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An opera house is a building where opera and other forms of performing arts are performed.

Famous opera houses include:

Argentina

• Colón Theater, Buenos Aires

Australia

• Sydney Opera House, Sydney

Austria

• Vienna State Opera

Belgium

• La Monnaie/De Munt, Brussels

France

• Opera Bastille, Paris
• Opera Garnier, Paris

Germany

• Bayreuth Festspielhaus
• Hamburg State Opera
• Berlin State Opera

Italy

• Arena
• La Fenice, Venice
• La Scala, Milan
• San Carlo, Naples
• Teatro Regio, Parma

Mexico

• Palacio de Belles Artes, Mexico City

Monaco

• Opera Garnier de Monte-Carlo

Spain

• Liceu, Barcelona

The Netherlands

• De Muziektheater, Amsterdam

United Kingdom

• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
• English National Opera, London
• Glyndebourne, East Sussex
• Scottish Opera
• Welsh National Opera

USA

• Metropolitan Opera, New York
• San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, California
• Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Dallas Opera
• Houston Grand Opera
• Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

See also: Theatre