Grand Opera House (San Francisco)
Illustration of interior, circa 1876 | |
| Former names | Wade's Opera House |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′09″N 122°24′11″W / 37.78593°N 122.40299°W |
| Capacity | 2395 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | January 17, 1876 |
| Demolished | 1906 |
The Grand Opera House (Initially Wade's Opera House) was an opera house in San Francisco, which opened in 1874, and which was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was located on the north side of Mission St. between 3rd and 4th.[1]
Specifications
The 1905–1906 edition of Julius Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide lists the seating capacity of the Grand Opera House as 2,395, including 100 seats in boxes. Ticket prices ranged from 10 cents ($3 in 2024) for the gallery to 75 cents ($26 for the best seats. Cahn lists the Grand Opera House's stage as 42 feet wide and 74 feet deep (13 by 23 m), with a 31-foot-tall (9.4 m) proscenium arch.[2]
References
- ^ "War Memorial Opera House" (PDF). verplanck consulting. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-13.
...the Wade (later Grand) Opera House. Located on the north side of Mission Street, just west of Third Street, the Grand Opera House perished in 1906, along with most of the city's other opera houses, including the Tivoli Opera House and the Orpheum Theater.
- ^ Cahn, Julius (1905). Julius Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide (10th ed.). p. 274. OCLC 51409112.
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