Detroit Opera House

The Detroit Opera House is an opera house located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the venue for all Michigan Opera Theatre productions and it hosts a variety of other events. It opened on January 22, 1922.

The building is located at 1526 Broadway Street and was originally designed by C. Howard Crane, having created other prominent Detroit theaters such as The Fillmore Detroit, Fox Theater and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Orchestra Hall, the latter noted for its acoustic perfection.

History

Over the years, opera has been presented at a variety of venues in Detroit - the Old Detroit Opera House (1869–1963) at Campus Martius,Bluestone, Daniel M., Columbia University, (September 1988). Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. XLVII, No. 3, pp. 245–62. Retrieved on May 18, 2007.DiChiera, David, Director..Michigan Opera Theatre. Retrieved on November 24, 2007.The Nederlander Organization, a major theatrical producer, began in Detroit with a 99-year lease on the Old Detroit Opera House in 1912.

The present Detroit Opera House opened in 1922 and was originally known as the Capitol Theatre. It was among the first of several performance venues built around Detroit's Grand......
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