Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Large Theater Stages. [ARTICLE]

Large Theater Stages.

The largest stage in this country Is that of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York city. It is 101 feet wide, 89 feet deep and 77 feet high. The Auditorium, Chicago, has a stage 100 by 78 feet and 90 feet high. The Music hall, St. Louis, has oue 120 by 61 feet and 75 feet high. The figures of height refer to the distance from the stage to the rigging loft. The largest stage in the world is that of the Paris Grand Opera, which is 100 feet wide by nearly 200 feet deep and 80 feet high. We have no figures for other foreign stages.