The Detroit Opera House is an ornate opera house located at 1526 Broadway Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Grand Circus Park Historic District. The 2,700-seat venue is the home of productions of the Detroit Opera and a variety of other events. The theatre was originally designed by C. Howard Crane, who created other prominent theatres in Detroit including The Fillmore Detroit, the Fox Theater and the Detroit Symphony's Orchestra Hall. It opened on January 22, 1922.
Detroit Opera House overlooks Grand Circus Park.
Old Detroit Opera House in 1906
The original Opera House structure (left) and stagehouse extension along Madison Avenue
Old Detroit Opera House (behind fountain) on Campus Martius in 1907.
Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Locally, downtown tends to refer to the 1.4 square mile region bordered by M-10 to the west, Interstate 75 to the north, I-375 to the east, and the Detroit River to the south. Although, it may also refer to the Greater Downtown area, a 7.2 square mile region that includes surrounding neighborhoods such as Midtown, Corktown, Rivertown, and Woodbridge.
Downtown Detroit's skyline, as seen from Windsor, Ontario, Canada in September 2015.
Downtown Detroit seen from Windsor, Ontario in November 2021.
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