is based at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in downtown Dayton, where it produces three operas and one opera concert annually. Website
Dayton Schuster Performing Arts Center The Schuster Performing Arts Center is located in Dayton, Ohio and was built in 2003. It is owned by the Victoria Theater Association and is located in the former Rike department store. The Dayton Philharmonic , Dayton Opera and Dayton Ballet rent the building for their performances. Website Schuster via Rear Entrance 2003.jpg
Denver Ellie Caulkins Opera House  The Ellie Caulkins Opera House , which opened on September 10, 2005, is located in Denver, Colorado as part of the large Denver Performing Arts Complex . It offers space for 2,225 people. The Caulkins family invested $ 7 million to renovate the lyric opera house and adjoining public spaces that were built in the Newton Auditorium. Website Denver Municipal Auditorium.JPG
Denver Empire Lyric Players The Empire Lyric Players are an opera company based in Denver, Colorado. Website
Denver Opera Colorado The Opera Colorado is an opera house based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1981, the company offers an annual season of three to four fully staged productions. Its main venue is the Ellie Caulkins Opera House . Website
Detroit Detroit Opera House The Detroit Opera House is an ornate opera house located on 1526 Broadway Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan, in the historic Grand Circus Park neighborhood. The 2,700-seat venue is home to productions from the Michigan Opera Theater and a variety of other events. The theater was originally designed by C. Howard Crane who created other prominent theaters in Detroit including The Fillmore Detroit , the Fox Theater, and the Detroit Symphony's Orchestra Hall . It opened on January 22, 1922. Website Detroit Opera House with trees.jpg
Detroit Michigan Opera Theater The Michigan Opera Theater (MOT) is the most important opera company in Michigan, USA. The company is based in Detroit, where it performs at the Detroit Opera House . There is an opera and ballet season every year. Website
Duluth Lyric Opera of the North The Lyric Opera of the North is an opera company in Duluth, in the US state of Minnesota. Website
Durham Durham Savoyards The Durham Savoyards is an opera company based in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Website
El Paso Abraham Chavez Theater The Abraham Chavez Theater , also known as the Chavez Theater , is a 2,500-seat concert venue in El Paso, Texas. Website
El Paso El Paso Opera The El Paso Opera is an opera company in El Paso, in the US state of Texas. Website
El Paso Plaza Theater (El Paso) The Plaza Theater is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. The theater is one of the city's landmarks and is still in operation today. It shows various Broadway productions and music concerts. Website The Plaza Theater.JPG
Eugene Eugene Opera The Eugene Opera is an opera company in Eugene, in the US state of Oregon. Website
Evanston Music Theater Works Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works ) is a professional, not-for-profit music theater company based in Evanston, Illinois. It was founded in 1980 by Philip Kraus, Bridget McDonough and Ellen Dubinsky. Website
Fairbanks Fairbanks Light Opera Theater The Fairbanks Light Opera Theater is a theater in Fairbanks, in the US state of Alaska. Website
Fairbanks Opera Fairbanks The Opera Fairbanks is an opera company in Fairbanks, in the US state of Alaska. Website
Fairfield North Bay Opera The North Bay Opera is an opera company in Fairfield, in the US state of California. Website
Fargo Fargo-Moorhead Opera The Fargo-Moorhead Opera is an opera company in Fargo, in the US state of North Dakota . Website
Fayetteville Opera Fayetteville The Opera Fayetteville is an opera company in Fayetteville, in the US state of Arkansas. Website
Fort Collins Opera Fort Collins The Opera Fort Collins is an opera company in Fort Collins, in the US state of Colorado. Website
Fort Lauderdale Broward Center for the Performing Arts The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is a large theater and entertainment complex with multiple performing arts venues in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Website Broward Center for the Performing Arts (How the Grinch Stole Xmas) (23983650331) .jpg
Fort Lee New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera is an opera company based in Fort Lee, in the US state of New Jersey. Website
Fort Worth Bass performance hall The Bass Performance Hall (also known as Bass Hall ) is a performing arts venue in Fort Worth, Texas. Website Basshall.JPG
Fort Worth Fort Worth Opera The Fort Worth Opera is an opera company in Fort Worth, in the US state of Texas. Website
Fort Worth Regal Opera The Regal Opera is an opera company in Fort Worth, in the US state of Texas. Website
Fresno California Opera Association The California Opera Association is an opera company based in Fresno, in the US state of California. Website
Glen Ellyn DuPage Opera Theater The DuPage Opera Theater (DOT) is one of three professional opera companies in the Chicago area , along with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Opera Theater . DuPage Opera was formed in 1977 as a permanent company at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The DuPage Opera Theater plays on the main stage of the Arts Center with 793 seats. Website
Grand Rapids Opera Grand Rapids The Opera Grand Rapids is an opera company in Grand Rapids, in the US state of Michigan . Website
Greenville Greenville Light Opera Works The Greenville Light Opera Works (GLOW) is a non-profit professional opera, operetta, and musical theater company based in Greenville, South Carolina. In 2013, the company operated under the name GLOW Lyric Theater. Website
Greensboro Greensboro Opera Company The Greensboro Opera Company is an opera company based in Greensboro, in the US state of North Carolina. Website
Gurnee Since Corneto Opera The Da Corneto Opera is an opera company in Gurnee, in the US state of Illinois. Website
Hartford Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts (formerly known as Bushnell Memorial Hall or simply The Bushnell ) is a performing arts venue located at 166 Capitol Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Website The Bushnell outside high res photo.jpg
Hartford Connecticut Opera  The Connecticut Opera was a professional, not-for-profit opera company based in Hartford, Connecticut, which existed until February 2009. The company presented three fully staged opera productions during one season. It was founded in 1942 under the direction of Frank Pandolfi and was the sixth oldest professional opera house in the United States. The first opera produced was Carmen by Georges Bizet , which opened on April 14, 1942 at the Bushnell Theater . Mezzo-soprano Winifred Heidt played the title role.
Hartford Hartford Opera Theater The Hartford Opera Theater is an opera company based in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Website
Honolulu Hawaii Opera Theater The Hawaii Opera Theater (HOT) is the only major opera company in Hawaii, based in Honolulu. It was founded in 1960. The company performs three or more operas in one season. HOT performs most of its productions in the Blaisdell Concert Hall . Website
Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell Center The Neal S. Blaisdell Center, located near downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, is a community center for the city and county of Honolulu. Built in 1964 on the historic Ward Estate and originally called the Honolulu International Center , the center was named after Honolulu Mayor Neal S. Blaisdell. The multi-purpose complex consists of an arena, a concert hall, conference rooms, a gallery and an exhibition hall. Website
Houston Houston Grand Opera The Houston Grand Opera is a classical music and musical theater institution in Houston, USA.

The Houston Grand Opera was founded in 1955. Performances were held at Jones Hall from 1966 to 1987 , when a new building was erected, Wortham Theater Center , named after a major promoter of the opera, S. Gus Wortham.

For the inauguration of the new venue, the opera Nixon in China was commissioned, which came from the pen of John Adams .

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Houston Lambert Hall The Lambert Hall , located in 1703 Heights Boulevard in Houston, Texas, was built in 1927 as the first permanent refuge for the Heights Christian Church led by Pastor Clark W. Lambert, after the hall was named. The Lambert Hal l is the artistic home of Opera in the Heights . Website Lambert Hall Houston.jpg
Houston Moore's Opera House The Moore Opera House is an opera company in Houston, Texas, USA. Website
Houston Opera in the Heights The Opera in the Heights is a nonprofit, regional opera company, which is in the historic Lambert Hall at 1703 Heights Boulevard in Houston, Texas, housed. Website
Houston Opera Vista The Opera Vista was a non-profit Chamber Opera in Houston, Texas, which was founded in 2006 by conductor and artistic director Viswa Subbaraman, soprano Elizabeth Knudson and her husband Chris Knudson. The company's goal was to promote and perform new and contemporary works and to appeal to new and younger viewers. Website
Houston Wortham Theater Center The Wortham Theater Center is a performing arts center in downtown Houston, Texas. The Wortham Theater Center , designed by Eugene Aubry of Morris Architects, was built with private funds in the amount of 66 million US dollars. The City of Houston owns the theater and the Houston First Corporation operates the facility. Website
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Howell Howell Opera House The Howell Opera House is an opera house in Howell, in the State of Michigan. The site is listed as historic by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. It is also listed on The National Historic Register as part of the Howell Downtown Historic District. Website Howell Opera House.jpg
Idaho Falls Idaho Falls Opera Theater The Idaho Falls Opera Theater is an opera company based in Idaho Falls, in the US state of Idaho. Website
Indianapolis Clowes Memorial Hall  The Clowes Memorial Hall , officially known as Butler University's Clowes Memorial Hall , is a theater on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis, Indiana. It opened on October 18, 1963 and hosts numerous important concerts, orchestras, musicals and plays. Website ClowesMemorialHall.JPG
Indianapolis Indianapolis Opera The Indianapolis Opera is an opera company in Indianapolis, Indiana. As the only professional opera house in Indiana, it hosts a number of fully staged productions each season and supports a young artist program. Website
Jackson (Mississippi) Belhaven University Center for the Arts The Belhaven University Center for the Arts is a performing arts center in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Website
Jackson (Mississippi) Mississippi Opera The Mississippi Opera is an American opera company based in Jackson, Mississippi. The company was founded in 1945 and presents an annual opera season consisting of two fully staged opera productions and smaller public concerts and workshops. The company's productions are performed at the University Center of the Arts in Belhaven. Website
Jacksonville Opera Jacksonville The Opera Jacksonville is an opera company in Jacksonville, in the State of Florida . Website
Joplin Heartland Opera Theater The Heartland Opera Theater is an opera company based in Joplin, Missouri, USA. Website
Juneau Juneau Lyric Opera The Juneau Lyric Opera is an opera company in Juneau, in the State of Alaska . Website
Kansas City Kansas City Metro Opera The Kansas City Metro Opera is an opera company in Kansas City, in the State of Missouri. Website
Kansas City Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in Kansas City, Missouri. It is home to the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra , the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Ballet . The Kauffman Center hosts two unique venues: the Muriel Kauffman Theater and the Helzberg Hall. Website Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.jpg
Kansas City Lyric Opera of Kansas City The Lyric Opera of Kansas City is an American opera company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1958, the company presents an annual opera season at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts . Website
Knoxville Knoxville Opera The Knoxville Opera is an opera company based in Knoxville, in the US state of Tennessee. It was founded in 1978 as Knoxville Civic Opera by Edward Zambara, who was artistic director until 1981. Website
Knoxville Marble City Opera The Marble City Opera is an opera company in Knoxville, in the US state of Tennessee. Website
Lakeland Opera Theater of Lakeland The Opera Theater of Lakeland is a theater in Lakeland, Florida. Website
Lancaster Opera Lancaster The Lancaster Opera Company , the 1960 Lancaster Opera Workshop was founded in 1988 and Lancaster Opera Company was today as opera Alan Caster known a non-profit opera company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Website
Las Vegas Smith Center for the Performing Arts Located in 50 acres of Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas, the Smith Center for the Performing Arts is a five-acre performing arts center that consists of three theaters in two buildings. Groundbreaking for the $ 470 million project was May 26, 2009. It opened on March 10, 2012.

The Smith Center offers international music and dance companies and is home to the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Nevada Ballet Theater .

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Lawrence Lawrence Opera Theater The Lawrence Opera Theater is a theater in Lawrence, Kansas. Website
Lawrenceville Peach State Opera The Peach State Opera is an opera company in Lawrenceville, in the State of Georgia. Website
Lebanon Lebanon Opera House The Lebanon Opera House is a theater house in Lebanon, in the US state of New Hampshire . Website
Lebanon Opera North The Opera North is an American opera company based in Lebanon, New Hampshire. It is the oldest professional opera company in the region. The company presents an annual summer season with three fully staged and orchestrated productions: a traditional opera, a classical music theater and an American opera. Opera North's productions are performed at the Lebanon Opera House . Website
Lee (Massachusetts) Berkshire Opera Company The Berkshire Opera Company was an American opera company based in Lee, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Rex Hearn in 1985 and closed in 2009.
Lenox (Massachusetts) Tanglewood Tanglewood is the name of a musical rehearsal and concert venue in Berkshire County in the western US state of Massachusetts. It's there between Lenox and Stockbridge . Since 1937, it is the summer residence of the then of Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitzky conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra after this first open-air concert had been there 1,936th The Summer Festival in Tanglewood is one of the most famous music festivals in the USA and offers concerts from the fields of classical , jazz and popular music . Website Seiji Ozawa Hall (exterior), Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts.JPG
Little rock Opera in the Rock The Opera in the Rock is one opera company in Little Rock, in the State of Arkansas . Website
Livermore Livermore Valley Opera The Livermore Valley Opera is an opera company in Livermore, in California. Website
Logan (Utah) Ellen Eccles Theater The Ellen Eccles Theater is a theater in Logan, Utah . Website
Logan (Utah) Utah Festival Opera Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theater ( UFOMT ) is an opera house based in Logan, Utah. The company will perform four fully staged works with a repertoire orchestra at the Ellen Eccles Theater in July and August . The works range from operas to operettas and musicals. Website
Long Beach Long Beach Opera The Long Beach Opera is an opera company in Southern California, which serves the greater Los Angeles and Orange County. Founded in 1979, it is the oldest established professional opera house in the Los Angeles area. Website
Longview Opera East Texas The Opera East Texas is an opera company in Longview, in the State of Texas. Website
los Angeles Ahmanson Theater The Ahmanson Theater is a theater in Los Angeles, California.

It is one of the top four Los Angeles Music Center venues . Renovated in 1994, its seating capacity can be configured between 1600 and 2100 as required.

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los Angeles Dorothy Chandler Pavilion  The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is a concert venue in Los Angeles, California. The building bears the name of the American publisher , art patron and collector Dorothy Buffum Chandler . Since 1986 the house has been the seat and venue of the Los Angeles Opera . Website Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, LA, CA, jjron 03/22/2012.jpg
los Angeles Independent Opera Company The Independent Opera Company is an opera company based in Los Angeles, in the US state of California. Website
los Angeles Los Angeles Civic Light Opera The Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LACLO) was an American theater and opera company based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded in 1938 by impresario Edwin Lester and presented fifty seasons before closing in 1987 for financial reasons. Typically, the LACLO presented four to six productions during an annual season.
los Angeles Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera The Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera is an opera company based in Los Angeles, in the US state of California. Website
los Angeles Los Angeles Music Center The Los Angeles Music Center , officially called the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County , is one of the three largest centers for the performing arts and culture in the United States, located at 135 North Grand Ave in Los Angeles.

The Music Center mainly consists of the four event buildings:

The Los Angeles Music Center belongs to Los Angeles County and is supported by the four cultural institutions, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , the Center Theater Group, the LA Opera and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, whose events annually exceed 1.3 million. Count visitors.

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los Angeles Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera is an American opera company based in Los Angeles, California. It is the fourth largest opera house in the United States. The company is based in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion , part of the Los Angeles Music Center . Website LA Opera Chandler Pavilion auditorium.jpg
los Angeles Lyric Opera of Los Angeles The Lyric Opera of Los Angeles is a small, non-profit opera company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2002 by Laura Sage and shows lesser-known opera works that have rarely been put into productions. Website
los Angeles Opera a la carte The Opera a la Carte is a professional opera company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1970 by the British artist Richard Sheldon (1935–2016). Website
los Angeles Pacific Opera Project The Pacific Opera Project is an opera company based in Los Angeles, in the US state of California. Website
Louisville Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, or Kentucky Center in Louisville, is a major performing arts center in Kentucky. Tenants include Broadway Across America , Kentucky Opera , Louisville Ballet, and the Louisville Orchestra . Website The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.jpg
Louisville Kentucky Opera The Kentucky Opera is an American opera company based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is based at Whitney Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Arts . The Louisville Orchestra is the company's backing orchestra. Website
Loveland Loveland Opera Theater The Loveland Opera Theater is an opera company based in Loveland, Colorado. Website
Lynchburg Opera on the James The Opera on the James is an opera company based in Lynchburg, in the State of Virginia. Website
Madison Fresco Opera Theater The Fresco Opera Theater is an opera company based in Madison, in the US state of Wisconsin. Website
Madison Madison Opera The Madison Opera is a regional opera company based in Madison, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1961 as an extension of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and became known nationally in 1993 with the commissioning and world premiere of Shining Brow , an opera about Frank Lloyd Wright by the composer Daron Hagen and the librettist Paul Muldoon . The company performs two major operas a year at Madison Overture Hall , a smaller production at Overture's Playhouse, and the free summer concert, Opera in the Park. Website
Madison Opera for the Young The Opera for the Young is a professional touring opera company based in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded in 1970, the company brings professional opera programs to elementary schools throughout the Midwest during its spring and fall tours. Website
Madison Overture Center for the Arts The Overture Center for the Arts is a state-of-the-art performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin. The center was opened on September 19, 2004 and replaced the former community center. In addition to several theaters, the center also houses the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art . Website Overturemainentrance.jpg
Manchester (New Hampshire) Granite State Opera The Granite State Opera was an opera company based in Manchester, in the US state of New Hampshire. It was closed in 2009.
Manchester (New Hampshire) Opera New Hampshire The Opera New Hampshire is an opera company based in Manchester, in the US state of New Hampshire. Website
Martinez Martinez Opera Contra Costa The Martinez Opera Contra Costa is an opera company based in Martinez, in the US state of California. Website
Medford Brava! Opera The Brava! Opera is an opera company based in Medford, in the US state of Oregon. Website
Medford Rogue opera The Rogue Opera is an opera company based in Medford, in the US state of Oregon. Website
Memphis Opera Memphis The Opera Memphis is a nonprofit arts organization in Memphis, Tennessee, which was founded in the 1956th Website Comc.jpg
Metairie Jefferson Performing Arts Center The Jefferson Performing Arts Center is a 1,050-seat theater in LaSalle Park in Metairie, Louisiana. It is the home of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society . The venue was designed for major operas, musicals, symphonies, choral concerts, ballet and modern dance. Website
Miami Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts , commonly known as The Arsht Center , is Florida's largest performing arts center and is located on Biscayne Boulevard in the Omni District of Miami, Florida. It is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. Website Ziffballetoperahouse.jpg
Miami Florida Grand Opera The Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is an American opera company based in Miami, Florida. It is the oldest performing arts organization in Florida and the seventh oldest opera house in the country. The FGO stages its productions at the Ziff Ballet Opera House , located in the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, and in the Au-Rene Theater in the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. Website Florida Grand Opera presents The Pearl Fishers (16045213803) .jpg
Miami Hispanic-American Lyric Theater The Hispanic-American Lyric Theater is a theater house based in Miami, in the US state of Florida. Website
Miami Miami Lyric Opera The Miami Lyric Opera is a historic theater in Miami, Florida. It's located at 819 Northwest Second Avenue. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the United States Register of Historic Places. Website Miami FL Historic Overtown Lyric Theater.jpg
Middlebury Opera Company of Middlebury The Opera Company of Middlebury (OCM) is an American opera company based in Middlebury, Vermont, founded in 2004. The company presents two operas a year at the Town Hall Theater. Website
Middlebury Town Hall Theater The Town Hall Theater is a theater in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Website
Middletown Hudson Opera Theater The Hudson Opera Theater is a theater in Middletown, New York State. Website
Milwaukee Broadway Theater Center The Broadway Theater Center is a theater in Milwaukee, in the US state of Wisconsin. Website
Milwaukee Florentine Opera The Florentine Opera Company is one of the oldest performing arts centers in Wisconsin and the sixth oldest opera house in the United States. The company presents three productions per season, most of which come from the opera's standard repertoire. Performances take place at the Marcus Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Website
Milwaukee Marcus Center  The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is home to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra , Florentine Opera , Milwaukee Ballet , First Stage Children's Theater, and other local cultural organizations. Located on the corner of Water Street and State Street in downtown Milwaukee, it is owned by Milwaukee County. Website Marcus Center, Milwaukee.jpg
Milwaukee Milwaukee Opera Theater The Milwaukee Opera Theater , commonly known as MOT known, is a professional opera and musical theater company, which originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has. MOT was founded in 1998 and produces at least four projects each season, from classic to contemporary, with a special affinity for on-site work. Website
Milwaukee Skylight Music Theater The Skylight Music Theater , until January 2012 as the Skylight Opera Theater is known, a professional opera and musical theater company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Skylight was founded in 1959 and performs at the 358-seat Cabot Theater in the Broadway Theater Center in Milwaukee. Website
Minneapolis Minnesota Concert Opera  The Minnesota Concert Opera  is an opera company based in Minneapolis, in the US state of Minnesota. Website
Minneapolis Minnesota Opera The Minnesota Opera is an opera company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was founded in 1963 by the Walker Art Center . Website Minnesota Opera (126153375) .jpg
Minneapolis Really Spicy Opera  The Really Spicy Opera (RSO) produced a non-profit organization for the Performing Arts, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, live operas and musicals. RSO is a professional opera company operating in Boston from 2006 to 2013. It has been based in the Twin Cities since 2014. The program includes a mix of new musicals and new operas, as well as the occasional classical musical and opera. Website
Minneapolis Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is an art museum founded in Minneapolis , Minnesota in 1879 by lumberjack Thomas Barlow Walker . In 1927 it moved to its present location and was then the first public art museum in the upper midwest of the United States. From 1999 to 2005 the Walker Art Center was renovated and expanded. In addition to a brightly lit and enlarged exhibition area, the museum now also has a theater. The renovation turned the complex into a multifunctional cultural center. Website Walker-Minneapolis-20060617.jpg
Missoula Montana Lyric Opera The Montana Lyric Opera is an opera company based in Missoula, in the US state of Montana. Website
mobile Mobile Opera The Mobile Opera is an opera company based in Mobile, in the US state of Alabama. It is one of the oldest organizations for the Performing Arts in the United States and the oldest in the state of Alabama, the 1945 Mobile Opera Guild was founded by Rose Palmai-tenser. Website
Modesto Gallo Center for the Arts The Gallo Center for the Arts is a performing arts center in Modesto, California. Website Gallo Center for the Arts Modesto.JPG
Modesto Townsend Opera The Townsend Opera is an opera company based in Modesto, in the US state of California. Website
Montclair Opera Theater of Montclair The Opera Theater of Montclair is a theater based in Montclair, in the US state of New Jersey. Website
Montpelier Vermont Opera Theater The Vermont Opera Theater is a theater based in Montpelier, in the US state of Vermont. Website
Mount Vernon Pacific Northwest Opera The Pacific Northwest Opera is an opera company based in Mount Vernon, in the US state of Washington. Website
Naples Gulfshore Opera The Gulfshore Opera is an opera company based in Naples, in the US state of Florida. Website
Naples Opera Naples The Opera Naples is an opera company based in Naples, in the US state of Florida. Website
Nashville Nashville Opera Association The Nashville Opera Association is a professional opera company based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company offers four fully staged opera productions and an on-tour educational program during an annual season that runs from October through April. Performances are available at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in downtown Nashville and the Noah Liff Opera Center in western Nashville. Website
Nashville Noah Liff Opera Center The Noah Liff Opera Center is an opera house based in Nashville, in the US state of Tennessee. Website
Nashville Tennessee Performing Arts Center The Tennessee Performing Arts Center, or TPAC, is located at the James K. Polk Cultural Center on 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It spans an entire block between 5th and 6th Avenues North and Deaderick and Union Streets. The cultural center is also home to the Tennessee State Museum and is adjacent to the 18-story James K. Polk State Office Building . Website WTN PeepHoles 209.JPG
Natick Opera del West The Opera del West is an opera company based in Natick, in the US state of Massachusetts. Website
Newark Newark Symphony Hall The Newark Symphony Hall at 1020 Broad Street in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey was built in 1925 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It had been known as The Mosque Theater for many years . Website Newark Symphony Hall & Boys Chorus School.JPG
Newark New Jersey Performing Arts Center The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is one of the largest cultural centers in the United States. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) has welcomed more than 9 million visitors (including more than a million children) on the grounds of the former Military Park Hotel since it opened in October 1997. Website New Jersey Performing Arts Center from Above Summer 2013.jpg
Newark New Jersey State Opera The New Jersey State Opera is an opera company based in Newark, New Jersey. It was founded in 1964 as the Opera Theater of Westfield and shortly after it opened, Alfredo Silipigni was hired as artistic director. The name was changed to Opera Theater of New Jersey in 1965 and in 1968 the company moved to Newark Symphony Hall . In 1974 the company was given its current name. The company moved to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in 1998 . Website
New Haven Hillhouse Opera Company The Hillhouse Opera Company is a US non-profit opera company based in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The Hillhouse Opera Company was founded in 2008 by Victoria Leigh Gardner, Nicole Rodriguez and Jim Coatsworth. Website
New Haven Yale Baroque Opera Project The Yale Baroque Opera Project is an opera company based in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Website
New London Connecticut Lyric Opera The Connecticut Lyric Opera was founded in 2003 by a group of professional musicians and opera lovers and is based in New London, Connecticut. Today it is the only opera company that can be seen in southeast Connecticut. Website
New Orleans New Orleans Opera The New Orleans Opera has existed since 1943 and is a major opera house in the American South in New Orleans . Its main venue is the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts , which reopened on January 17, 2009 three and a half years after the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina . Website
New Orleans French Opera House The French Opera House or Théâtre de l'Opéra was an opera house in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It was one of the city's landmarks from its opening in 1859 until it was destroyed by fire in 1919. FrenchOperaHouseFrontPersac.jpg
New Orleans Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts The Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts is a theater located in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was named after the New Orleans-born gospel singer Mahalia Jackson . The theater reopened in January 2009 after being closed since Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2005). The theater is the seat of the New Orleans Ballet Association , the New Orleans Opera Association and the Broadway Across America Touring Productions. Website Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in New Orleans.JPG
New Orleans Theater de la Renaissance The Theater de la Renaissance was a theater in New Orleans, Louisiana. It opened in 1840 with members of the Negro Philharmonic Orchestra with all black performers. The theater's program included variety shows, plays, and other productions for the African American audience.
New Orleans Theater de la Rue Saint Pierre The Theater de la Rue Saint Pierre or Le Spectacle de la Rue Saint Pierre Theater de la Rue Saint Pierre or Le Spectacle de la Rue Saint Pierre was the first (French-speaking) theater in New Orleans, Louisiana, which was active between 1792 and 1810. It opened in 1792 and was known as El Coliseo to Spanish-speaking citizens and La Salle Comedie to French-speaking citizens .
New Orleans Théâtre d'Orléans The Théâtre d'Orléans was the most important opera house in New Orleans in the first half of the 19th century. Many premieres of French operas have taken place here. Construction began in 1806, but opening was postponed until October 1815 (after the war of 1812). After a fire, it was rebuilt (along with the adjacent Orleans Ballroom ) and reopened in 1819. The theater was destroyed by fire in 1866, but the ballroom is still in use. Orleans Theater New Orleans 1813.jpg
New Rochelle New Rochelle Opera The New Rochelle Opera is an opera company based in New Rochelle, in the US state of New York. Website
New York City Amato Opera The Amato Opera was an opera house in the East Village, New York City. It was founded and directed in 1948 by Anthony and Sally Bell Amato. It was considered the smallest opera in the world. The last performance took place on May 31, 2009 with Le nozze di Figaro . The opera is now considered Bleecker Street Opera and Amore Opera continued by former employees. Amato Opera 319 Bowery jeh.JPG
New York City American Lyric Theater The American Lyric Theater (ALT) is a New York City-based opera company that specializes in the development of new works. It was founded in 2005 by Lawrence Edelson. Website
New York City American Opera Projects American Opera Projects (AOP) is a professional opera company based in Brooklyn . She is a member of OPERA America , the Fort Greene Association , the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance and the Alliance of Resident Theaters / New York (ART / NY) . AOP was founded in 1988 by Grethe Barrett Holby, who was also artistic director from 1988 to 2001. Website
New York City American Savoyards  American Savoyards was an off-Broadway and touring theater company that produced comic operas, mainly the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, in New York City and on tour between 1948 and 1967.
New York City Amore Opera The Amore Opera is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Bare Opera The Bare Opera is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Bronx Opera The Bronx Opera is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Bronx Opera House The Bronx Opera House is a former theater and part of the Subway Circuit that has now been converted into a boutique hotel in the Bronx, New York. It was designed by George M. Keister and erected at 436 East 149th Street in 1913. It was inaugurated on the opening evening on Saturday, August 30, 1913. Bronx Opera House 2013.jpg
New York City Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a performing arts venue in Brooklyn, New York City known as a hub for progressive and avant-garde performance. It was founded in 1861 and put into operation in its current location in 1908. Website 2013 BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building from west.jpg
New York City Cantiamo Opera Theater The Cantiamo Opera Theater is an opera company based in New York City.
New York City Center for Contemporary Opera The Center for Contemporary Opera (CCO) is a professional opera company based in New York City. She is a member of OPERA America. The company focuses on the production and development of new operatic and musical theater works and the revival of rare American operas written after World War II. The Center for Contemporary Opera has staged the world premieres of many works created in the second half of the 20th century. The company was founded in 1982 by Richard Marshall, the former head of the Charlotte Opera Association in North Carolina. Website
New York City Chelsea Opera The Chelsea Opera is a New York City-based opera company founded in April 2004 by Leonarda Priore and Lynne Hayden-Findlay. Both singers were looking for more performance opportunities with chamber orchestras in the US states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Website
New York City David H. Koch Theater  The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet, modern and other dance forms. It is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts , located at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in New York City. Originally referred to as the New York State Theater , it is the home of the New York City Ballet and the fall venue for the American Ballet Theater. It served as the home of the New York City Opera from 1964 to 2011. Website The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center photo D Ramey Logan.jpg
New York City Dicapo Opera Theater The Dicapo Opera Theater is a New York opera company. It was founded in 1981 by General Director Michael Capasso and Artistic Director Diane Martindale. In 2013, operations were closed. Website
New York City Empire Opera The Empire Opera is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Encompass New Opera Theater The Encompass New Opera Theater is a professional opera house based in New York City, which specializes in the premiere of new productions and the revival of operas of the 20th century American and international composers. Encompass, a member of Opera America, was founded in 1975 by Nancy Rhodes. Website
New York City Family Opera Initiative The Family Opera Initiative (FOI) is an American opera company based in New York City. It was founded in 1995 by Grethe Barrett Holby, who also has American Opera Projects . Website
New York City Gotham Chamber Opera The Gotham Chamber Opera Gotham Chamber Opera was a professional opera company based in New York City. The company was founded in 2000 under the name Henry StreetChamber Opera by the artistic director Neal Goren and specialized in the production of baroque operas. In 2003 the name was changed to Gotham Chamber Opera (GCO) and closed in 2015. Website
New York City Howard Gilman Opera House The Howard Gilman Opera House is an opera house in New York City. It is part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music . Website Brooklyn Academy of Music New York October 2016 001.jpg
New York City Jeannette Thurbers American Opera Company The Jeannette Thurbers American Opera Company was founded in 1886 by Jeannette Meyers Thurber, who a few months earlier had also founded the National Conservatory of Music of America . The New York City-based American Opera Company was under the musical direction of Theodore Thomas.
New York City La Gran Scena Opera Company The La Gran Scena Opera Company was an opera company based in New York City.
New York City Liederkranz Opera Theater The Liederkranz Opera Theater is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Light Opera of Manhattan The Light Opera of Manhattan or LOOM was an off-Broadway theater company that produced 1968-1989 comic in New York City operas, including works by Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and American.
New York City Lincoln Center The Lincoln Center or Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is the most important and well-known cultural center in New York City. It is located on an area of ​​approx. 61,000 m² in the west of Manhattan between Amsterdam Avenue and Columbus Avenue as well as 62nd Street and 66th Street. To the north it borders Lincoln Square . Website Lincoln Center Twilight.jpg
New York City Little Opera Theater of New York The Little Opera Theater of New York is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Loft Opera The Loft Opera is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Long Island Opera Company The Long Island Opera Company is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Manhattan Opera Company The Manhattan Opera Company was a New York City-based opera company. She was active from 1906 to 1910 and was designed by Oscar Hammerstein I founded.
New York City Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is a theater company based at Lincoln Center in New York City. It is known colloquially as “Met” and is one of the world's leading opera houses.

The Metropolitan Opera Company was founded in 1880 and received an opera house built by architect J. Cleaveland Cady and located between 39th and 40th Streets on Broadway . On August 27, 1892, a fire severely damaged the building. After extensive renovation work, the venue was able to reopen and continue to be used until 1966. Then the Metropolitan Opera Company decided to move their headquarters and thus their opera house to their current location. The first opera house was demolished in 1967.

The Metropolitan Opera opened on October 22, 1883 with the opera Faust (German title Margarete ) by Charles Gounod . The opening of the new opera hall in Lincoln Center on September 16, 1966 was also the world premiere of Samuel Barbers Antonius and Cleopatra .

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New York City Millennial Arts Productions The Millennial Arts Productions is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City New Camerata Opera The New Camerata Opera is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City New York City Opera The New York City Opera ( NYCO ) was an opera institution in New York City that existed from 1943 to 2013. 

The New York City Opera was founded in 1943 and was the second largest cultural institution of its kind in the city after the Metropolitan Opera (MET). The aim was to make opera visits possible for broader strata of the population through low admission prices, which is why the mayor at the time, Fiorello LaGuardia, also referred to NYCO as "the people's opera". In the first opera season in 1944, Giacomo Puccini's Tosca and Georges Bizet's Carmen were performed. On October 1, 2013, NYCO declared its bankruptcy and announced it would be closed and liquidated. In 2016 the opera company was revived.

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New York City New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (also known as NYGASP ) are a professional repertory theater company based in New York City that has specialized in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan for over 40 years. It runs an annual season in New York City and toured extensively in North America. Website
New York City New York Grand Opera The New York Grand Opera is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City New York Opera Forum The New York Opera Forum is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Opera Company of Brooklyn The Opera Company of Brooklyn (OCB) is an opera company founded in 2000 that performs in various locations in New York City. It is a non-profit organization. Website
New York City Opera Ebony The Opera Ebony is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Regina Opera Company The Regina Opera Company is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Riverside Opera Ensemble The Riverside Opera Ensemble is an opera company based in New York City. Website
New York City Teatro Grattacielo The Teatro Grattacielo is a professional New York City-based opera house that specializes in performing rarely heard verismo operas. Website
New York City Vocal Productions NYC The Vocal Productions NYC is an opera company based in New York City. Website
Newberry, South Carolina Newberry Opera House The Newberry Opera House in Newberry, South Carolina is a fully restored historic building that hosts live performances for popular artists, touring companies, and local organizations. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places from 1969. Website Newberry-opera-w.JPG
Newton (Massachusetts) Commonwealth Lyric Theater The Commonwealth Lyric Theater is an opera company based in Newton, in the US state of Massachusetts. Website
Newton (Massachusetts) Helios Early Opera The Helios Early Opera is an opera company based in Newton, in the US state of Massachusetts. Website
Norfolk Harrison Opera House  The Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House , also known as the Harrison Opera House , is the official home of the Virginia Opera in the Neon District of Norfolk, Virginia. Once a World War II USO theater known as the Center Theater , the venue was renovated and reopened as an opera house with 1,632 seats in 1993. The opera house is named after Stanley and Edythe Harrison, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates and founding president of the Virginia Opera. Website Harrison operahouse.jpg
Norfolk Virginia Opera The Virginia Opera is an opera company based in Norfolk, in the State of Virginia. Website
Norman (Oklahoma) Cimarron Opera The Cimarron Opera is an opera company based in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Website
Oakland Oakland Opera Theater The Oakland Opera Theater is an opera company based in Oakland, California. Website
Oklahoma City Painted Sky Opera The Painted Sky Opera is an opera company based in Oklahoma City, in the US state of Oklahoma. Website
Omaha Opera Omaha The Opera Omaha is an opera company in Omaha, in Nebraska. Founded in 1958, the professional company is well known for its International Fall Festival events in the 1980s and 1990s, which attracted international attention, and for a number of notable world premieres. Website
Orlando Opera Orlando The Opera Orlando is an opera company based in Orlando, in the State of Florida. Website
Oswego Oswego Opera Theater The Oswego Opera Theater is an opera company based in Oswego, New York State. Website
Palo Alto West Bay Opera The West Bay Opera is an opera house, based in Palo Alto, California. West Bay Opera was founded in 1955 and is the second oldest continuously operating opera company in California after the San Francisco Opera . Website
Pasadena Opera Pasadena The Opera Pasadena is an opera company based in Pasadena, in the State of California. Website
Peekskill Taconic Opera The Taconic Opera is an opera company based in Peekskill, in the US state of New York. Website
Pensacola Pensacola Opera The Pensacola Opera is an American opera company based in Pensacola, Florida. The company, founded in 1983, presents an annual opera season in the Saenger Theater . Website
Petaluma Cinnabar Theater The Cinnabar Theater is an opera company based in Petaluma, California. Website
Philadelphia Academy of Music (Philadelphia) The Academy of Music , also American Academy of Music , is an American opera house in Philadelphia.

In the run-up to the construction, a competition was called in 1854, which was won by the respected architect Napoleon LeBrun , who was mainly active in Philadelphia . The then President of the United States Franklin Pierce attended the laying of the foundation stone in 1855 . The opera house was completed in 1857 and the first performance was on February 25th of the year Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi . The Academy of Music has been used continuously as an opera house since then, making it the oldest building used for this purpose in the USA. The opera seats around 3,000 people and is also known as the "Grand Old Lady of Broad Street" (after the location of the building on Broad Street ). It is the seat of the Pennsylvania Ballet and the Opera Company of Philadelphia . Until his move in 2001, the Philadelphia Orchestra was also located there.

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Philadelphia American Opera Company The American Opera Company was a Philadelphia opera company . It was founded in 1946 by the conductor Vernon Hammond, but closed in 1950.
Philadelphia Amici Opera The Amici Opera is an opera company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Website
Philadelphia Center City Opera Theater The Center City Opera Theater (CCOT) is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident opera company, which was founded in the 1999th The CCOT performs in numerous locations across the Philadelphia area, the main building being the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts . Website CCOTlogo.jpg
Philadelphia ConcertOPERA Philadelphia The Concert Opera Philadelphia is an opera company based in Philadelphia, in the US state of Pennsylvania. Website
Philadelphia Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue located at 300 South Broad Street and Spruce Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The cultural center is owned by Kimmel Center, Inc., an organization that also manages the Philadelphia Academy of Music and, as of November 2016, the Merriam Theater . The center is named after the philanthropist Sidney Kimmel . Website KimmelCenterInteriorHDR.jpg
Philadelphia Opera Philadelphia The Opera Philadelphia (before 2013 Opera Company of Philadelphia (OCP) ) is an American opera company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The organization produces five fully staged operas annually, spanning works from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Website "Written on Skin" at Opera Philadelphia (40580737271) .jpg
Philadelphia Savoy Company The Savoy Company , headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1901 and is the world's oldest amateur theater company dedicated solely to the production of the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan . Website
Phoenix Arizona Opera The Arizona Opera is an opera company, which is active both in Phoenix, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona. The Arizona Opera was founded in 1971 as the Tucson Opera Company under General Director James P. Sullivan and presented its first opera production in 1972. Website Arizona Opera Central Ave.jpg
Phoenix Phoenix Opera The Phoenix Opera is a professional opera company based in Phoenix, in the State of Arizona. The company was founded in 2006 as Phoenix Metropolitan Opera by Artistic Director John Massaro and Creative Director Gail Dubinbaum. Website OrpheumTheatrePhoenix1 gobeirne.jpg
Pittsburgh Benedum Center  The Benedum Center (formerly known as the Stanley Theater ) is a theater building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It opened on February 27, 1928 and currently has a capacity of 2,885 spectators. In 1987, 43 million was US dollar expensive restoration completed and the theater was renamed to "Benedum Center". At the moment, mainly classical works and ballets are performed.

However, it is also known in the rock and reggae scenes . Grateful Dead played two legendary concerts in the "Stanley Theater". In addition, the reggae star Bob Marley had his last appearance here on September 23, 1980, before he died in May 1981.

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Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Festival Opera The Pittsburgh Festival Opera , previously the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh , is a professional American opera company based in Pittsburgh's university and museum district. The Pittsburgh Festival Opera performs at the Winchester Thurston School in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh and elsewhere in the city. It was founded in 1978 by opera singers Mildred Miller Posvar and Helen Knox. Website
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Opera The Pittsburgh Opera is an American opera company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Opera performs in a variety of venues, primarily the Benedum Center and the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) theater . Website
Pomona Repertory Opera Company The Repertory Opera Company is an opera company based in Pomona, in the US state of California. Website
Portland Portland Opera The Portland Opera is the opera house in the city of Portland, Oregon , founded in 1964.

The theater building offers space for around three thousand spectators. The season lasts eight months (from September to May), usually five rehearsals are undertaken per season. The productions are subsidized by companies in the region and individuals. From May to July the theater gives free performances in parks and schools, and it reaches a large number of spectators.

The orchestra and the choir are always available for the theater; contracts for individual seasons or productions are concluded with soloists and conductors.

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Portland PORTopera The Port Opera is a professional opera company, which was founded in 1994 by a group of opera lovers, including Bruce Hangen, Jack Riddle, Russ Burleigh, Dona D. Vaughn and others. It is based in Portland, Maine. Some of their productions are shown within the state. Website
Providence Opera Providence The Opera Providence is an opera company based in Providence, in the US state Rhode Iceland. Website
Quincy (Illinois) Muddy River Opera Company The Muddy River Opera Company is an opera company based in Quincy, Illinois. It was founded in 1989 by Mary Anne Scott and Mary Jane McCloskey as a non-profit organization. Website
Raleigh Capitol Opera Raleigh The Capitol Opera Raleigh is an opera company based in Raleigh, in the US state of North Carolina. Website
Raleigh North Carolina Opera The North Carolina Opera is an opera company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Website
Reno Nevada Opera The Nevada Opera is an American opera company based in Reno, Nevada. The company was founded in 1967 by Ted and Deena Puffer and has realized more than 180 opera productions in its five decades.
Reseda (Los Angeles) Center Stage Opera The Center Stage Opera is an opera company based in Reseda, in the State of California. Website
Richmond Richmond CenterStage Richmond CenterStage is a performing arts center in Richmond, Virginia that includes the Altria Theater and the theater formerly known as the Carpenter Theater Center for Performing Arts . Website Carpenter Theater Richmond Va.JPG
Riverside Riverside Lyric Opera The Riverside Lyric Opera is an opera company based in Riverside, in the US state of California. Website
Roanoke Opera Roanoke The Opera Roanoke is a professional opera company in Roanoke, in the State of Virginia. The company is based in the Shaftman Performance Hall at the Jefferson Center . Opera Roanoke serves a wide geographic area, including the cities of Roanoke, Salem, Lynchburg, Lexington and Blacksburg, and Martinsville.

The company was founded in 1976 as the Southwest Virginia Opera Society (SVOS) .

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Rochester Mercury Opera House The Mercury Opera House is an opera company based in Rochester, New York State. Website
Rochester American Opera Company (Rochester) The American Opera Company was an opera company based in Rochester, New York State. In the mid-1920s, productions by Vladimir Rosing and Rouben Mamoulian at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester became a professional touring opera company. First known as the Rochester American Opera Company , the group made their New York City debut at the Guild Theater in April 1927 .
Sacramento Capitol Opera Sacramento The Capitol Opera Sacramento is an opera company based in Sacramento, in the US state of California. Website
Sacramento Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is an orchestra and opera company based in Sacramento, California. Website
Saint Louis Peabody Opera House The Peabody Opera House (formerly Kiel Opera House ) is a performing arts theater in Saint Louis, Missouri. Founded as the Kiel Opera House , it opened in 1934 and operated until 1991 when it and the adjacent Kiel Auditorium closed. The renovated theater reopened on October 1, 2011 under the name Peabody Opera House. Website STL Kiel Opera House 01.jpg
Saint Louis Union Avenue Opera The Union Avenue Opera (formerly Union Avenue Opera Theater ) is a Saint Louis, Missouri, resident opera company. The company was founded in 1994 by Scott Schoonover, music director of Union Avenue Christian Church, which serves as the company's venue in Visitation Park, St. Louis. Website Union Avenue Opera.jpg
Saint Paul Nautilus Music Theater The Nautilus Music Theater is an opera company based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Website
Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg Opera Company The St. Petersburg Opera Company is an opera company based in Saint Petersburg, in the State of Florida. Website
Salt Lake City Utah Opera The Utah Opera is an American opera company that was merged with the Utah Symphony in July 2002 and has a total of more than 150,000 spectators per year. Website
San Antonio Opera San Antonio The San Antonio Opera was an American opera company based in San Antonio, Texas, that produced 16 seasons before filing for bankruptcy in 2012 and being dissolved. The company was founded in 1997 as the Pocket Opera of San Antonio by Mark Richter and opened its first season in the fall of 1997 with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Drama Director at the San Pedro Playhouse . Website
San Diego Lyric Opera San Diego The Lyric Opera San Diego was a theater company in San Diego, California, which had specialized in comic opera, operettas and musicals. The company was founded in 1979 to perform Gilbert and Sullivan's operas. At the time it was known as the San Diego Gilbert and Sullivan Company .

The company's focus changed in 1990 when Leon Natker was hired as general manager. The company was renamed San Diego Comic Opera . In 2003 the name was changed again to Lyric Opera San Diego . The company filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and has not shown any shows since then.

San Diego San Diego Opera The San Diego Opera Association (SDO) is a professional opera company based in San Diego, California. The company was founded in 1950 as the San Diego Opera Guild . Originally it was productions of the San Francisco Opera that were shown. SDO began staging its own productions in 1965, the first of which was La Bohème by Puccini. Website
San Francisco Goat Hall Productions Goat Hall Productions is an opera company based in San Francisco, California. Website
San Francisco Golden Gate Theater The Golden Gate Theater is a venue located at 1 Taylor Street and Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, California. It opened as a vaudeville house in 1922 and was later a big cinema. It was restored and reopened as a performing arts venue in 1979.

The theater is part of the Market Street Theater and Loft District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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San Francisco Lamplighters Music Theater The Lamplighter Music Theater is a semi-professional musical theater company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1952 by Orva Hoskinson and Ann Pool MacNab, the theater specializes in comic opera, particularly the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Website
San Francisco Opera Parallèle The Opera Parallèle is an opera company based in San Francisco, in the US state of California. Website
San Francisco Pocket Opera (San Francisco) The Pocket Opera is an opera company based in San Francisco, California, which lists in English since 1978 operas. The company was founded by Donald Pippin, whose musical career spanned six decades. Website
San Francisco San Francisco Lyric Opera The San Francisco Lyric Opera is an opera company based in San Francisco, in the US state of California. Website
San Francisco San Francisco Opera The San Francisco Opera is an opera house in San Francisco.

It was founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola and opened with a performance of La Bohème . It was initially played in the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The current venue, the War Memorial Opera House , opened in 1932.

After Merola's death in 1953, Kurt Herbert Adler took over the management until his retirement in 1981. Adler brought many stars from Europe to San Francisco and led the San Francisco Opera to an international reputation.

The other general directors were Terence McEwen (1982–1988), Lotfi Mansouri (1988–2001), Pamela Rosenberg (2001–2005) and, since January 2006, David Gockley.

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San Francisco San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center (SFWMPAC) is located in San Francisco, California. It is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. It extends over 7.5 hectares (3 hectares) in the historic Civic Center district and has a total of 7,500 seats. Website SFOperaHouse.jpg
San Jose California Theater The California Theater is a theater building in San Francisco, California. The building opened as the Fox California Theater (originally seating 1,848) in 1927 and was considered the finest theater in California. The theater was used as a movie theater for almost 50 years until it closed in 1973. Then it stood empty and fell into disrepair for many years, but reopened in 2004 as a major performing arts facility, including both live stage performances and feature films. It now houses the San José Opera and the Silicon Valley Symphony . The Cinequest Film Festival takes place here every year. Website California Theater (Fox), San Jose, CA.jpg
San Jose Opera San José The Opera San José is a professional opera company in San Jose, California. In addition to performances on the stage, the Opera San José offers an extensive training program in schools throughout the region. Website
San Juan Opera de Puerto Rico The Opera de Puerto Rico is an opera company based in San Juan, the capital of the US suburb of Puerto Rico Website
San Luis Obispo Opera San Luis Obispo The Opera San Luis Obispo is an opera company based in San Luis Obispo, in the State of California. Website
Santa Ana Opera Pacific  The Opera Pacific Opera Pacific was an opera company based in Santa Ana in Orange County, California . After a total of 22 seasons, the company had to cease operations in November 2008 due to financial difficulties. Website Aida cast - cropped.jpg
Santa Barbara Opera Santa Barbara The Opera Santa Barbara is an opera company based in Santa Barbara, in the US state of California. Website
Santa Fe Santa Fe Opera The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company whose opera house is located 7 km north of Santa Fe in the state of New Mexico . Website Santa Fe Opera-Roofline.jpg
Sarasota Sarasota Opera The Sarasota Opera is a professional opera company in Sarasota, Florida, which was founded as the Asolo Opera Guild and until 1974 only presented productions by foreign opera companies. Her own productions began to be presented at the same location between 1974 and 1979, until she acquired the Edwards Theater in 1979 , which became the Sarasota Opera House in 1984 . Website
Saratoga Springs Opera Saratoga The Opera Saratoga (until January 2011 as the Lake George Opera called) is a professional opera company based in Saratoga Springs, in the State of New York. It organizes an annual summer festival with three fully staged operas and operettas.

The company and the associated Lake George Opera Festival were founded in 1962 by Fred Patrick and the husband of Jeanette Scovotti, a soprano at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Schroon Lake (New York) Seagle Music Colony The Seagle Music Colony is an opera company based in Schroon Lake, in the US state of New York. Website
Scotch Plains The Little Opera Company of New Jersey The Little Opera Company of New Jersey is an opera company based in Scotch Plains, in the US state of New Jersey.
Seattle McCaw Hall The Marion Oliver McCaw Hall , formerly known as Civic Auditorium and Seattle Opera House is known, a performing arts center in Seattle, in the State of Washington. The McCaw Hall is located on the grounds of Seattle Center and is owned by the city of Seattle. The two main tenants of McCaw Hall are the Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet . The building is named after Marion Oliver McCaw. Website McCaw Hall Kreielsheimer Promenade.JPG
Seattle Seattle Opera The Seattle Opera is an opera company based in Seattle, in the State of Washington. The company was founded in 1963 by Glynn Ross. Since August 2003, the company has presented operas at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall , which was built on the site of the old Seattle Opera House in the Seattle Center . Website
Sebastopol First look Sonoma First Look Sonoma is an opera company based in Sebastopol, in the US state of California. Website
Shoreline Lyric Opera Northwest The Lyric Opera Northwest is an opera company based in Shoreline, in the US state of Washington. Website
Shreveport RiverView Theater The Riverview Theater is a cinema building and opera house in Shreveport , in the US state of Louisiana. Designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan, the theater was built in 1948 by the theater owners Bill and Sidney Volk. It is home to the Shreveport Opera . Website Riverview Theater night, July 2011.jpg
Shreveport Shreveport Opera The Shreveport Opera is an opera company in the city of Shreveport in the US state of Louisiana. The opera company has existed since the late 1940s and plays at the RiverView Theater in Shreveport. Website
Sicklerville (New York) Opera Seabrook The Opera Seabrook is an opera company based in Sicklerville, in the US state of New York. Website
Silver Spring Bel Cantanti Opera The Bel Cantanti Opera is an American opera company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 2003 by Dr. Katerina Souvorova founded. The company's productions took place in a variety of locations including: the Austrian Embassy in Washington, the French Embassy in Georgetown, the German Embassy in Washington and their current home, the Randolph Road Theater in Silver Spring. Website
South Pasadena Celestial Opera Company The Celestial Opera Company is an opera company based in South Pasadena, in the US state of California. Website
Springfield Springfield Regional Opera The Springfield Regional Opera is an opera company based in Springfield, in the US state of Missouri. Website
St. Martinville Duchamp Opera House The Duchamp Opera House is an opera house in St. Martinville, in the US state of Louisiana. Website
Stamford Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra The Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra was a non-profit, professional opera house and orchestra that was founded under that name in 1993 and was based in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. The company presented three fully staged operas each year. Website
Stirling, New Jersey Eastern Opera of New Jersey The Eastern Opera of New Jersey is an opera company based in Stirling, in the US state of New Jersey. Website
Stockton Stockton Opera Association The Stockton Opera Association is an opera company based in Stockton, in the US state of California. Website
Stonington Salt Marsh Opera The Salt Marsh Opera is an American opera company that performs in southern Connecticut and Rhode Island. Salt Marsh Opera was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Stonington, Connecticut, USA. Website
Stony Point Hudson Lyric Opera The Hudson Lyric Opera is an opera company based in Stony Point, in the US state of New York. Website
Syracuse Syracuse Opera The Syracuse Opera is an opera company based in Syracuse, in the US state of New York. Website
Tacoma Tacoma Opera The Tacoma Opera is a professional opera house based in Tacoma, Washington State. The company presents two to three operas a year. Website
Tampa Opera Tampa The Opera Tampa is an American opera company based in Tampa, Florida, where there is a company located in the Straz Center for the Performing Arts is. Website
Tampa Straz Center for the Performing Arts The David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts opened as the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa, Florida in July 1987 and has welcomed more than 16 million guests. The venue was renamed in November 2009 to celebrate a generous donation from financier David A. Straz, Jr. to appreciate. Website Tampa architectural photos 257.jpg
Tarpon Springs New Century Opera The New Century Opera is an opera company based in Tarpon Springs, in the US state of Florida. Website
The Villages Central Florida Lyric Opera The Central Florida Lyric Opera is an opera company based in The Villages, in the US state of Florida. Website
Toledo Toledo Opera The Toledo Opera is an American opera company based in Toledo, Ohio. The company's first general manager, founded in 1959, was Lester Freedman. Website
Trenton Boheme Opera The Boheme Opera is an opera company based in Trenton, in the US state of New Jersey. Website
Tulsa LOOK Musical Theater The LOOK Musical Theater (LOOK) was a professional musical theater company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The organization followed a repertoire model and presented a summer festival program with musicals and comic opera. The annual summer season of LOOK at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center is known as "The LOOK Festival".

The company was founded in 1983 by John and Jane Everett as a non-profit community theater called The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Tulsa . In 1997 the name was changed to Light Opera Oklahoma and the repertoire was no longer limited to works from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas. The company, which got its current name in 2012, ceased operations in 2015 due to financial problems.

Tulsa Tulsa Opera The Tulsa Opera is an opera company based in Tulsa, in the US state of Oklahoma. The company produces three operas per season at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center . Website
Tulsa Tulsa Performing Arts Center The Tulsa Performing Arts Center or Tulsa PAC is a performing arts venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It houses four main theaters, an atelier, an art gallery and a large reception hall. Website Tulsa Performing Arts Center.jpg
Washington, DC DC Public Opera The DC Public Opera is an opera company based in Washington, DC Website
Washington, DC John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (German: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , commonly Kennedy Center called) is the largest cultural center in Washington, DC It was posthumously after John F. Kennedy , the 35th President of the United States. Website Kennedy Center at Sunset.jpg
Washington, DC Lisner Auditorium The Lisner Auditorium is an auditorium on the George Washington University campus in Washington, DC. It is named after Abram Lisner, a university trustee who donated the money to build it. Work on building the auditorium began in 1941. It was completed in 1943. It served as the hub of Washington theater life prior to the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts .

It is still used for performances today and is home to several opera companies, including the Washington Concert Opera . The auditorium offers space for 1,490 people.

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Washington, DC Opera Camerata of Washington The Opera Camerata of Washington is an opera company based in Washington, DC Website
Washington, DC Opera Lafayette The Opera Lafayette produced an opera company based in Washington, DC, the French operas of the 17th and 18th centuries. Founded in 1995 by Ryan Brown, it divides its season between Washington and New York City. Website
Washington, DC Washington Concert Opera The Washington Concert Opera (WCO) is a professional opera company based in Washington, DC. The WCO typically presents two operas per season in the fall and spring in the Lisner Auditorium on the campus of George Washington University. Website Lisner Auditorium before a performance of Guntram by Washington Concert Opera, 2015.jpg
Washington, DC Washington National Opera The Washington National Opera (WNO) is an opera house in Washington, DC, the first as Washington Opera designated institution received by the US Congress the current official name of the Washington National Opera in 2000. The company is in the building John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , which also houses the National Symphony Orchestra . Website
Washington, DC Washington Savoyards The Washington Savoyards were a professional music theater company based in Washington, DC. Founded in 1972, the company produced three fully staged musicals and operettas each year, usually including at least one production by Gilbert and Sullivan. The company ceased operations in 2012. Website
Waukegan Bowen Park Opera Company The Bowen Park Opera Company is an opera company based in Waukegan, Illinois.
West Palm Beach Kravis Center for the Performing Arts The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (often referred to as the Kravis Center ) is a professional performing arts center located in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida. Website Kravis CIMG0279.JPG
West Palm Beach Palm Beach Opera The Palm Beach Opera , a professional opera company based in West Palm Beach, Florida, performs at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and other locations in South Florida and was founded in 1961 as the Civic Opera of the Palm Beaches . Throughout its history, the company has presented a series of fully staged operas, ranging from a single production in the early years to four productions in the mid-1990s. Website
Weston Opera Theater of Weston The Opera Theater of Weston is an opera company based in Weston, Vermont, USA. Website
Wichita Wichita Grand Opera The Wichita Grand Opera is an opera company based in Wichita, in the US state of Kansas. Website
Williamsburg Opera in Williamsburg The Opera in Williamsburg is an opera company based in Williamsburg, Virginia. Website
Wilmington Opera Delaware The Opera Delaware is a professional opera company based in Wilmington, Delaware. The company was founded in 1944 and is one of the oldest professional opera houses in the United States. Website
Winston-Salem Piedmont Opera The Piedmont Opera is an opera company based in Winston-Salem, in the US state of North Carolina. Website
Youngstown Opera Western Reserve The Opera Western Reserve is an opera company based in Youngstown, Ohio. Website