List of opera companies in Europe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This inclusive list of opera companies in Europe contains European opera companies with entries in the Wikipedia plus other particularly noted companies based there. For opera companies from other continents, see List of important opera companies.

Contents

[edit] Albania

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Teatri i Operas dhe Baletit Tirana


[edit] Armenia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Armenia National Opera and Ballet Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre Yerevan

[edit] Austria

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
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
Sirene Operntheater Vienna
Volksoper Wien Vienna
Wiener Kammeroper Vienna
Wiener Staatsoper Vienna

[edit] Azerbaijan

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Baku


[edit] Belarus

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
National Academic Big Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus Minsk

[edit] Belgium

Name of opera 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 Liège

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Bosnian National Opera National Theatre in Sarajevo Sarajevo

[edit] Bulgaria

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Rousse State Opera Rousse
National Opera and Ballet Sofia Sofia
Opera Theatre Varna

[edit] Croatia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Croatian National Theatre Zagreb

[edit] Cyprus

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Paphos Aphrodite Festival The Medieval Pafos Castle Pafos

[edit] Czech Republic

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Národní divadlo v Praze National Theatre (Prague) Prague
Státní Opera Praha Prague National Theatre Opera Prague
Stavovské divadlo Estates Theatre Prague

[edit] Denmark

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Aarhus KammerOpera Aarhus
Aarhus Sommeropera Aarhus
Den Jyske Opera Aarhus
Det Kongelige Teater Copenhagen
Det Nordjyske Operakompagni Skørping

[edit] Estonia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Estonian National Opera Tallinn

[edit] European Union

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
European Union Opera Baden-Baden

[edit] Finland

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Suomen Kansallisooppera Helsinki
Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlat Savonlinna

[edit] France

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Opéra de Bordeaux Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux Bordeaux
Les Azuriales Opera Festival Cap Ferrat
Théâtre Imperial de Compiègne Compiègne
Opéra National de Lyon Nouvel Opéra Lyon
Opéra de Marseille Opéra Municipal Marseille
Opera Theatre de Massy Massy
Opéra Théâtre de Metz Metz
Angers Nantes Opera Nantes
Opéra de Nice Nice
Les Arts Florissants Paris
Opéra National de Paris Palais Garnier and L’Opéra de la Bastille Paris
Opéra-Comique Salle Favart Paris
Théâtre du Châtelet Paris
Opéra de Normandie Rouen
Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg-Colmar-Mulhouse
Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse

[edit] Georgia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Academy Theatre Tbilisi

[edit] Germany

[edit] Baden-Württemberg

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Rossini in Wildbad Bad Wildbad
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Nationaltheater Mannheim Mannheim
Staatstheater Stuttgart Stuttgart
Ulmer Theater Ulm

[edit] Bavaria

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Opernstudio der Region Nürnberg Erlangen
Theater Hof Hof

[edit] Bayern

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth
Richard Wagner Festspiele Bayreuth
Bayerische Staatsoper Nationaltheater München München
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz München
Staatstheater Nürnberg Nürnberg
Pocket Opera Company Nürnberg
Mainfranken Theater Würzburg Würzburg

[edit] Berlin

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Komische Oper Berlin Berlin
Deutsche Oper Berlin Berlin
Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin

[edit] Brandenburg

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Staatstheater Cottbus Cottbus

[edit] Bremen

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Bremer Theater Bremen

[edit] Darmstadt

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Staatstheater Darmstadt Darmstadt

[edit] Hamburg

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Staatsoper Hamburg Hamburg

[edit] Hessen

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Oper Frankfurt Frankfurt
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden Wiesbaden

[edit] Niedersachsen

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Staatstheater Braunschweig Braunschweig

[edit] Nordrhein-Westfalen

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
Junge Kammeroper Köln Cologne
Oper der Stadt Köln Cologne
Theater Dortmund Dortmund
Deutsche Oper am Rhein Opernhaus Düsseldorf and Theater Duisburg Düsseldorf
Aalto Theater Essen Essen
Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen
Theater Hagen Hagen
Städtische Bühnen Münster Münster
Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal

[edit] Sachsen

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden Dresden
Oper Leipzig Leipzig

[edit] Sachsen-Anhalt

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Opernhaus Halle Halle

[edit] Saxony

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Oper Chemnitz Chemnitz

[edit] Schleswig-Holstein

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Junge Oper Lübeck Lübeck

[edit] Thüringen

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Thüringer Landestheater Eisenach and Rudolstadt
Erfurter Opernhaus Erfurt
Bühnen der Stadt Gera Gera

[edit] Greece

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Greek National Opera Olympia Theatre (Maria Callas Central Stage) Athens

[edit] Hungary

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Magyar Állami Operaház Budapest

[edit] Iceland

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
The Icelandic Opera Reykjavik

[edit] Republic of Ireland

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Anna Livia International Opera Festival Dublin
The Drawing Room Opera Company Dublin
Opera Ireland Dublin
Opera Theatre Company Dublin
Wexford Festival Opera Wexford

[edit] Italy

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Opera Barga Festival Barga
Teatro Donizetti Bergamo
Teatro Comunale Bologna
Nuovo Teatro Comunale Bolzano
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Cagliari
Teatro Massimo Bellini Catania
Teatro Ponchielli Cremona
Teatro Comunale di Firenze Teatro Comunale Florence Firenze
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Teatro Comunale Florence Florence
Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa
Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini Teatro Pergolesi, Spontini Theatre, Comunale Theatre, and Ferrari Theatre Jesi, Maiolati Spontini, Montecarotto, and San Marcello
Teatro Comunale G. B. Pergolesi Jesi
JesolOpera Jesolo
Teatro alla Scala Milan
Teatro Comunale Modena Modena
Teatro di San Carlo Naples
Teatro Massimo Palermo
Teatro Regio di Parma Parma
Teatro Fraschini Pavia
Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro
Teatro di Pisa Pisa
Ravenna Festival Ravenna
Operafestival di Roma Rome
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Rome
Teatro Lirico Sperimentale Spoleto
Opera InCanto Terni
Teatro Regio di Torino Turin
Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi Trieste
Teatro la Fenice Venice
Arena di Verona Verona

[edit] Latvia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Latvian National Opera Riga
Lietuvos Nacionalinis Operos Vilnius, Latvia

[edit] Liechtenstein

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Opera Vaduz Vaduz

[edit] Lithuania

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Lietuvos Nacionalinis Operos Vilnius

[edit] Luxembourg

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg Luxembourg

[edit] Republic of Macedonia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Macedonian National Theatre Skopje

[edit] Malta

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Teatru Manoel Valletta

[edit] Monaco

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Opéra de Monte-Carlo Salle Garnier Monte Carlo

[edit] The Netherlands

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
De Nederlandse Opera Het Muziektheater Amsterdam
Het Muziektheater Het Muziektheater Amsterdam
Opera Minora Het Muziektheater Amsterdam
OperaViva! Het Muziektheater Amsterdam
Nationale Reisopera Enschede
Stichting Opera Groningen Groningen
Opera Zuid Maastricht

[edit] Norway

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Operaen i Kristiansund Kristiansund
Den Norske Opera Oslo

[edit] Poland

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Opera Slaska Bytom
Opera i Operetka w Szczecinie Szczecin
Polish National Opera Teatr Wielki, Warsaw Warsaw
Warszawska Opera Kameralna Warsaw
Opera Wroclawska Wroclawska
Baltic State Opera Gdansk

[edit] Portugal

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Companhia Portuguesa de Opera Lisbon
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisbon

[edit] Romania

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Romanian National Opera Bucharest
Cluj-Napoca Romanian Opera Cluj-Napoca

[edit] Russia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Krasnoyarskiy Gosudarstvennïy Teatr Operï i Baleta Krasnoyarsk
Amadei Music Theatre Moscow
Bolshoi Theatre Moscow
Helikon Opera Theater Moscow
Moscow City Opera Moscow
Stanislavsky-Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre Moscow
Novaya Opera Moscow
Novosibirsk State Opera Novosibirsk
Permskiy Akademicheskiy Teatr Operï i Baleta Im. P. I. Chaykovskovo Perm
Mariinsky Opera Mariinsky Theatre St. Peterburg
Mikhaylovsky Theatre St. Peterburg
St. Petersburg Chamber Opera Company St. Peterburg
Saratovskiy Akademicheskiy Teatr Operï i Baleta Saratov

[edit] Serbia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
National Theatre in Belgrade Belgrade

[edit] Slovakia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Slovak National Theatre Bratislava

[edit] Slovenia

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
The Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana

[edit] Spain

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Amics de l'Òpera de Sabadell Barcelona
Liceu Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona
Teatro Real Madrid
Teatro Cervantes Málaga
Opera de Oviedo Oviedo
Teatro de la Maestranza Sevilla

[edit] Sweden

Name of opera 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

[edit] Switzerland

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Theater Basel Basel
StadtTheater Bern Bern
Grand Théâtre de Genève Geneva
Opéra-Studio de Genève Geneva
Opéra de Lausanne Lausanne
Opernhaus Zürich Zürich

[edit] Turkey

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Turkish State Opera and Ballet Turkey

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Bampton Classical Opera Bampton, Oxfordshire
Birmingham Opera Company Birmingham
Buxton Festival Buxton Opera House Buxton
Medway Opera Chatham
Bel Canto Opera Cheltenham
The New Opera Company Derby Derby
White Horse Opera Devizes, Wilts
Garsington Opera Garsington Manor Garsington, Oxon
Opera South Haslemere, Surrey
Leeds Youth Opera Leeds
Opera North Grand Theatre Leeds Leeds
Glyndebourne Festival Opera Glyndebourne near Lewes
British Youth Opera London
Camberwell Pocket Opera London
The Classical Opera Company London
The Company of Singers London
English National Opera London Coliseum London
English Touring Opera London
Hatstand Opera London
Imperial Productions London
Modern Music Theatre Troupe London
Opera A La Carte London
Opera Holland Park London
Opera Integra London
Opera Interludes and London Festival Opera London
Pegasus Opera Company London
The Royal Opera Royal Opera House London
Tête à Tête London
University College Opera The UCL Bloomsbury London
W11 Opera London
Longborough Festival Opera Longborough, Glos
Marlow Amateur Operatic Society Marlow
Grange Park Opera near New Alresford, Hants
Kennet Opera Newbury
Opera della Luna Oxford
Peterborough Opera Peterborough
First Act Opera International Suffolk
London Opera Players Surrey
AAC presents Opera for All Wembley
Candlelight Opera Windsor
York Opera York

[edit] Northern Ireland

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Castleward Opera Strangford Lough

[edit] Scotland

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Naked Opera Glasgow
Opera on a Shoestring Glasgow
Scottish Opera Theatre Royal, Glasgow Glasgow

[edit] Wales

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Welsh National Opera Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff
Swansea City Opera Swansea

[edit] Ukraine

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Lviv State Opera and Ballet Lviv
v • d • e
Opera lists