List of opera companies in Europe
This inclusive list of opera companies in Europe contains European opera companies with entries in Wikipedia plus other companies based there. Within the sections for each country, the arrangement is alphabetical by location. For a list of the most important opera companies in the world, see Lists of opera companies. For more inclusive lists of opera companies from other regions, see:
- List of Latin American and South American opera companies
- List of North American opera companies,
- List of opera companies in Africa and the Middle East
- List of opera companies in Asia, Australia, and Oceania
Albania
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Teatri i Operas dhe Baletit | Tirana |
Armenia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Armenia National Opera and Ballet | Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet Named after Alexander Spendiarian | Yerevan |
Austria
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Bregenzer Festspiele | Bregenz | |
OpernAir Gars | Gars am Kamp | |
Oper Graz | Graz | |
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik | Innsbruck | |
Tiroler Landestheater | Innsbruck | |
Landestheater Linz | Linz | |
Opera da Camera Linz | Linz | |
Osterfestspiele Salzburg | Salzburg | |
Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg | |
St. Margarethen Opera Festival | Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland | |
Jugendstiltheater | Vienna | |
Razumovsky Ensemble | Vienna | |
Musiktheatertage Wien Festival | Vienna | |
Sirene Operntheater | Vienna | |
Volksoper Wien | Vienna | |
Wiener Kammeroper | Vienna | |
Wiener Staatsoper | Vienna |
Azerbaijan
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre | Baku |
Belarus
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus | Minsk |
Belgium
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Muziektheater Transparant | Antwerp | |
De Vlaamse Opera | Antwerp | |
Zomeropera Alden Biesen | Bilzen | |
La Monnaie (De Munt) | Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie | Brussels |
Opéra Royal de Wallonie | Opéra Royal de Liège | Liège |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Bosnian National Opera | National Theatre in Sarajevo | Sarajevo |
Bulgaria
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Rousse State Opera | Rousse | |
National Opera and Ballet | Sofia | |
Varna Opera Theatre | Varna |
Croatia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Croatian National Theatre | Zagreb |
Cyprus
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus | The Medieval Pafos Castle | Pafos |
Czech Republic
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Divadlo Františka Xavera Šaldy | Liberec | |
Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla | Plzeň | |
Jihočeské divadlo | České Budějovice | |
Moravské divadlo Olomouc | Olomouc | |
National Theatre (Prague) | National Theatre (Prague) Estates Theatre | Prague |
National Theatre (Brno) | Janáček Theatre | Brno |
Národní divadlo moravskoslezské | Divadlo Antonína Dvořáka | Ostrava |
Prague State Opera | Prague | |
Severočeské divadlo opery a baletu Ústí nad Labem | Ústí nad Labem |
Denmark
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Aarhus KammerOpera | Aarhus | |
Aarhus Sommeropera | Aarhus | |
Den Jyske Opera | Aarhus | |
Det Kongelige Teater | Copenhagen | |
Det Nordjyske Operakompagni | Skørping |
Estonia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Estonian National Opera | Tallinn |
European Union
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
European Union Opera | Baden-Baden |
Finland
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Suomen Kansallisooppera | Helsinki | |
Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlat | Savonlinna |
France
Georgia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Academy Theatre | Tbilisi |
Germany
Greece
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Greek National Opera | Olympia Theatre (Maria Callas Central Stage) | Athens |
Athens Chamber Opera | Athens | |
Opera of Thessaloniki | Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies | Thessaloniki |
Corfu Chamber Opera | Municipal Theatre of Corfu | Corfu |
Hungary
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Magyar Állami Operaház | Budapest | |
Szegedi Nemzeti Színház | Szeged | |
Csokonai Nemzeti Színház | Debrecen | |
Miskolci Nemzeti Színház | Miskolc | |
Pécsi Nemzeti Színház | Pécs | |
Győri Nemzeti Színház | Győr |
Iceland
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
The Icelandic Opera | Reykjavík |
Republic of Ireland
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Anna Livia International Opera Festival | Dublin | |
The Drawing Room Opera Company | Dublin | |
Opera Ireland | Dublin | |
Opera Theatre Company | Dublin | |
Wexford Festival Opera | Wexford | |
Glasthule Opera Company | Dublin |
Italy
Latvia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Latvian National Opera | Riga |
Liechtenstein
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Opera Vaduz | Vaduz |
Lithuania
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre | Vilnius |
Luxembourg
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
Republic of Macedonia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Macedonian National Theatre | Skopje |
Malta
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Teatru Manoel | Valletta | |
Aurora Opera House | Gozo | |
Astra Theatre | Gozo |
Monaco
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Opéra de Monte-Carlo | Salle Garnier | Monte Carlo |
The Netherlands
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Dutch National Opera (formerly De Nederlandse Opera) | Dutch National Opera & Ballet | Amsterdam |
Opera Minora | Dutch National Opera & Ballet | Amsterdam |
OperaViva! | Dutch National Opera & Ballet | Amsterdam |
Nederlandse Reisopera (formerly Nationale Reisopera) | Enschede | |
Stichting Opera Groningen | Groningen | |
Opera Zuid | Maastricht |
Norway
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Operaen i Kristiansund | Kristiansund | |
Den Norske Opera | Oslo |
Poland
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Opera Slaska | Bytom | |
Opera Krakowska | Kraków | |
Teatr Wielki | Poznan | |
Opera i Operetka w Szczecinie | Szczecin | |
Polish National Opera | Teatr Wielki, Warsaw | Warszawa |
Warszawska Opera Kameralna | Warszawa | |
Opera Wroclawska | Wrocław | |
Baltic State Opera | Gdańsk |
Portugal
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Companhia Portuguesa de Opera | Lisbon | |
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos | Lisbon |
Romania
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Romanian National Opera, Bucharest | Bucharest | |
Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca | Cluj-Napoca |
Russia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theatre | Chelyabinsk | |
Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre | Ekaterinburg | |
Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre (named after Musa Jalil) | Kazan | |
Krasnoyarskiy Gosudarstvennïy Teatr Operï i Baleta | Krasnoyarsk | |
Amadei Music Theatre | Moscow | |
Bolshoi Theatre | Moscow | |
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre | Moscow | |
Helikon Opera | Moscow | |
Moscow City Opera | Moscow | |
Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre (named after Boris Pokrovsky) | Moscow | |
Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre | Moscow | |
Novaya Opera Theatre | Moscow | |
Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre | Nizhny Novgorod | |
Novosibirsk State Opera | Novosibirsk | |
Permskiy Akademichesky Teatr Opera i Ballet Im. P. I. Chaykovsky | Perm | |
Rostov State Musical Theatre | Rostov | |
Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre | Samara | |
Mariinsky Opera | Mariinsky Theatre | Saint Petersburg |
Mikhaylovsky Theatre | Saint Petersburg | |
St. Petersburg Chamber Opera Company | Saint Petersburg | |
Saratovskiy Akademicheskiy Teatr Operï i Baleta | Saratov | |
The Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre | Ufa | |
Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre | Voronezh |
Serbia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
National Theatre in Belgrade | Belgrade | |
Serbian National Theatre | Novi Sad |
Slovakia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Slovak National Theatre | Bratislava | |
Štátne divadlo Košice | Košice | |
Štátna opera | Banská Bystrica |
Slovenia
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Ljubljana Opera and Ballet Slovene National Theatre | Ljubljana Opera House | Ljubljana |
Spain
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
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Amics de l'Òpera de Sabadell | Barcelona | |
Liceu | Gran Teatre del Liceu | Barcelona |
ABAO (Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera The Bilbao Association of Friends of Opera) |
Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall | Bilbao |
Teatro Real | Madrid | |
Teatro Cervantes | Málaga | |
Opera de Oviedo | Oviedo | |
Opera de San Sebastián | Teatro Victoria Eugenia | San Sebastián |
Teatro de la Maestranza | Sevilla | |
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía | Valencia |
Sweden
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Göteborgs Operan | Gothenburg | |
Malmö Musikteater | Malmö | |
Södertäljeoperan | Södertälje | |
Drottningholms Slottsteater | Stockholm | |
Folkoperan | Stockholm | |
Kungliga Operan | Stockholm | |
Regina - Stockholms Operamathus | Stockholm | |
Royal Swedish Opera | Stockholm | |
Norrlandsoperan | Umeå |
Switzerland
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Theater Basel | Basel | |
StadtTheater Bern | Bern | |
Grand Théâtre de Genève | Geneva | |
Opéra-Studio de Genève | Geneva | |
Lausanne Opera | Lausanne | |
Opernhaus Zürich | Zürich |
Turkey
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Ankara State Opera and Ballet | Ankara Opera House | Ankara |
Antalya State Opera and Ballet | Antalya | |
Istanbul State Opera and Ballet | Atatürk Cultural Center | Istanbul |
Izmir State Opera and Ballet | Izmir | |
Mersin State Opera and Ballet | Mersin | |
Samsun State Opera and Ballet | Samsun | |
Süreyya Opera (of Kadıköy Municipality) | Süreyya Opera House | Kadikoy, Istanbul |
United Kingdom
England
Northern Ireland
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Castleward Opera | Strangford Lough |
Scotland
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Edinburgh Grand Opera| | Edinburgh | |
Fife Opera | Adam Smith Theatre | Kirkcaldy |
Naked Opera | Glasgow | |
Opera on a Shoestring | Glasgow | |
Scottish Opera | Theatre Royal, Glasgow | Glasgow |
Wales
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Welsh National Opera | Wales Millennium Centre | Cardiff |
Mid Wales Opera[8] | Theatr Hafren | Newtown |
Swansea City Opera | Swansea |
Ukraine
Company | Principal theatre | Principal location |
---|---|---|
Lviv State Opera and Ballet | Lviv |
References
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