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:

Albania

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Teatri i Operas dhe Baletit		Tirana

Armenia

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Armenia National Opera and Ballet	Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet Named after Alexander Spendiarian	Yerevan

Austria

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
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
Rousse State Opera		Rousse
National Opera and Ballet		Sofia
Varna Opera Theatre		Varna

Croatia

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Croatian National Theatre		Zagreb

Cyprus

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus	The Medieval Pafos Castle	Pafos

Czech Republic

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
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

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Angers-Nantes Opéra	Grand Théâtre d'Angers and Théâtre Graslin	Angers- Nantes
Opéra-théâtre d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse		Avignon
Opéra National de Bordeaux	Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux	Bordeaux
Les Azuriales Opera Festival		Cap Ferrat
Les Arts Florissants	Théâtre de Caen	Caen
Opéra municipal de Clermont-Ferrand		Clermont-Ferrand
Théâtre Imperial de Compiègne		Compiègne
Opéra Éclaté		Colomiers
Opéra de Lille		Lille
Opéra-théâtre de Limoges		Limoges
Opéra national de Lorraine		Lorraine
Opéra National de Lyon	Nouvel Opéra	Lyon
Opéra de Marseille	Opéra Municipal	Marseille
Opera Theatre de Massy		Massy
Opéra Théâtre de Metz		Metz
Opéra national de Montpellier		Montpellier
Opéra de Nice		Nice
Opéra National de Paris	Palais Garnier and L’Opéra de la Bastille	Paris
Opéra-Comique	Salle Favart	Paris
Théâtre du Châtelet		Paris
Grand théâtre de Provence		Provence
Grand théâtre de Reims		Reims
Opéra de Rennes		Rennes
Opéra de Normandie		Rouen
Opéra-théâtre de Saint-Étienne		Saint-Étienne
Opéra National du Rhin		Strasbourg–Colmar–Mulhouse
Opéra de Toulon		Toulon
Théâtre du Capitole		Toulouse
Grand théâtre de Tours		Tours
L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles		Versailles
Opéra de Vichy		Vichy

Georgia

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Academy Theatre		Tbilisi

Germany

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location	State
Theater Aachen		Aachen	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rossini in Wildbad		Bad Wildbad	Baden-Württemberg
Bayreuth Festival	Festspielhaus Bayreuth	Bayreuth	Bavaria
Deutsche Oper Berlin		Berlin	Berlin
Komische Oper Berlin		Berlin	Berlin
Staatsoper Unter den Linden		Berlin	Berlin
Theater Bonn	Theater der Bundesstadt	Bonn	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Staatstheater Braunschweig		Braunschweig	Niedersachsen
Theater Bremen	Stadttheater Bremen	Bremen	Bremen
Oper Chemnitz		Chemnitz	Saxony
Junge Kammeroper Köln		Cologne	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Oper der Stadt Köln		Cologne	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Staatstheater Cottbus		Cottbus	Brandenburg
Staatstheater Darmstadt		Darmstadt	Hessen
Theater Dortmund	Opernhaus Dortmund	Dortmund	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden		Dresden	Saxony
Deutsche Oper am Rhein	Opernhaus Düsseldorf and Theater Duisburg	Düsseldorf and Duisburg	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Thüringer Landestheater		Eisenach and Rudolstadt	Thüringen
Theater Erfurt		Erfurt	Thüringen
Opernstudio der Region Nürnberg		Erlangen	Bavaria
Theater Essen	Aalto Theatre	Essen	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Oper Frankfurt	Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Hessen
Musiktheater im Revier		Gelsenkirchen	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Bühnen der Stadt Gera		Gera	Thüringen
Stadttheater Giessen		Giessen	Hessen
Theater Hagen		Hagen	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Halle Opera	Opernhaus Halle	Halle	Sachsen-Anhalt
Staatsoper Hamburg		Hamburg	Hamburg
Staatsoper Hannover		Hannover	Niedersachsen
Theater Hof		Hof	Bavaria
Badisches Staatstheater		Karlsruhe	Baden-Württemberg
Oper Leipzig		Leipzig	Saxony
Junge Oper Lübeck		Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein
Nationaltheater Mannheim		Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg
Südthüringisches Staatstheater		Meiningen	Thüringen
Bayerische Staatsoper	Nationaltheater München	Munich	Bavaria
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz		Munich	Bavaria
Städtische Bühnen Münster		Münster	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Pocket Opera Company		Nürnberg	Bavaria
Staatstheater Nürnberg		Nürnberg	Bavaria
Theater Regensburg	Theater am Bismarckplatz	Regensburg	Bavaria
Kammeroper Rheinsberg		Rheinsberg	Brandenburg
Staatstheater Stuttgart		Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg
Ulmer Theater		Ulm	Baden-Württemberg
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden		Wiesbaden	Hesse
Wuppertaler Bühnen	Opernhaus Wuppertal	Wuppertal	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Mainfranken Theater Würzburg		Würzburg	Bavaria

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
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

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	Florence
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino	Teatro Comunale Florence	Florence
Teatro Carlo Felice		Genoa
Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini^[1]	Teatro Pergolesi, Spontini Theatre, Comunale Theatre, and Ferrari Theatre	Jesi, Maiolati Spontini, Montecarotto, and San Marcello
Teatro Communale G. B. Pergolesi		Jesi
JesolOpera		Jesolo
Teatro di Messina	Teatro Vittorio Emanuele	Messina
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 Municipale		Piacenza
Teatro di Pisa		Pisa
Teatro Metastasio		Prato
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

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
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
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
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

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Armonico Consort		Warwickshire
Bampton Classical Opera		Bampton, Oxfordshire
Birmingham Opera Company		Birmingham
British Youth Opera		London
Buxton Festival	Buxton Opera House	Buxton
Candlelight Opera		Windsor
Classical Opera Company		London
Company of Singers		London
Early Opera Company		London
English National Opera	London Coliseum	London
English Pocket Opera Company^[2]		London
English Touring Opera		London-based; tours many locations
First Act Opera International		Suffolk
Garsington Opera		Oxfordshire
Glyndebourne Festival Opera	Glyndebourne	near Lewes
Grange Park Opera		near New Alresford, Hants
Hampstead Garden Opera		London
Hatstand Opera		London
Imperial Productions		London
Leeds Youth Opera		Leeds
London Opera Players, The New^[3]		Surrey
Longborough Festival Opera		Longborough, Glos
Modern Music Theatre Troupe		London
New Chamber Opera		Oxford
Opera A La Carte		London
Opera Anywhere^[4]		Sunningwell, Oxfordshire
Opera della Luna^[5]		Oxford
Opera for All^[6]		Wembley
Opera Holland Park		London
Opera Integra		London
Opera Interludes / London Festival Opera		London and elsewhere
Opera Lyrica		Oxford
Opera North	Grand Theatre Leeds	Leeds
Opera Seria	Studio Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music	Manchester^[7]
Opera South		Haslemere, Surrey
Pegasus Opera Company		London
The Royal Opera, Covent Garden	Royal Opera House	London
Surrey Opera	Harlequin Theatre, Redhill	Croydon, Surrey
Tête à Tête		London
University College Opera	The UCL Bloomsbury	London
W11 Opera		London

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

Opera topics

History and national traditions	Origins of opera Italian opera (Verismo) Opera in German French opera Opera in English Russian opera Polish opera Hungarian opera Armenian opera Spanish opera Opera in Latin America Opera in Venezuela List of Argentine operas List of Mexican operas List of North Korean operas

Opera components	Aria Aria di sorbetto Arioso Cabaletta Cantabile Da capo aria Insertion aria Ballet Cadenza Cavatina Divertissement Leitmotif Libretto Mad scene Overture Recitative Ritornello Surtitles

Types of opera	Afterpiece Azione teatrale Ballad opera Burletta Comédie en vaudevilles Comédie mêlée d'ariettes Dramma per musica Entr'acte Farsa Festa teatrale Género chico Grand opera Intermède Intermezzo Literaturoper Melodrama Monodrama Duodrama Melodramma Musical theatre Number opera Opéra-ballet Opera buffa Opéra bouffe Opéra bouffon Opéra comique Opéra féerie Opera semiseria Opera seria Operetta Pasticcio Pastorale héroïque Posse mit Gesang Rescue opera Romantische Oper Sainete Savoy opera Semi-opera Singspiel Spieloper Tonadilla Tragédie en musique Zarzuela Zeitoper

Voice types	Soprano Coloratura Soubrette Lyric Spinto Dramatic Mezzo-soprano Contralto (Alto) Countertenor Sopranist Haute-contre Castrato Tenor (Tenore di grazia) Baritenor Baritone Bass-baritone Bass

Participant and role types	Banda Breeches role (Travesti) Claque Comprimario Diva Hovsångare Kammersänger Maestro Musico Prima donna Prompter Répétiteur

Singing concepts and techniques	Bel canto Cantabile Chest voice Coloratura (Fioritura) Convenienze Coup de glotte Fach Falsetto Falsettone Head voice Legato Messa di voce Passaggio Portamento Sprechgesang Squillo Tessitura Timbre Vibrato Vocal range Vocal register Vocal resonation Vocal weight Voice types

List articles	Argentine operas Christmas operas Historical opera characters Important operas Major opera composers Mexican operas North Korean operas Notable operas Opera topics Operetta composers Opera librettists Opera genres Opera houses Opera companies Opera festivals Opera directors Operas set in the Crusades Orphean operas Zarzuela composers

Miscellaneous	Opera house Orchestral enhancement Regietheater Sitzprobe Stagione

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