Ho Chi Minh City Opera House

Saigon Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, French: Théâtre municipal de Hô Chi Minh-Ville), officially named Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony, Orchestra and Opera (Nhà hát Giao hưởng, Nhạc - vũ kịch Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), is a municipal opera house in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

[1] In accordance with the style employed, the façade of the theatre was decorated with inscription and reliefs (like the Ho Chi Minh City Hall), but it was criticized as being too ornate.

Despite the fact that the theatre was planned as an entertainment venue for the growing middle class, its audience declined as more and more night clubs and dance halls boomed in the city.

In 1954, the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu led to the Geneva Accords in the same year.

After the Fall of Saigon in 1975, the Provisional Revolutionary Government started holding the People's Assembly at the theatre.

In 2020, Ho Chi Minh City Metro's Opera House Station opened to public viewing, with Line 1 operations scheduled to begin in 2023.

Façade of the Petit Palais in Paris
The Municipal Theatre in the 1920s