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This is an alphabetical list of past and current theatres and opera houses in Rome, Italy.This list excludes :Ancient Roman theatres in Rome, Ancient Roman theatres.
* National Dramatic Theatre (or National Theatre) was a theatre which was demolished in 1934 during the redevelopment of the Via Nazionale (Rome), Via Nazionale.
* Teatro Argentina is an opera house and theater located in the Largo di Torre Argentina. It is one of the oldest theaters in Rome, and was inaugurated on January 31, 1732 with ''Berenice'' by Domenico Sarro. It was commissioned (built) by the Sforza Cesarini family and designed by the architect Gerolamo Theodoli with the auditorium laid out in the traditional horseshoe shape. The inside of the theatre is constructed of wood with six levels of boxes characterizing the design, and has been restored many times. In the 19th century, the premieres of many notable operas took place in the theater. They include Gioachino Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville'' in 1816, and Giuseppe Verdi's ''I due Foscari'' in 1844 and ''La battaglia di Legnano'' in 1849.
*Teatro Brancaccio is a 1,300-seat theatre and cinema located in the Esquilino zone, that has also been used as a cinema. Opened in 1916, it was restored and re-opened in 1978.
*Teatro Capranica is a former opera house located in the Colonna (rione of Rome), Colonna rione. Originally built in 1679, it saw the premieres of many Baroque operas. It closed definitively as a theatre in 1881 and now it serves as a conference and event venue.
* Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera House) is an opera house in located on the Piazza Beniamino Gigli. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements. The present house seats 1,600.
*Teatro delle Quattro Fontane is a theatre located on Via delle Quattro Fontane, near the Piazza Barberini. Now a multiplex cinema, it was originally an opera house and later a prose theatre. The original 1632 building was rebuilt several times.
*Teatro Quirino is a theatre for plays and musicals located on Via delle Vergini in the Trevi (rione of Rome), Trevi district of Rome. Originally built in 1871 as a marionette theatre, it has been significantly rebuilt and remodelled over the years. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it also hosted opera, operetta, and ballet.
*Teatro Sistina is a theatre located on Via Sistina between Piazza Barberini and Trinità dei Monti. It was originally built as a cinema in 1949 but is now primarily used for theatre and cabaret performances.
*Teatro Valle (literally Valley Theater) is a theatre and former opera house located on the Via del Teatro Valle in the area bounded by the Pantheon, Rome, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo de' Fiori, Campo dei Fiori and the Italian Senate, Senate. Commissioned by the Capranica family, the architect Tommaso Morelli designed the theatre which was built in 1726. It was inaugurated with the staging of the tragedy ''Matilde'' by Simon Falconio Pratoli. After hosting a season of ''opera seria'' in 1730, the Valle was limited through much of the latter half of the 18th century to staging prose dramas as well as a mix of intermezzos and comic operas, particularly those of Baldassarre Galuppi, Galuppi, Niccolò Piccinni, Piccinni, Pasquale Anfossi, Anfossi, Antonio Sacchini, Sacchini, Giovanni Paisiello, Paisiello, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Guglielmi, and Domenico Cimarosa, Cimarosa. It was the only theatre in Rome in 1782, and after 1786, which offered both spring and autumn seasons of opera as well a season during Carnival.Murata, Margaret, et al.: "Rome", ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (Retrieved on March 21, 2008),
* National Dramatic Theatre (or National Theatre) was a theatre which was demolished in 1934 during the redevelopment of the Via Nazionale (Rome), Via Nazionale.
* Teatro Argentina is an opera house and theater located in the Largo di Torre Argentina. It is one of the oldest theaters in Rome, and was inaugurated on January 31, 1732 with ''Berenice'' by Domenico Sarro. It was commissioned (built) by the Sforza Cesarini family and designed by the architect Gerolamo Theodoli with the auditorium laid out in the traditional horseshoe shape. The inside of the theatre is constructed of wood with six levels of boxes characterizing the design, and has been restored many times. In the 19th century, the premieres of many notable operas took place in the theater. They include Gioachino Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville'' in 1816, and Giuseppe Verdi's ''I due Foscari'' in 1844 and ''La battaglia di Legnano'' in 1849.
*Teatro Brancaccio is a 1,300-seat theatre and cinema located in the Esquilino zone, that has also been used as a cinema. Opened in 1916, it was restored and re-opened in 1978.
*Teatro Capranica is a former opera house located in the Colonna (rione of Rome), Colonna rione. Originally built in 1679, it saw the premieres of many Baroque operas. It closed definitively as a theatre in 1881 and now it serves as a conference and event venue.
* Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera House) is an opera house in located on the Piazza Beniamino Gigli. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements. The present house seats 1,600.
*Teatro delle Quattro Fontane is a theatre located on Via delle Quattro Fontane, near the Piazza Barberini. Now a multiplex cinema, it was originally an opera house and later a prose theatre. The original 1632 building was rebuilt several times.
*Teatro Quirino is a theatre for plays and musicals located on Via delle Vergini in the Trevi (rione of Rome), Trevi district of Rome. Originally built in 1871 as a marionette theatre, it has been significantly rebuilt and remodelled over the years. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it also hosted opera, operetta, and ballet.
*Teatro Sistina is a theatre located on Via Sistina between Piazza Barberini and Trinità dei Monti. It was originally built as a cinema in 1949 but is now primarily used for theatre and cabaret performances.
*Teatro Valle (literally Valley Theater) is a theatre and former opera house located on the Via del Teatro Valle in the area bounded by the Pantheon, Rome, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo de' Fiori, Campo dei Fiori and the Italian Senate, Senate. Commissioned by the Capranica family, the architect Tommaso Morelli designed the theatre which was built in 1726. It was inaugurated with the staging of the tragedy ''Matilde'' by Simon Falconio Pratoli. After hosting a season of ''opera seria'' in 1730, the Valle was limited through much of the latter half of the 18th century to staging prose dramas as well as a mix of intermezzos and comic operas, particularly those of Baldassarre Galuppi, Galuppi, Niccolò Piccinni, Piccinni, Pasquale Anfossi, Anfossi, Antonio Sacchini, Sacchini, Giovanni Paisiello, Paisiello, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Guglielmi, and Domenico Cimarosa, Cimarosa. It was the only theatre in Rome in 1782, and after 1786, which offered both spring and autumn seasons of opera as well a season during Carnival.Murata, Margaret, et al.: "Rome", ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (Retrieved on March 21, 2008), Notes and references