Back Teatro Municipal de Ciudad Ho Chi Minh Spanish Hồ Chí Minhin kaupunginteatteri Finnish Théâtre municipal de Hô Chi Minh-Ville French Teatro Municipale di Saigon Italian ホーチミン市民劇場 Japanese មហោស្រពទីក្រុងហូជីមិញ (ព្រៃនគរ) Cambodian 호찌민 시립 극장 Korean Teatro de opera de site de Ho Chi Minh LFN Opera van Ho Chi Minhstad Dutch Ópera de Saigon Portuguese
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| Saigon Opera House | |
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Nhà hát Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | |
 The opera house in 2014 | |
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| Alternative names | Municipal Opera House |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Opera house, municipal theater |
| Architectural style | Flamboyant |
| Address | 7 Lam Son Square, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Town or city | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 10°46′36.12″N 106°42′11.59″E / 10.7767000°N 106.7032194°E |
| Construction started | 1898 |
| Opened | 1 January 1900 |
| Renovated | 1955, 1998, 2007-2009 |
| Renovation cost | VND$25 billion (~US$3.3 million in 2024) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Félix Olivier |
| Civil engineer | Ernst Guichard, Eugène Ferret |
| Other information | |
| Seating type | Cushion |
| Seating capacity | 500 |
| Public transit access | 1 Opera House station |
| Website | |
| hbso | |
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. Alike other French-built opera houses during French colonial period, including Hanoi Opera House and Haiphong Opera House, it is an example of French Colonial architecture in Vietnam.
Designed by French architects as the Opéra de Saïgon, the building was completed in 1900. The 500-seat building served as the house of the unicameral National Assembly from 1956 until 1967 and subsequently as the seat of bicameral chambers: Lower House (Hạ Nghị Viện) and a Senate or Upper House (Thượng Nghị Viện) of the National Assembly of South Vietnam. It housed the People's Congress of Deputies (Đại hội đại biểu Nhân dân) of the Republic of South Vietnam in 1975. It was not until 1976 that it was again used as a theatre. The façade was restored in 1998.