As of 2026-10-12, 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 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 - #3 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 - #4 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 - #5 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 - #6 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 - #7 Detroit Opera House — 2,700 seats
opera house and former movie theater in Detroit, Michigan, United States
The Detroit Opera House is an ornate opera house located at 1526 Broadway Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Grand Circus Park Historic District. The 2,700-seat venue is the home of productions of the Detroit Opera and a variety of other events. The theatre was originally designed by C. Howard Crane, who created other prominent theatres in Detroit including The Fillmore Detroit, the Fox Theater, and the Detroit Symphony's Orchestra Hall. It opened on January 22, 1922. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Orpheum Theatre — 2,700 seats
concert hall in Boston, Massachusetts (also used as vaudeville theatre and opera house)
The Orpheum Theatre is a music venue located at 1 Hamilton Place in Boston, Massachusetts. One of the oldest theaters in the United States as designed by Snell and Gregerson, it was built in 1852 and was originally known as the Boston Music Hall. It was the founding location of the New England Conservatory of Music in 1867 and it was the original home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from its founding in 1880. The concert hall was converted for use as a vaudeville theater in 1900. It was... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 David H. Koch Theater — 2,586 seats
venue at New York City's Lincoln Center
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet and dance at Lincoln Center in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Originally named the New York State Theater, the venue has been home to the New York City Ballet since its opening in 1964, and served as home to the New York City Opera from 1964 to 2011. Renamed to honor philanthropist David Koch, the theater occupies the south side of the main plaza of Lincoln Center, opposite David Geffen Hall near 63rd Street and... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Lyric Performing Arts Center — 2,564 seats
music venue in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The Lyric Baltimore is a music venue in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, located close to the University of Baltimore law school. The building was modeled after the Concertgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam, and it was inaugurated on October 31, 1894, with a performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Australian opera singer Nellie Melba as the featured soloist. Beginning in 1904, it was also used for touring performances by the Metropolitan Opera, and from 1950, it was the home of the... Read more on Wikipedia.
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