This is a list of notable opera houses listed by continent, then by country with the name of the opera house and city. The opera company is sometimes named for clarity.
Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Tunisia
Morocco
Asia
Bangladesh
- Hatirjheel Opera House, Dhaka
China
- Century Theatre, Beijing
- National Centre for the Performing Arts
- Poly Theatre, Beijing
- Zhengyici-xi-lou, Beijing Opera, Beijing
- Poly Theatre (People's Liberation Army Opera House), Beijing
- Guangzhou Beilei Theatre
- Guangzhou Drama Arts Center â Theatre No.13
- Guangzhou Friendship Theatre
- Guangzhou Guanglian Hall
- Guangzhou Huanghuagang Theatre
- Guangzhou Jiangnan Theatre
- Guangzhou Military Auditorium
- Guangzhou Opera House
- Guangzhou Rainbow Theatre
- Guangzhou South Theatre
- Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Hangzhou
- Harbin Grand Theatre
- Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai
- Shanghai Opera Theater, Shanghai
- Oriental Opera Hall at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai
- Shanghai Yue Opera House, Shanghai
- Tianchan Theatre, Shanghai
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mongolia
Oman
Philippines
Singapore
Syria
South Korea
Taiwan
Tajikistan
- Aini Theater of Opera and Ballet, Dushanbe
Thailand
Turkey
- Ankara Opera House, Ankara
- Atatürk Cultural Center, Taksim, Istanbul
- Antalya State Opera and Ballet, Antalya
- City Opera, EskiÃ
Âehir
- ðzmir State Opera and Ballet, Elhamra Palace, ðzmir
- Leyla Gencer Sahnesi, Ankara
- Mersin Halkevi (Mersin State Opera and Ballet), Mersin
- Operet Sahnesi, Ankara
- Süreyya Opera House, Kadñköy, Istanbul
- Samsun State Opera and Ballet, ðlkadñm, Samsun
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Europe
Albania
Armenia
Austria
- Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz
- Stadtheater Baden, Baden bei Wien
- Graz Opera, Graz
- Musiktheater Linz, Linz
- Neue Oper Wien, Vienna
- Salzburg Festival, Salzburg
- Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg
- Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, Vienna
- Theater an der Wien, Vienna; historic theatre associated with Mozart's time
- Theater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt
- Volksoper Wien (Vienna People's Opera), Vienna
- Wiener Kammeroper (Vienna Chamber Opera), Vienna
- Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), Vienna
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- National Theatre Opera and Ballet, Sarajevo
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- Grand Théâtre, Angers
- Opéra-théâtre d'Avignon, Avignon
- Opéra Théâtre de Besançon, Besançon
- Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux
- Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
- Grand Théâtre, Dijon (Opéra de Dijon)
- Opéra de Lille, Lille
- Opéra Théâtre de Limoges, Limoges
- Nouvel Opéra, Lyon
- Opéra de Marseille, Marseille
- Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, Metz
- Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
- Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy
- Théâtre Graslin, Nantes
- Opéra de Nice, Nice
- Opéra Bastille, Paris
- Opéra Comique, Paris
- Palais Garnier, Paris
- Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
- Reims Opera House, Reims
- Opéra de Rennes, Rennes
- Opéra de Rouen, Rouen
- Opéra de Saint-ÃÂtienne, Saint-ÃÂtienne
- Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg
- Opéra de Toulon, Toulon
- Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse
- Opéra de Tours, Tours
- Royal Opera of Versailles, Versailles
Germany
- Aalto Theatre, Essen
- Alte Oper (former opera house), Frankfurt
- Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau
- Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre), Bayreuth
- Cologne Opera, Cologne
- Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich
- Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera of the Rhine), Düsseldorf
- Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin German Opera), Berlin
- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Weimar
- Dortmund Opera, Dortmund
- Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg
- Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival Theatre), Baden-Baden
- Halle Opera House, Halle
- Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), Hamburg
- Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- Opernhaus Kiel, Kiel
- Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin
- Kroll Opera House, Berlin (destroyed in 1943)
- Landestheater Altenburg
- Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth
- Mecklenburg State Theatre, Schwerin
- Das Meininger Theater, Meiningen
- Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
- National Theatre Munich (Bavarian State Opera), Munich
- Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim
- Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg (Lower Saxony)
- Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
- Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera), Frankfurt
- Oper Leipzig (Leipzig Opera), Leipzig
- Opernhaus am Taschenberg, Dresden (changed to church in 1708, demolished in 1888)
- Opernhaus am Zwinger, Dresden (1719, destroyed 1849)
- Opernhaus Dortmund, Dortmund
- Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
- Opernhaus Wuppertal, Wuppertal
- Prinzregententheater, Munich
- Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarbrücken
- Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen
- Semperoper (Saxon State Opera), Dresden
- Staatsoper Hannover, Hanover
- Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Berlin
- Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
- Staatstheater Braunschweig, Braunschweig
- Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt
- Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel
- Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz
- Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nuremberg
- Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven
- Stadttheater Minden, Minden
- Theater Bonn, Bonn
- Theater Bremen, Bremen
- Theater Chemnitz, Chemnitz
- Theater Duisburg, Duisburg
- Theater Erfurt, Erfurt
- Theater Heidelberg, Heidelberg
- Theater Lübeck, Lübeck
- Theater Münster, Münster
- Theater Trier, Trier
- Theater Ulm, Ulm
Greece
Georgia
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
- Arena di Verona, Verona
- Opera di Firenze, Florence
- Sferisterio, Macerata
- Teatro Alessandro Bonci, Cesena
- Teatro Alfieri, Asti
- Teatro Alfieri, Florence
- Teatro Alfieri, Turin
- Teatro alla Scala, Milan
- Teatro Apollo, Lecce
- Teatro Biondo, Palermo
- Teatro Argentina, Rome
- Teatro Augusteo, Naples
- Teatro Bellini, Naples
- Teatro Capranica, Rome
- Teatro Carignano, Turin
- Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II, Messina
- Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa
- Teatro Civico, Sassari
- Teatro Civico, Tortona
- Teatro Garibaldi, Enna
- Teatro Coccia, Novara
- Teatro Luigi Pirandello, Agrigento
- Teatro Comunale, Alessandria
- Teatro Comunale, Bologna
- Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
- Teatro Comunale, Florence, cast off in 2014 (and later dismantled)<br />and substituted by the newly built
- Teatro Comunale, Modena
- Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna
- Teatro Comunale Carlo Gesualdo, Avellino
- Teatro Re Grillo, Licata
- Teatro Communale G. B. Pergolesi, Jesi
- Teatro Comunale Gabriello Chiabrera, Savona
- Teatro Communale Ponchielli, Cremona
- Teatro Bellini, Palermo
- Teatro Finocchiaro, Palermo
- Teatro Comunale Umberto Giordano, Foggia
- Teatro Comunale Margherita, Racalmuto
- Teatro Comunale Vittorio Emanuele, Benevento
- Teatro Curci, Barletta
- Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome
- Teatro del Giglio, Lucca
- Teatro Regina Margherita, Caltanissetta
- Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan
- Teatro degli Industri, Grosseto
- Teatro comunale Vittoria Colonna, Vittoria
- Teatro della Gran Guardia, Livorno
- Teatro della Pergola, Florence
- Teatro delle Muse, Ancona
- Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo
- Teatro La Fenice, Venice
- Teatro Garibaldi, Piazza Armerina
- Teatro Lirico, Milan
- Teatro Lirico, Cagliari
- Teatro Filarmonico, Verona
- Teatro Selinus, Castelvetrano
- Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria
- Teatro Fraschini, Pavia
- Teatro Garibaldi, Modica
- Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto
- Teatro Grande, Brescia
- Teatro Comunale, Noto
- Teatro Lirico, Milan
- Teatro Lirico, Cagliari
- Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste
- Teatro Malibran, Venice
- Teatro Marrucino, Chieti
- Teatro Massimo, Palermo
- Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
- Teatro Mario Del Monaco, Treviso
- Teatro Comunale Eliodoro Sollima, Marsala
- Teatro Mercadante, Naples
- Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia
- Teatro Municipale, Piacenza
- Teatro comunale, Siracusa
- Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia
- Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno
- Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari
- Teatro Piccinni, Bari
- Teatro Sangiorgi, Catania
- Teatro Politeama, Catanzaro
- Teatro Politeama, Lecce
- Teatro Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo
- Teatro Regio Ducale, Milan (burned down in 1776; replaced by Teatro alla Scala)
- Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma
- Teatro Regio Torino, Turin
- Teatro Rossini, Lugo
- Teatro Rossini, Pesaro
- Teatro San Carlo, Naples
- Teatro Sannazzaro, Naples
- Teatro Sociale, Como
- Teatro Sociale di Mantova, Mantua
- Teatro Verdi, Padua
- Teatro Verdi, Pisa
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Netherlands
North Macedonia
- National Opera and Ballet
Norway
Poland
- Baltic State Opera, GdaÃ
Âsk
- Teatr Muzyczny w Gdyni, Gdynia
- Court Opera in Ã
Âazienki complex, Warsaw
- Forest Opera, Sopot
- Grand Theatre, Ã
ÂódÃ
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- Great Theatre, PoznaÃ
Â, PoznaÃ
Â
- Kraków Chamber Opera, Kraków
- Opera in the castle, Szczecin
- Opera Krakowska, Kraków
- Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz
- Opera Podlaska, BiaÃ
Âystok
- Polish National Opera (Great Theatre), Warsaw
- Silesian Opera, Bytom
- Teatr Muzyczny w Lublinie, Lublin
- Warsaw Chamber Opera, Warsaw
- WrocÃ
Âaw Opera, WrocÃ
Âaw
- Polish Royal Opera, Warsaw
Portugal
Romania
- BraÃÂov Opera, BraÃÂov
- Cluj Hungarian Opera, Cluj-Napoca
- Comic Opera House for Children, Bucharest
- Craiova Romanian Opera, Craiova
- Ion Dacian National Operetta Theatre, Bucharest
- Nae Leonard National Opera and Operetta Theatre, GalaÃÂi
- Oleg Danovski National Opera and Ballet Theatre, ConstanÃÂa
- Romanian National Opera, Bucharest
- Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca
- Romanian National Opera, IaÃÂi
- Romanian National Opera, TimiÃÂoara
Russia
- Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Astrakhan
- Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ufa
- Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
- Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ulan-Ude
- The Chelyabinsk state academic opera and ballet theatre of M.I.Glinka, Chelyabinsk
- Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary
- Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ekaterinburg
- Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Moscow
- Helikon Opera, Moscow
- Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
- Magnitogorsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Magnitogorsk
- Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
- Mikhaylovsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
- Moscow Operetta Theatre, Moscow
- Musa Calil Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kazan
- Natalya Sats Musical Theater, Moscow
- Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow
- Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
- Pokrovsky Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre, Moscow
- Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Nizhny Novgorod
- Pyotr Illytch Tchaikovsky Perm Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
- Republic Sakha â Yakutia State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yakutsk
- Rostov State Opera and Ballet, Rostov
- Samara State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Samara
- Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yoshkar-Ola
- Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater, Saratov
- St Petersburg Chamber Opera, Saint Petersburg
- Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Academic Theatre, Moscow
- State Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk
- Taganrog Theatre, Taganrog
- Tsaritsynskaya opera, Volgograd
- Voronezh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Voronezh
- Zazerkalie, Saint Petersburg
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
- Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, Bilbao
- Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
- Kursaal Palace, San Sebastián
- Mozart Hall, Zaragoza
- Palacio de la ÃÂpera, A Coruña
- Palau de les Arts Reina SofÃÂa, Valencia
- Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao
- Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo
- Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville
- Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid
- Teatre La FarÃÂ ndula, Sabadell
- Teatre Principal, Barcelona (now closed)
- Teatre Principal de Maó, Mahón
- Teatro Real, Madrid
- Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Sweden
- Confidencen, Solna (Stockholm)
- Drottningholm Palace Theatre (Drottningholms Slottsteater), Drottningholm (Stockholm)
- Folkoperan, Stockholm
- Gothenburg Opera (GöteborgsOperan), Gothenburg
- Läckö Castle Opera, Lidköping
- Malmö Opera (Malmö Opera), Malmö
- Norrland Opera, UmeÃÂ¥
- Royal Swedish Opera (Kungliga Operan), Stockholm
- Vadstena Academy, Vadstena
- Wermland Opera, Karlstad
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom and Dependencies
England
- Opera House, Buxton
- English National Opera, London
- Garsington Opera, Buckinghamshire
- Glyndebourne, East Sussex
- Grand Opera House, York
- The Grange Festival, Northington, Hampshire
- Grange Park Opera, Horsley, Surrey
- Lowry Centre, Salford
- Opera House, Manchester
- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
- Sadler's Wells (Sadler's Wells Theatre), London
- Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Wakefield Opera House (became cinema 1920s), Wakefield
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Isle of Man
Jersey
North America
Canada
- Dofasco Centre for the Performing Arts, Hamilton Opera, Hamilton, Ontario
- Elgin Theatre, Opera Atelier, Toronto, Ontario
- Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (Canadian Opera Company), Toronto, Ontario
- Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Manitoba Opera, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (Edmonton Opera), Edmonton, Alberta
- Opera Lyra Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
- Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Vancouver Opera), Vancouver, British Columbia
- Royal Theatre, Pacific Opera Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
- Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, a theatre of the Place des Arts (Montréal Opera), Montréal, Quebec
- Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
- Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (Calgary Opera), Calgary, Alberta
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Honduras
Mexico
United States
- Abraham Chavez Theatre (El Paso Opera), El Paso, Texas
- Academy of Music (Opera Company of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
- Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth Opera), Fort Worth, Texas
- Benedum Center (Pittsburgh Opera), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Boston Opera House (1909), Boston
- Boston Opera House (1980), Boston
- Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center (Houston Grand Opera), Houston
- California Theater (Opera San Jose), San Jose, California
- Carpenter Theater (Virginia Opera), Richmond, Virginia
- Central City Opera House (Central City Opera), Central City, Colorado
- Civic Opera House (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Chicago
- Civic Theatre Opera House (San Diego Opera), San Diego
- Clowes Memorial Hall (Indianapolis Opera), Indianapolis
- Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre,(Atlanta Opera) Atlanta
- Crosby Theatre (Santa Fe Opera), Santa Fe, New Mexico
- David H. Koch Theater (formerly New York State Theater; formerly New York City Opera venue), New York
- Des Moines Metro Opera, Indianola, Iowa
- Detroit Opera House (Michigan Opera Theater), Detroit
- Dicapo Opera Theater (Dicapo Opera), New York City
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles Opera), Los Angeles
- Duchamp Opera House (1830) (Le Petit Paris), St. Martinville, Louisiana
- Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Opera Colorado), Denver
- French Opera House, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Harrison Opera House (Virginia Opera), Norfolk, Virginia
- Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
- Howell Opera House, Howell, Michigan
- Jefferson Performing Arts Center (Jefferson Performing Arts Society), Metairie, Louisiana
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House (Washington National Opera), Washington, D.C.
- Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Lyric Opera of Kansas City), Kansas City, Missouri
- Lyric Opera House (Baltimore Opera), Baltimore
- Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts (New Orleans Opera) New Orleans
- Marcus Center (Florentine Opera), Milwaukee
- McCaw Hall (Seattle Opera), Seattle
- Mercury Opera House, Rochester, New York
- Metropolitan Opera House (Metropolitan Opera), New York
- Moores Opera House (Moores School of Music, University of Houston), Houston
- Music Hall (Cincinnati Opera), Cincinnati
- New York State Theater (See David H. Koch Theater) (formerly New York City Opera), New York
- Newberry Opera House (South Carolina Opera and Asheville Lyric Opera), Newberry, South Carolina
- Peabody Opera House, in St. Louis
- Plaza Theatre, in El Paso, Texas
- Rapides Opera House, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Reynolds Hall, Las Vegas
- River Center Theater for Performing Arts (Opéra Louisiane), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- RiverView Theater (Shreveport Opera), Shreveport, Louisiana
- Sarasota Opera House (Sarasota Opera), Sarasota, Florida
- Segerstrom Hall (Opera Pacific), Costa Mesa, California
- Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia
- Theatre de la Renaissance, New Orleans
- Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre, New Orleans
- Théâtre d'Orléans, New Orleans
- War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco Opera), San Francisco
- Winspear Opera House (Dallas Opera), Dallas,
- Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami
Oceania
Australia
- Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
- Athenaeum, Melbourne
- Canberra Theatre, Canberra
- His Majesty's Theatre, Western Australia, Perth
- Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane
- State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne (also known as the Victorian Arts Centre), Melbourne
- Sydney Opera House, Sydney
- Theatre Royal, Hobart, Tasmania
New Zealand
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
- Casa Teatro, Santa Cruz
- Teatro René Moreno, Santa Cruz
Brazil
- Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
- Teatro Arthur Azevedo, São LuÃÂs
- Theatro da Paz, Belém
- Teatro José de Alencar, Fortaleza
- Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), Rio de Janeiro
- Teatro Coliseu, Santos
- Teatro Guarany, Santos
- Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), São João da Boa Vista
- Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theatre), São Paulo
- Teatro Pedro II, Ribeirão Preto
- Teatro São Pedro, Porto Alegre
- Theatro São Pedro, São Paulo
- Teatro Santa Isabel, Recife
- Wire Opera House, Curitiba
- Theatro Municipal de Niterói, Niterói
- Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte
- Cine-Theatro Central, Juiz de Fora
- Teatro Carlos Gomes, Vitória
- Teatro Municipal Casa da ÃÂpera, Ouro Preto
- Teatro Deodoro, Maceió
- Teatro Alberto Maranhão, Natal
- Teatro Tobias Barreto, Aracaju
- Teatro GuaÃÂra, Curitiba
- Theatro Sete de Abril, Pelotas
- Teatro Esperança, Jaguarão
- Theatro Guarany, Pelotas
- Teatro Santa Roza, João Pessoa
- Teatro Renault, São Paulo
- Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro, BrasÃÂlia
- Teatro Sete de Setembro, Penedo
- Teatro Goiânia, Goiânia
- Teatro Polytheama, JundiaÃÂ
- Teatro ÃÂlvaro de Carvalho, Florianópolis
- Teatro Castro Alves, Salvador
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
See also
References
Further reading
- Allison, John (ed.), Great Opera Houses of the World, supplement to Opera magazine, London 2003
- Beauvert, Thierry, Opera Houses of the World, The Vendôme Press, New York, 1995.
- Lynn, Karyl Charna, Opera: the Guide to Western Europe's Great Houses, Santa Fe, New Mexico: John Muir Publications, 1991.
- Lynn, Karyl Charna, Italian Opera Houses and Festivals, Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2005.
- Plantamura, Carol, The Opera Lover's Guide to Europe, Citadel Press, 1996,