Théâtre du Capitole, Opera house in Place du Capitole, Toulouse, France

The Théâtre du Capitole is an opera house integrated into the central municipal complex at Place du Capitole, displaying classical French architecture with seating for around 1,156 people in its main hall. The venue hosts opera performances, ballet productions, and classical music concerts throughout the year.

The theatre began in 1736 as a salle du jeu de spectacle designed by Guillaume Cammas inside the Capitole, the city's municipal building. After years of neglect it was rebuilt in 1818, damaged by fire in 1917, then restored in 1923 by Paul Pujol in a neo-baroque style. Front-of-house areas were modernised in 1996, and in October 2021 the institution received the "Opéra national en région" label.

The house keeps a permanent mixed choir of 45 singers, a 35-dancer ballet company and its own orchestra, the Orchestre national du Capitole. Since October 2021 it has held the label "Opéra national en région". Its name comes from the Capitole, the city hall whose walls it occupies on the square of the same name.

The theatre occupies a curved corner of the Capitole complex on Place du Capitole, entered through the dark wooden double door under the fanlight; the notice board beside it lists the season. The house seats 1,156, and performances are also staged at the Halle aux grains and the Casino-théâtre Barrière, so check which venue a given date uses.

The theatre's ballet company became one of France's leading classical and neoclassical troupes after Nanette Glushak took over its direction in 1994, training it in the Balanchine repertoire until her departure in July 2012. The company numbers 35 dancers.