Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles

24 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Architecture, Greater Los Angeles Area, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Michael J Fromholtz/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 23, 2003. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, and 1st and 2nd streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves, among other purposes, as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The hall is a compromise between a vineyard-style seating configuration, like the Berliner Philharmonie by Hans Scharoun, and a classical shoebox design like the Vienna Musikverein or the Boston Symphony Hall.   read more…

Berliner Ensemble

21 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Berlin, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  9 minutes

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The Berliner Ensemble is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht’s exile, the company first worked at Wolfgang Langhoff‘s Deutsches Theater and in 1954 moved to the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, built in 1892, that was open for the 1928 premiere of The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper).   read more…

Habima National Theatre in Tel Aviv

13 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Baruch Niv Pikiwiki Israel/cc-by-2.5

The Habima Theatre (Hebrew: Te’atron HaBima, lit. “The Stage Theatre”) is the national theatre of Israel and one of the first Hebrew language theatres. It is located in Habima Square in the center of Tel Aviv.   read more…

Social season in Greater London

27 February 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, London, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, Sport Reading Time:  10 minutes

Trooping the Colour - Horse Guards Parade © Corporal Paul Shaw/MOD/OGL v1.0

Trooping the Colour – Horse Guards Parade © Corporal Paul Shaw/MOD/OGL v1.0

The social season, or Season, refers to the traditional annual period in the spring and summer when it is customary for members of the social elite to hold balls, dinner parties and charity events. Until the First World War, it was also the appropriate time to reside in the city (generally meaning London in Great Britain and Dublin in Ireland) rather than in the country in order to attend such events.   read more…

Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam

24 February 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  6 minutes

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Staircase © Morrowlong/cc-by-sa-4.0

Goodspeed Musicals is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Haddam, Connecticut. Its landmark Goodspeed Opera House is a distinctive feature of the view from the Connecticut River and is the birthplace of some of the world’s most famous musicals, including Annie, Man of La Mancha, and Shenandoah.   read more…

Leipzig Opera

18 February 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  6 minutes

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The Leipzig Opera (German: Oper Leipzig) is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig’s district Mitte, Germany. Performances of opera in Leipzig trace back to Singspiel performances beginning in the year 1693. The composer of many early operas at the first opera house, the Oper am Brühl, was Telemann. He was director of the house from 1703 to 1705.   read more…

War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco

14 February 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, San Francisco Bay Area Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Andreas Praefcke

© Andreas Praefcke

The War Memorial Opera House is an opera house in San Francisco, California, United States, located on the western side of Van Ness Avenue across from the west side/rear facade of the San Francisco City Hall. It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. It has been the home of the San Francisco Opera since opening night in 1932.   read more…

Konzerthaus Berlin

27 January 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Berlin, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  10 minutes

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© Michabka/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall in Berlin, the home of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of the city, it was originally built as a theater. It initially operated from 1818 to 1821 under the name of the Schauspielhaus Berlin, then as the Theater am Gendarmenmarkt and Komödie. It became a concert hall after the Second World War, and its name changed to its present one in 1994. The Konzerthausorchester Berlin is the resident orchestra of the Konzerthaus Berlin. The concert hall also hosts Young Euro Classic every summer, an international festival of youth orchestras.   read more…

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris

31 December 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Pline/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while the smaller Comédie and Studio des Champs-Élysées above the latter may seat 601 and 230 people respectively.   read more…

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