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The main opera house is the Wiener Staatsoper, a spectacular palace of music that has performances of various types most every night.—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026 As Italy welcomed the world by displaying symbols of its heritage, the show produced by Olympic ceremony veteran Marco Balich began with dancers from the academy of the famed Milan opera house Teatro alla Scala reimagining 18th-century sculptor Antonio Canova’s marble works.—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026 Among them are tens of students at the academy at La Scala, Milan and Italy’s most prestigious opera house, who Wednesday morning practiced their choreography in a heated white tent, steps away from San Siro.—Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026 The sound globes rotated 340 degrees to project a cone of sound and could be tuned to re-create the environment in which the music was originally recorded—a concert hall, cathedral, nightclub, or opera house.—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for opera house