27 Most Popular Opera Houses in France 2026 — by Audience Size

How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 27, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in France. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in France, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in France. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank	Audience	Audience size	Country share	Avg age	Female share	Subtype
1	PParis Opera	3.2M	41.6%	43.8	53.5%	Opera house
2	MMetropolitan Opera	2M	12.1%	51.5	56.1%	Opera house
3	OOpéra National De Paris	287k	76.8%	41.5	63.4%	Opera house
4	PPalais Garnier	271k	14.9%	48.7	65.1%	Opera house
5	PParis Opera Ballet	244k	14.0%	43.9	66.2%	Opera house
6	RRoyal Opera House	216k	3.3%	47.2	68.5%	Opera house
7	LLa Scala	149k	5.4%	46.4	57.1%	Opera house
8	SSydney Opera House	134k	2.2%	43.1	58.7%	Opera house
9	OOpéra Nouvel	97k	23.8%	49.5	63.6%	Opera house
10	HHungarian State Opera House	18k	2.2%	49.7	58.9%	Opera house
11	BBavarian State Opera	12k	2.2%	44.0	43.9%	Opera house
12	KKonzerthausorchester Berlin	11k	8.1%	48.0	56.9%	Opera house
13	TTeatro Real	9.1k	2.7%	50.3	67.5%	Opera house
14	TTeatro Colón	9k	1.6%	44.2	56.2%	Opera house
15	SSan Diego Opera	6.3k	1.8%	34.5	46.5%	Opera house
16	MMinnesota Opera	3.2k	0.9%	34.3	46.4%	Opera house
17	NNorwegian National Opera and Ballet	1k	0.6%	46.3	79.7%	Opera house
18	SSanta Fe Opera	978	0.3%	41.5	69.8%	Opera house
19	OOpera Philadelphia	673	0.2%	46.5	70.4%	Opera house
20	SSeattle Opera	508	0.1%	48.4	72.5%	Opera house
21	OOpéra National de Lyon	396	3.5%	41.9	70.8%	Opera house
22	MMargot and Bill Winspear Opera House	264	0.6%	49.4	75.8%	Opera house
23	HHouston Grand Opera	238	0.2%	43.7	55.3%	Opera house
24	BBerlin State Ballet	141	0.3%	42.1	100.0%	Opera house
25	FFlorida Grand Opera	123	0.0%	34.7	45.8%	Opera house

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular opera houses compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each opera house by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest opera house in France?

Paris Opera currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.2M people in France.

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