Designed by renowned Detroit architect C. The theater was the first in a series of palatial vaudeville and moving picture houses built in the Grand Circus Park area in the 1920s. At the time of its gala premiere, the 4,250-seat theater claimed to be the fifth largest in the world. Located on the corners of Broadway Street and Madison Street at Grand Circus Park, the theater now known as the Detroit Opera House was originally opened January 12, 1922, as the Capitol Theater. Previous venues in Detroit included a “Detroit Opera House” from 1869-1963 at Kennedy Square, “Whitney Grand Opera House” (renamed Garrick Theater) located on Griswold and Michigan Avenues, and the “New Detroit Opera House” from 1886-1928 located at Randolph and Monroe Streets.
Historically, Michigan Opera Theatre’s home is Detroit’s fifth opera house.
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