Also known as the Grand Opera House
HISTORICAL NOTE
Grand Opera House
113-117 North Wyman Street,
Rockford, IL
Incorporated: November 6, 1880
Opened: November 12, 1881
Seating: 1500
Closed (as an Opera House): 1917
Demolished: April, 1927
http://www.oscarwildeinamerica.org/lectures-1882/march/0302-rockford.html
January 30, 1885
Brockville Arts Centre
Address: 235 King St. West,
Brockville, Ontario K6V 3S2, Canada
There was another opera hall at 1 King St as well, the site of city hall - Victoria Hall
The Academy of Music in Baltimore, Maryland was an important music venue in that city after opening following the American Civil War. The Academy was located at 516 North Howard Street. The Academy was demolished in the late 1920s, as the Stanley Theatre was being built in the same block. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Music_%28Baltimore%29
Twain-Cable Tour: November 28 & 29, 1884
The Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional entrance on Hamilton Place.
One of the oldest continuously operating theaters in the United States, it was built in 1852 and was the original home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The hall closed in 1900 and was converted into a vaudeville theater named the Orpheum Theatre. The Orpheum, which still stands today, was substantially rebuilt in 1915 by architect Thomas W. Lamb as a movie theater.
The Allyn Hall Fire, commonly referred to as the “Auditorium Fire” or the “Happy Hour Fire,” occurred less than a week later on February 26, 1914. The auditorium, which opened in 1856, hosted many political gatherings as well as theatrical events. The building also housed a restaurant, offices, and a movie theater, which had begun showing “moving pictures” in 1909.
The Brooklyn Athenaeum and Reading Room was founded in 1852 by a group of prominent Brooklyn citizens as a library and respite for young men, where they could gather as well for instruction as for that innocent relaxation, which the wear and tear of mercantile life so imperiously demands, according to its first president, John Taylor, in his first annual report.
Taylor Opera House was an opera house in Trenton, New Jersey. It was the city's first theater, and was founded by John Taylor, creator of Pork Roll and one of Trenton's leading citizens. The building first opened March 18, 1867 at 18 S. Broad Street. A historical marker was placed on the site after its demolition.
La Scala (Italian: Teatro alla Scala), is a world-renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala (Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala). The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Scala
The Real Teatro di San Carlo (English: Royal Theatre of Saint Charles) is an opera house in Naples, Italy. It is located adjacent to the central Piazza del Plebiscito, and connected to the Royal Palace. It is the oldest continuously active venue for public opera in Europe, opening decades before both the Milanese La Scala and Venetian La Fenice theaters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_di_San_Carlo
The Upper Crust of Naples
William H. Doan, industrialist, philanthropist, and grandson of the pioneer Nathaniel Doan, gave land on the north side of Vincent Street, between Bond and Erie, plus $10,000 toward construction of the Music Hall, a public auditorium to be used for religious, educational and musical advancement. The cost exceeded $50,000, and, as the city's largest meeting place, it seated 4300 persons. Opened November 9, 1885.
http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/cleveland-music-hall-1220-east-6th-and.html
Academy of Music: 215 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN (between Clinton and Barr Streets). It is the small white-fronted building at left
Built as The Rink: 1870 (a roller skating venue)
Converted to a public hall: c. 1878-80
Later known as The People's Theatre, which name is on the sign in the above image made from a photograph in 1899.
Demolished: 1901-02 http://www.oscarwildeinamerica.org/lectures-1882/february/0216-fort-wayne.html
See Good's Opera House
The Burtis-Kimball House Hotel and the Burtis Opera House were located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It has since been torn down and it was delisted from the NRHP in 2008. The theatre building has been significantly altered since a fire in the 1920s. Both, however, remain important to the history of the city of Davenport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burtis-Kimball_House_Hotel/Burtis_Opera_House
197 S High St, Columbus OH
Became known as the Metropolitan Opera House
Opened: 1862
Closed: January 26, 1892
The November 30, 1874, Dispatch reported that the Metropolitan Opera House was the first building in Columbus with electric ignited, gas jet lighting. The Metropolitan Opera House, also called The Cotton Block and Comstock's Opera House was built in 1862 and burned 1/26/1892.
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/26352.html
February 9, 1885
611- 625 N. Milwaukee Street
PIONEER BUILDING (1864-65/1925-1926)
The cultural life of the city of Winona was supported by the establishment of the Winona Opera House and Philharmonic Hall. These buildings were the sites of many locally produced plays and theatrical performances. They were also used for performances by famous visiting artists, lecturers, and musicians who were brought to Winona by O. F. Burlingame, the astute Impresario of the Winona Opera House. Among the prominent artists he brought to Winona were: Lillian Russell, Sarah Bernhardt, John Philip Sousa, Helena Modjewska, John Barrymore, Eva Tanguey, and Harry Lauder.
Located in the Syndicate Block, East side of Nicollet Between 5th Street and 6th Street, (Razed). The Syndicate Block was one of the most ambitious development projects of its day. It contained some five acres of office and retail space. Among the many tenants the Syndicate housed through its hundred-year history, there were two notable photography studios: the studio of Frederick E. Haynes, and the Sweet Studio. Both of these studios were located in suite 605.
Known as the Pomeroy Opera House.
Known as the Myers Opera House. 118 E. Milwaukee Street, Janesville, WI 53545
The Myers Theater was built in 1870 as the Myers Opera House. It started showing movies around 1929. In 1977 the Myers Theater was demolished and replaced with a bank. The history page for this theater gives Milwaukee Avenue and South Parker Drive as its location. Google Maps returns East Milwaukee Street and South Parker Drive. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14142
January 20, 1885
The night the opera first came to town
The Grand Theatre was designed by Merle F. Baker and was constructed on the foundation of the Keokuk Opera House (Circa 1880) which burned in 1923. It was patterned after theaters in Chicago and was praised as one of the finest theaters in the country at the time.
http://www.keokukiowatourism.org/theatre.htm
It Happened In Keokuk Friday, December 7, 1923
KEOKUK'S 43 YEAR OLD OPERA HOUSE IS GUTTED IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE.
I have no direct information that the Opera House was the location of the Twain-Cable reading of January 13, 1885, but I found this listing in the Hannibal City Directory 1885-86. Hannibal Opera House Co., cor of 5th and Center, J.B. Price, manager, office at F. & M. bank.
Image: Hannibal, Missouri: Bluff City Memories By Steve Chou
Doerr's Opera House operated out of the second floor of the building on the northwest corner of 6th and Maine Streets.
http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/qpl/id/1589
The St. Louis Mercantile Library, founded in 1846 in St. Louis, Missouri, was originally established as a subscription library, and is the oldest extant library west of the Mississippi River. Since 1998 the library has been housed at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. It has 600 feet (180 m) of papers, ledgers, and printed materials currently in 26 departmental or other record groups In 1986 the library received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities because of the collection's cultural importance.
January 8, 1885
From http://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=2456 Chatterton Opera House, Posted on October 30, 2013 by editor
However, on March 17, 1876, Rudolph’s was almost completely destroyed by fire. “There is a story that Mr. Bunn, upon being awakened with the news that the Opera house was burning down, remarked that he couldn’t put it out, and turned over and went to sleep again,” Gib Bunn wrote.