Detroit Opera House - Photos Interior (Auditorium, Stage)
Detroit Opera House
A view of the Detroit Opera House Auditorium from the stage - Photo from Jul. 10, 2023
A view of the Opera House stage - Photo from Jul. 10, 2023
A view of the auditorium and orchestra pit from the ground floor - Photo from May 16, 2025
A view of the Opera House auditorium. At the time of its gala premiere on January 12, 1922, the 4,250-seat theater claimed to be the fifth largest in the world - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Opera House auditorium. Today, the main auditorium seats over 2,700 opera goers - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Detroit Opera House Auditorium from the box seating area. Box Seating at its finest. There are 17 boxes in the theater. At the time of its gala premiere on January 12, 1922, the 4,250-seat theater claimed to be the fifth largest in the world - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the auditorium from the box level - Photo from May 16, 2025
A view of the Opera House auditorium from the upper balcony - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Detroit Opera House Auditorium from the upper balcony - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view from the Opera House auditorium toward the Grand Lobby - Photo from May 14, 2023
A view of the Opera House stage - Photo from Jul. 10, 2023
A view of the Opera House auditorium - Photo from Aug. 19, 2025
A view of the Detroit Opera House Auditorium. Designed by renowned Detroit architect C. Howard Crane, whose genius for theater design took him to cities around the nation, the building was constructed with superb acoustics and in the style of the grand European opera houses - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Detroit Opera House Auditorium filled with people - Photo from Apr. 20, 2019
A view of the Opera House auditorium - Photo from Aug. 19, 2025
A view of the Proscenium Arch. An entire year was devoted to meticulously recasting plaster; a professor from Detroit's College for Creative Studies spent months on scaffolding, painting frescoes freehand; more than 850 color tests were performed in a lab to match the theater's original paint scheme. There are about 25 panels all the way across the arch. They depict industry and commerce in Detroit in the early 1920's - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the auditorium from the box level - Photo from May 16, 2025
A view of the Opera House auditorium - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Opera House auditorium. Looking up at the auditorium's dome ceiling - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the proscenium arch and stage from the balcony - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Opera House auditorium - Photo from Aug. 19, 2025
A view of the Opera House auditorium - Photo from Aug. 19, 2025
A view of the Opera House auditorium - Photo from Aug. 19, 2025
A view of the Opera House stage - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Opera House stage - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023
A view of the Opera House stage - Photo from Jun. 14, 2023