![Palais Garnier, Paris, France.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_09.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Palais Garnier, Paris, France.
![Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, Germany.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_10.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, Germany.
1 Palais Garnier, Paris, France. 2 Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, Germany.
![Teatro di Villa Aldrovandi Mazzacorati, Bologna, Italy.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_12.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format)
Teatro di Villa Aldrovandi Mazzacorati, Bologna, Italy.
![Slottsteater, Drottningholm, Sweden.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_15.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format)
Slottsteater, Drottningholm, Sweden.
![Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_13.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format)
Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy.
![Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_14.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format)
Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China.
![Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, Spain.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_17.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format)
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, Spain.
![The book closes with a section of architectural notes by historian Thomas Mellins.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/3baf5d7e-fd3c-47c2-bb22-3477215f1f38/lh_opera_18.jpg?rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=640&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format)
The book closes with a section of architectural notes by historian Thomas Mellins.