Civic Opera House
Opera House · Chicago, Illinois
Samuel Insull's opera house on the river, opened in November 1929 six days after the Wall Street Crash, and built into the base of a forty-five-storey office block whose shape gives it its nickname — from the west it looks like a throne, facing away from the city that Insull felt had slighted him. The auditorium seats 3,563, which makes it the second largest opera house in North America.
20 North Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60606, United States
Performance schedule, roughly September to March. Largely dark in summer. Backstage tours by advance booking during the season.
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