Editing Opera house (section)

== Other uses of the term ==
In the 19th-century United States, many theaters were given the name "opera house", even ones where opera was seldom if ever performed. Opera was viewed as a more respectable art form than [[theater]]; calling a local theater an "opera house" therefore served to elevate it and overcome objections from those who found the theater morally objectionable.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Condee |first=William Faricy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtp1tGLBYToC&pg=PA6 |title=Coal and Culture: Opera Houses in Appalachia |publisher=Ohio University Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-8214-1588-3 |location=Athens, Ohio |pages=6 |quote=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.'}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Name Opera House|date=March 7, 1885|work=Dramatic Mirror}}</ref>