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Boston Opera House (1909)

The Boston Opera House was an opera house located on Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1909 (1909) as the home of the Boston Opera Company and was demolished in 1958 (1958) after years of disuse.

Boston Opera House

Opera house

Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts

United States

42°20′26″N 71°05′23″W / 42.3405°N 71.0896°W / 42.3405; -71.0896

November 8, 1909

1958

Boston Opera Company

Wheelwright and Haven

Speare Hall, a Northeastern University dormitory, now stands on the site at the corner of Opera Place and Huntington Avenue.[1]

Boston Opera House (1980)

A list of books on the operas announced for production at the Boston Opera House during the season of MCMXI-MCMXII in the Public Library of the city of Boston, Boston: Boston Public Library, pub by the trustees, 1911,  24360461M

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Henry Charles Lahee. The grand opera singers of to-day: an account of the leading operatic stars who have sung during recent years, together with a sketch of the chief operatic enterprises. Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1912

Eichler, Jeremy, , The Boston Globe, November 8, 2009.

"The rise and fall of the original Boston Opera House"

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Program for 1910 productions on New York Public Library website

Program for 1910 productions on New York Public Library website nypl.org

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Program for 1920 productions on New York Public Library website

Postcard on New York Public Library website nypl.org

1950s on Flickr.com

Aerial photo of Boston Opera House and vicinity