Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Opera house" in English language version.
Opera was always popular among ordinary people as well as among the rich, so that there was a large audience available.
The term 'opera house' is indeed misleading, and intentionally so; it provides a veneer of social and cultural respectability and avoids the stigma of the title 'theater.'
Opera was always popular among ordinary people as well as among the rich, so that there was a large audience available.