thumb|Exterior view of Coates Opera House The '''Coates Opera House''' was a prominent performing arts venue and cultural landmark in Kansas City, Missouri<ref>Snell and Kelley, pg. 17, citing Albrecht, pgs. 2-6</ref> from its founding in 1870 to its destruction in a fire in 1901.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04EFDC143FE433A25752C0A9649C946097D6CF New York Times: KANSAS CITY THEATRE BURNED.; Coates Opera House a Complete Loss -- "L'Aiglon" Was Booked for Monday.]</ref> It was built by Kersey Coates, a local hotelier. The House was the first legitimate theater in Kansas City.<ref>[http://kclibrary.org/localhistory/exhibits/theaters/coates.htm Bygone Theaters: Coates Opera House] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119030153/http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/exhibits/theaters/coates.htm |date=2005-11-19 }}</ref> It was located on the northwest corner of 10th and Broadway.
''Heart and Sword'', starring Walker Whiteside and Leilia Wolstan was the last performance in the theatre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Last Night at the Opera|url=http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/last-night-opera-house|publisher=Kansas City Public Library|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref>
Playwright and actor John A. Stevens managed the opera house for the 1871–72 and 1872–73 seasons (its second and third seasons).
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==References==
* {{cite book|title=Bugle Resounding: Music and Musicians of the Civil War Era|author=National Conference on Music of the Civil War Era|editor=Mark A. Snell |editor2=Bruce C. Kelley|year=2004|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=0-8262-1538-6}} * {{cite journal|title=Music in Kansas City Before the Civil War|journal=Mid-West Notebook|volume=1|issue=1|date=May 1992|first=Theodore|last=Albrecht}}
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