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Top 26 Opera houses in France

This curated ranking covers the 26 largest opera houses in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Paris Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Opéra National De Paris lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.7M people. Across all 26 entries the average audience size is 265k, and the largest, Paris Opera, reaches around 3.2M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each opera house, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 26, 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 Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Paris Opera 3.2M 43.8 53.5% Opera house
2 Metropolitan Opera 2M 51.5 56.1% Opera house
3 Opéra National De Paris 407k 41.2 56.1% Opera house
4 Palais Garnier 271k 48.7 65.1% Opera house
5 Paris Opera Ballet 244k 43.9 66.2% Opera house
6 Royal Opera House 216k 47.2 68.5% Opera house
7 La Scala 149k 46.4 57.1% Opera house
8 Sydney Opera House 134k 43.1 58.7% Opera house
9 Opéra Nouvel 97k 49.5 63.6% Opera house
10 Hungarian State Opera House 18k 49.7 58.9% Opera house
11 Bavarian State Opera 12k 44.0 43.9% Opera house
12 Konzerthausorchester Berlin 11k 48.0 56.9% Opera house
13 Teatro Real 9.4k 50.3 67.5% Opera house
14 Teatro Colón 9k 44.2 56.2% Opera house
15 San Diego Opera 6.3k 34.5 46.5% Opera house
16 Minnesota Opera 3.2k 34.3 46.4% Opera house
17 Norwegian National Opera and Ballet 1.1k 46.3 79.7% Opera house
18 Santa Fe Opera 954 41.5 69.8% Opera house
19 Opera Philadelphia 722 46.5 70.4% Opera house
20 Seattle Opera 650 48.4 72.5% Opera house
21 Opéra National de Lyon 396 41.9 70.8% Opera house
22 Houston Grand Opera 237 43.7 58.1% Opera house
23 Berlin State Ballet 138 42.1 100.0% Opera house
24 Florida Grand Opera 120 34.7 45.8% Opera house
25 Arizona Opera 77 30.1 57.5% Opera house

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 26 list 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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