As of 2026-07-08, St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre tops the list with 11,000 seats.
- #1 St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre — 11,000 seats
open-air theater in St. Louis, Missouri
The St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre is an amphitheater located in St. Louis, Missouri. The theatre seats 11,000 people with about 1,500 free seats in the last nine rows that are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Athens Concert Hall — 10,865 seats
performing arts and conference centre in Athens, Greece
The Athens Concert Hall is a concert hall located on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Sydney Opera House — 5,738 seats
multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings, and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center — 3,711 seats
opera house in Tel Aviv, Israel
The Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center or The Golda Center for Performing Arts is a performing arts center at King Saul Boulevard in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was designed by Israeli architect Yaakov Rechter. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Civic Opera House — 3,563 seats
opera house in Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Civic Opera House, also often referred to as the Lyric Opera House, is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The Civic's main performance space, named for Ardis Krainik, seats 3,276, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House. Built for the Chicago Civic Opera, it has been home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1954 and the Joffrey Ballet since 2021. It is part of a complex with a 45-story office tower and two... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 The Met Philadelphia — 3,500 seats
music venue and former opera house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The Metropolitan Opera House is a historic opera house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1908, it has been used for many purposes; since December 2018, it has been a pop concert venue managed by Live Nation Philadelphia. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Music Hall at Fair Park — 3,420 seats
theatre at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, formerly home to the Dallas Opera
The Music Hall at Fair Park is a performing arts theater in Dallas, Texas's Fair Park that opened in 1925. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion — 3,156 seats
opera house in Los Angeles, California, part of the Los Angeles Music Center, used by LA Opera
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center, which is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Stifel Theatre — 3,100 seats
performing arts center in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
The Stifel Theatre is a civic performing arts building located in St. Louis, Missouri. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex — 2,900 seats
opera house in Caracas, Venezuela
The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, also known as Teresa Carreño Theatre, is the most important theatre of Caracas and Venezuela, where performances include symphonic and popular concerts, opera, ballet and plays. It is the second largest theater in South America after the Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre at Buenos Aires. Read more on Wikipedia.
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