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