Amazon Theatre

Amazon Theater
Teatro Amazonas
Amazon Theater facade
General information
Type	Opera house
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
Address	Eduardo Ribeiro Avenue Centro
Town or city	Manaus
Country	Brazil
Coordinates	3°7′49″S 60°1′24″W / 3.13028°S 60.02333°W / -3.13028; -60.02333
Elevation	92 m (302 ft)
Current tenants	Amazonas Philharmonic
Construction started	1884
Inaugurated	31 December 1896; 127 years ago (1896-12-31)
Owner	Amazonas State president
Dimensions
Other dimensions	68,70m x 124,50m[1]
Technical details
Floor count	3
Floor area	92 meters
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Celestial Sacardim[1]
Architecture firm	Portuguese Office of engineering and architecture[1]
Structural engineer	Bernardo Antônio de Oliveira Braga[1]
Other designers	Crispim do Amaral
Other information
Seating capacity	701
Website
teatroamazonas.com.br
National Historic Heritage of Brazil

The Amazon Theatre (Portuguese: Teatro Amazonas) is an opera house located in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is the location of the annual Festival Amazonas de Ópera (Amazonas Opera Festival) and the home of the Amazonas Philharmonic Orchestra which regularly rehearses and performs at the Amazon Theatre along with choirs, musical concerts and other performances.

More than 126 years old, it represents the city's heyday during the rubber boom.^[2] It was chosen by the magazine Vogue as one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world.^[3]