At the Opera House

{{Infobox album|

| name = At the Opera House

| type = Live

| artist = Ella Fitzgerald

| cover = EllaAtTheOperaHouse.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1958

| recorded = September 29, 1957
Chicago Opera House, Chicago
October 7, 1957
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 32:10 (original LP)
59:20 (CD reissue)

| label = Verve
MGV-8264

| producer = Norman Granz

| prev_title = Porgy and Bess

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport

| next_year = 1958

}}

At the Opera House is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald. The album presents a recording of the 1957 Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts. This series of live jazz concerts was devised by Fitzgerald's manager Norman Granz; they ran from 1944 to 1983. Featured on this occasion, in 1957, are Fitzgerald and the leading jazz players of the day in an onstage jam session. The first half of the 1990 CD edition includes a performance that was recorded on September 29, 1957, at the Chicago Opera House, whilst the second half highlights the concert recorded on October 7, 1957, at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles. The original LP obviously included only the mono tracks (#10–18).

This album is typical of Ella's concert repertoire in the mid 1950s, singing swing standards, and songs referencing her recent 'Songbook' series, in this case, the Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart songbooks.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote, "this album is mostly recommended to her greatest fans. However, the music is wonderful, there are variations between the different versions, and her voice was at its prime".

For the 1986 Verve CD re-issue Ella Fitzgerald at the Opera House, Verve 831-269-2

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Yanow |title= Ella at the Opera House > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r138687 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 28, 2011}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=491}}

}}