Theaters of the World

1. THEATERS OF THE WORLD

2. AUSTRALIA

3. SYDNEY
OPERA
HOUSE
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue
performing arts centre at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's
most famous and distinctive buildings. Performances
included Lakme, Norma and The Merry Widow in the
1970s, and Lucia di Lammermoor, Otello, La Traviata and
Die Fledermaus in the 1980s. Dame Joan farewelled the
Opera House in 1990, with a performance of Les
Huguenots.

4. EUROPE

5. MINACK
THEATRE
The Minack Theatre is an open-air theatre, constructed
above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the
sea. The theatre is at Porthcurno, 4 miles from Land's End in
Cornwall, England. The theatre was the brainchild
of Rowena Cade, who moved to Cornwall after the First
World War and built a house for herself and her mother on
land at Minack Point for £100. Her sister was the feminist
dystopian author Katharine Burdekin and her partner lived
with them from the 1920s.

6. The Theatre of Dionysus is an ancient theatre in Athens on the south slope of the
Akropolis hill, built as part of the sanctuary of Dionysos Eleuthereus. The first
orchestra terrace was constructed on the site around the mid- to late-sixth century BC,
where it hosted the City Dionysia. During the 5th century BC, the theatre served as the
locus of the contests in which the plays of Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus,
and Aristophanes (which developed from the Dionysian tradition) were first
performed.
THEATRE OF
DIONYSUS

7. The construction of the Opéra Garnier was not without its hurdles and difficulties. An
ambitious project, given the country's financially fragile state, construction was halted in
1870 due to the war against Prussia. The unfinished building was transformed into a
military reservoir for food and straw. Only after the accidental fire at the Opéra
Pelletier in 1873 was Charles Garnier's project finally resumed. Performances include
Opera: Così fan tutte by Mozart, Tribute to Maurice Ravel’s Chamber Works, and New
York Ballet Masterpiece by Balanchine.
PALAIS GARNIER

8. MARGRAVIAL
OPERA HOUSE
The Margravial Opera House is a Baroque opera
house in the town of Bayreuth, Germany, built between
1745 and 1750. It is one of Europe's few surviving theatres
of the period and has been extensively restored. On 30 June
2012, the opera house was inscribed in the UNESCO World
Heritage List. The foundation stone ceremony was held on
22 May, Wagner's birthday, and included a performance
of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, directed by the maestro.

9. SEMPEROPER
The Semperoper is the opera house of the Saxon State Opera and the concert
hall of the Saxon State Orchestra. The stunning building is named after its architect
Gottfried Semper, who designed it in 1841. The opera house was rebuilt after a
devastating fire in 1869 and has since been witness to many premiers including
famous works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.

10. COMÉDIE-
FRANÇAISE
The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is
one of the few state theatres in France. Founded
in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company
in the world. Created by royal decree, the
Comédie-Française came into being when King
Louis XIV ordered two rival troupes performing
in the Hôtel de Bourgogne and the Hôtel
Guénégaud to merge in 1680.

11. BOLSHOI THEATER
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed
by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and opera performances. Before the
October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire
along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. The
new building opened on 18 January 1825 as the Bolshoi Petrovsky Theatre with a
performance of Fernando Sor's ballet, Cendrillon.

12. TEATRO
ALLA
SCALA
La Scala is an opera house in Milan, Italy. The
theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was
originally known as the Nuovo Regio Ducale
Teatro alla Scala. The premiere performance was
Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. tells a story
of love, violence and political discord in ancient
times.

13. MANOEL THEATRE
Manoel Theatre was not the place’s original name. At first, it went by the name
Teatro Pubblico (Public Theatre), then in 1812 the name was changed to Teatro Reale
(Royal Theatre). After the construction of Malta’s new Royal Opera House in 1866, the
theatre’s name was changed one final time to Teatro Manoel (Manoel Theatre). The first
performance, held on the 19th January 1732, was a classic Italian tragedy called Merope,
written by Scipione Maffei. This was acted out by the Knights themselves, and the set
was designed by Francois Mondion, the Knights` chief architect.

14. SOUTH AMERICA

15. AMAZON
THEATRE
The Amazonas Theatre was built during the Belle
Époque at a time when fortunes were made in the rubber
boom. Construction of the Amazon Theatre was first
proposed in 1881 by a member of the local House of
Representatives, Antonio Jose Fernandes Júnior, who
envisioned a "jewel" in the heart of the Amazon rainforest
in Brazil. the first performance at the theatre, on 7 January,
1897, featured Caruso in Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda

16. TEATRO COLÓN
The Teatro Colón is the main opera house in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of
the ten best opera houses in the world by
National Geographic, and is acoustically
considered to be amongst the five best concert
venues in the world. The present Colón
replaced an original theatre which opened in
1857. Throughout its history the main figures of
opera, classical music and world ballet have
performed in the Colón theater, such as Arturo
Toscanini, Nijinski, Caruso, Regina
Pacini, Anna Pavlova, Maya Plisetskaya, etc.

17. TEATRO LA FENICE
Teatro La Fenice is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous
and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as
a whole. In the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic
premieres at which the works of several of the four major bel canto era composers –
Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi – were performed.

18. NORTH AMERICA

19. BALBOA
THEATRE
The Balboa Theatre is a historic
vaudeville/movie theatre in downtown San
Diego US, built in 1924. The Balboa was built
by businessman Robert E. Hicks and architect
William H. Wheeler. A grand vaudeville/movie
palace combining Moorish and Spanish Revival
styles, the single-balcony theatre originally had
a seating capacity of 1,513; waterfalls on either
side of the proscenium arch provided air
cooling.

20. METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
The Metropolitan Opera House is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln
Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of Lincoln Center for
the Performing Arts, the theater was designed by Wallace K. Harrison. The Met was
founded in 1883 as an alternative to the previously established Academy of Music opera
house, and debuted the same year in a new building on 39th and Broadway (now known
as the "Old Met"). It moved to the new Lincoln Center location in 1966

21. ASIA

22. The National Centre for the Performing Arts,
and colloquially described as The Giant Egg, is
an arts centre containing an opera house in
Beijing, People's Republic of China. Designed
by French architect Paul Andreu, the NCPA is
the largest theatre complex in Asia.
Performances include CHENG Ying Rescues the
Orphan starring LI Shujian and SHAO Fuyou.
NATIONAL
CENTRE FOR THE
PERFORMING
ARTS

23. NATIONAL
NOH THEATRE
Since 1983, the National Noh Theatre has
been producing elaborate, traditional
performances of Noh and Kyogen for
audiences from around the world. The main
theatre in Tokyo seats 591 people, while the
rehearsal Noh stage accommodates up to
200 people. There are four major categories
of Noh performers: shite, waki, kyōgen, and
hayashi.

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