An opera house is a theatre building used for performances of opera. It usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets.
Teatro di San Carlocode: ita promoted to code: it in Naples, the world's oldest working opera house.
While some venues are constructed specifically for operas, other opera houses are part of larger performing arts centers. Indeed, the term opera house is often used as a term of prestige for any large performing-arts center.
Italy is a country where opera has been popular through the centuries among ordinary people as well as wealthy patrons and it continues to have many working opera houses[1] such as Teatro Massimo in Palermo (the biggest in Italy), Teatro di San Carlocode: ita promoted to code: it in Naples (the world's oldest working opera house) and Teatro alla Scalacode: ita promoted to code: it in Milan. In contrast, there was no opera house in London when Henry Purcell was composing and the first opera house in Germany, the Oper am Gänsemarkt, was built in Hamburg in 1678, followed by the Oper am Brühl in Leipzig in 1693, and the Opernhaus vorm Salztorcode: deu promoted to code: de in Naumburg in 1701.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, opera houses were often financed by rulers, nobles, and wealthy people who used patronage of the arts to endorse their political ambition and social position. With the rise of bourgeois and capitalist social forms in the 19th century, European culture moved away from its patronage system to a publicly supported system.
Early United States opera houses served a variety of functions in towns and cities, hosting community dances, fairs, plays, and vaudeville shows as well as operas and other musical events. In the 2000s, most opera and theatre companies are supported by funds from a combination of government and institutional grants, ticket sales, and private donations.
Other uses of the term
In the 19th-century United States, many theaters were given the name "opera house," even ones where opera was seldom if ever performed. Opera was viewed as a more respectable art form than theater; calling a local theater an "opera house" therefore served to elevate it and overcome objections from those who found the theater morally objectionable.[2][3]
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National Theatre Munich from 1818 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; one of the world's most renowned opera houses, burnt down and reconstructed twice: 1823–25 and after WWII from 1958 to 1963.
Bolshoi Theatre, in Moscow, Russia, is one of the world's most recognisable opera houses and home for the most famous ballet company in the world
^. BBC. Archived from the original on Feb 15, 2009. Opera was always popular among ordinary people as well as among the rich, so that there was a large audience available.
^Condee, William Faricy (2005). Coal and Culture: Opera Houses in Appalachia. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. p. 6. ISBN0-8214-1588-3. The term 'opera house' is indeed misleading, and intentionally so; it provides a veneer of social and cultural respectability and avoids the stigma of the title 'theater.'
^"The Name Opera House". Dramatic Mirror. March 7, 1885.
Sources
Allison, John (ed.), Great Opera Houses of the World, supplement to Opera Magazine, London 2003
Beauvert, Thierry, Opera Houses of the World, The Vendome Press, New York, 1995. ISBN0-86565-978-8
Sicca, Luigi Maria, "The management of opera houses: The Italian experience of the Enti Autonomi", Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 1997, ISSN 1028-6632
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This article is about the type of entertainment venue For other uses see Opera House disambiguation An opera house is a theatre building used for performances of opera It usually includes a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets Teatro di San Carlo code ita promoted to code it in Naples the world s oldest working opera house While some venues are constructed specifically for operas other opera houses are part of larger performing arts centers Indeed the term opera house is often used as a term of prestige for any large performing arts center Contents 1 History 2 Other uses of the term 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit Opera Theatre de Metz Metropole code fra promoted to code fr built by benefactor Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet duc de Belle Isle during the 18th century it is the oldest opera house working in France Italy is a country where opera has been popular through the centuries among ordinary people as well as wealthy patrons and it continues to have many working opera houses 1 such as Teatro Massimo in Palermo the biggest in Italy Teatro di San Carlo code ita promoted to code it in Naples the world s oldest working opera house and Teatro alla Scala code ita promoted to code it in Milan In contrast there was no opera house in London when Henry Purcell was composing and the first opera house in Germany the Oper am Gansemarkt was built in Hamburg in 1678 followed by the Oper am Bruhl in Leipzig in 1693 and the Opernhaus vorm Salztor code deu promoted to code de in Naumburg in 1701 In the 17th and 18th centuries opera houses were often financed by rulers nobles and wealthy people who used patronage of the arts to endorse their political ambition and social position With the rise of bourgeois and capitalist social forms in the 19th century European culture moved away from its patronage system to a publicly supported system Early United States opera houses served a variety of functions in towns and cities hosting community dances fairs plays and vaudeville shows as well as operas and other musical events In the 2000s most opera and theatre companies are supported by funds from a combination of government and institutional grants ticket sales and private donations Other uses of the term EditIn the 19th century United States many theaters were given the name opera house even ones where opera was seldom if ever performed Opera was viewed as a more respectable art form than theater calling a local theater an opera house therefore served to elevate it and overcome objections from those who found the theater morally objectionable 2 3 Gallery Edit National Theatre Munich from 1818 in Munich Bavaria Germany one of the world s most renowned opera houses burnt down and reconstructed twice 1823 25 and after WWII from 1958 to 1963 Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow Russia is one of the world s most recognisable opera houses and home for the most famous ballet company in the world Teatro Real in Madrid Spain The Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre in Novosibirsk is the biggest opera house in Russia The Cairo Opera House in Egypt The Copenhagen Opera House in Denmark The Finnish National Opera and Ballet building in Helsinki Finland The Sydney Opera House is one of the world s most recognisable opera houses and landmarks Auditorio de Tenerife Canary Islands Spain The Palais Garnier code fra promoted to code fr Paris France The Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre Odesa Ukraine Nancy Lee and Perry R Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth Texas Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in Dallas Texas War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco US The Semperoper code deu promoted to code de in Dresden Germany The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D C US Gran Teatre del Liceu code cat promoted to code ca in Barcelona Spain Oslo Opera House The Berlin State Opera on Unter den Linden code deu promoted to code de Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City The Alexandria Opera House in Alexandria Egypt Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia code cat promoted to code ca in Valencia Spain Teatro Colon code spa promoted to code es in Buenos Aires Argentina Hannover State Opera in Hannover Germany Alexander Theatre in Helsinki Finland Teatro Massimo in Palermo Italy the largest opera house in Italy The Royal Opera House London The Teatro alla Scala code ita promoted to code it in Milan Italy The Teatro dell Opera di Roma code ita promoted to code it in Rome Italy Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste Italy Ljubljana Opera House in Slovenia Maribor Slovene National Theatre Solis Theatre in Montevideo Uruguay Theatro Municipal in Sao Paulo Brazil Amazon Theatre in Manaus Brazil Theatro da Paz code por promoted to code pt Belem Brazil Wire Opera House Curitiba Brazil National Theater in Taipei Taiwan National Taichung Theater in Taichung Taiwan National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing China Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet Ukraine Grand Theatre in Warsaw PolandSee also EditList of opera houses List of opera festivals List of concert halls List of buildingsReferences EditNotes Great Opera Houses of the World BBC Archived from the original on Feb 15 2009 Opera was always popular among ordinary people as well as among the rich so that there was a large audience available Condee William Faricy 2005 Coal and Culture Opera Houses in Appalachia Athens Ohio Ohio University Press p 6 ISBN 0 8214 1588 3 The term opera house is indeed misleading and intentionally so it provides a veneer of social and cultural respectability and avoids the stigma of the title theater The Name Opera House Dramatic Mirror March 7 1885 Sources Allison John ed Great Opera Houses of the World supplement to Opera Magazine London 2003 Beauvert Thierry Opera Houses of the World The Vendome Press New York 1995 ISBN 0 86565 978 8 Beranek Leo Concert Halls and Opera Houses Music Acoustics and Architecture New York Springer 2004 ISBN 0 387 95524 0 Hughes Spike Great Opera Houses A Traveller s Guide to Their History and Traditions London Weidenfeld amp Nicolson 1956 Kaldor Andras Great Opera Houses Masterpieces of Architecture Antique Collectors Club 2002 ISBN 1 85149 363 8 Lynn Karyl Charna Opera the Guide to Western Europe s Great Houses Santa Fe New Mexico John Muir Publications 1991 ISBN 0 945465 81 5 Lynn Karyl Charna Italian Opera Houses and Festivals Lanham Maryland The Scarecrow Press Inc 2005 ISBN 0 8108 5359 0 Plantamura Carol The Opera Lover s Guide to Europe Citadel Press 1996 ISBN 0 8065 1842 1 Sicca Luigi Maria The management of opera houses The Italian experience of the Enti Autonomi Taylor amp Francis International Journal of Cultural Policy 1997 ISSN 1028 6632External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opera houses The Layout of a Traditional Opera House on h2g2 Great Opera Houses of the World on h2g2 Vintage postcard images of opera theaters from Historic 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