Peabody Opera house was constructed in 1934 in conjunction with Kiel Auditorium. The opera house is now all that remains of that original complex. The opera house features six to seven venues including the main theater (seats 3500), a two story front lobby, four small side theaters (seat 700 each) and an exposition hall. The first performance held in the hall was Aida in April of 1934, the same year that they welcomed their first tenants, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. At the time of completion, the opera house was larger than New York's Carnegie Hall. The Symphony called the Opera House home until 1968, when they moved to their current location at Powell Symphony Hall. The Opera House closed May 7, 1991 but after two decades was reopened again on October 1, 2011.
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