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
	Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet Named after Alexander Spendiarian	Yerevan

Austria[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Bregenzer Festspiele		Bregenz
		Gars am Kamp
Oper Graz		Graz
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik		Innsbruck
		Innsbruck
Landestheater Linz		Linz
		Linz
Osterfestspiele Salzburg		Salzburg
Salzburger Festspiele		Salzburg
		Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland
		Vienna
Razumovsky Ensemble		Vienna
		Vienna
		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
		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
	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		Pafos

Czech Republic[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		Liberec
Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla		Plzeň
		České Budějovice
		Olomouc
National Theatre (Prague)	National Theatre (Prague) Estates Theatre	Prague
National Theatre (Brno)	Janáček Theatre	Brno
		Opava
National Moravian-Silesian Theatre	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Ostrava
Prague State Opera		Prague
		Ústí nad Labem

Denmark[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		Aarhus
		Aarhus
Den Jyske Opera		Aarhus
Det Kongelige Teater		Copenhagen
		Skørping

Estonia[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Estonian National Opera		Tallinn

European Union[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		Baden-Baden

Finland[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Suomen Kansallisooppera		Helsinki
Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlat		Savonlinna

France[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Angers-Nantes Opéra	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
		Clermont-Ferrand
Théâtre Imperial de Compiègne		Compiègne
Opéra Éclaté		Colomiers
Opéra de Lille		Lille
		Limoges
Opéra national de Lorraine		Lorraine
Opéra National de Lyon	Nouvel Opéra	Lyon
Opéra de Marseille	Opéra Municipal	Marseille
		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
		Reims
		Rennes
		Rouen
		Saint-Étienne
Opéra National du Rhin		Strasbourg–Colmar–Mulhouse
Opéra de Toulon		Toulon
Théâtre du Capitole		Toulouse
		Tours
L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles		Versailles
		Vichy

Georgia[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		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		Bonn	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Staatstheater Braunschweig		Braunschweig	Niedersachsen
Theater Bremen	Theater am Goetheplatz	Bremen	Bremen
Oper Chemnitz		Chemnitz	Saxony
		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
		Eisenach and Rudolstadt	Thuringia
Theater Erfurt		Erfurt	Thuringia
		Erlangen	Bavaria
Theater Essen	Aalto Theatre	Essen	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Oper Frankfurt	Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Hesse
Musiktheater im Revier		Gelsenkirchen	Nordrhein-Westfalen
		Gera	Thuringia
		Giessen	Hesse
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
		Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein
Nationaltheater Mannheim		Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg
		Meiningen	Thüringen
Bayerische Staatsoper	Nationaltheater München	Munich	Bavaria
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz		Munich	Bavaria
Theater Münster		Münster	Nordrhein-Westfalen
		Nürnberg	Bavaria
Staatstheater Nürnberg		Nürnberg	Bavaria
Theater Regensburg		Regensburg	Bavaria
Kammeroper Rheinsberg		Rheinsberg	Brandenburg
Staatstheater Stuttgart		Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg
		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	(Maria Callas Central Stage)	Athens
		Athens
		Thessaloniki
	Municipal Theatre of Corfu	Corfu

Hungary[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Magyar Állami Operaház		Budapest
		Szeged
		Debrecen
		Miskolc
		Pécs
		Győr
Moltopera	independent	Budapest

Iceland[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
The Icelandic Opera		Reykjavík

Republic of Ireland[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		Dublin
		Dublin
Opera Ireland		Dublin
		Dublin
Wexford Festival Opera		Wexford
		Dublin

Italy[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Opera Barga Festival		Barga
Teatro Donizetti		Bergamo
Teatro Comunale		Bologna
		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
^[1]	Teatro Pergolesi, , Comunale Theatre, and Ferrari Theatre	Jesi, Maiolati Spontini, Montecarotto, and San Marcello
Teatro Communale G. B. Pergolesi		Jesi
		Jesolo
		Messina
Teatro alla Scala		Milan
Teatro Comunale Modena		Modena
Teatro di San Carlo		Naples
Teatro Massimo		Palermo
Teatro Regio di Parma		Parma
		Pavia
Rossini Opera Festival		Pesaro
		Piacenza
		Pisa
Teatro Metastasio		Prato
Ravenna Festival		Ravenna
		Rome
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma		Rome
Teatro Lirico Sperimentale		Spoleto
		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
		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

Malta[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Teatru Manoel		Valletta
		Gozo
		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
	Dutch National Opera & Ballet	Amsterdam
	Dutch National Opera & Ballet	Amsterdam
Nederlandse Reisopera (formerly Nationale Reisopera)		Enschede
		Groningen
		Maastricht

North Macedonia[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		Skopje

Norway[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		Kristiansund
Den Norske Opera		Oslo

Poland[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Opera Slaska		Bytom
Opera Krakowska		Kraków
Teatr Wielki		Poznan
		Szczecin
Polish National Opera	Teatr Wielki, Warsaw	Warszawa
		Warszawa
		Wrocław
Baltic State Opera		Gdańsk
		Bialystok

Portugal[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
		Lisbon
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos		Lisbon
		Porto^[2]

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
		Ekaterinburg
(named after Musa Jalil)		Kazan
		Krasnoyarsk
		Moscow
Bolshoi Theatre		Moscow
		Moscow
Helikon Opera		Moscow
		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
Novosibirsk State Opera		Novosibirsk
		Perm
		Rostov
		Samara
Mariinsky Opera	Mariinsky Theatre	Saint Petersburg
Mikhaylovsky Theatre		Saint Petersburg
		Saint Petersburg
		Saratov
		Ufa
		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
		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
		Barcelona
Liceu	Gran Teatre del Liceu	Barcelona
(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
		Oviedo
		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
		Södertälje
Drottningholms Slottsteater		Stockholm
Folkoperan		Stockholm
Kungliga Operan		Stockholm
		Stockholm
Norrlandsoperan		Umeå

Switzerland[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Theater Basel		Basel
StadtTheater Bern		Bern
Grand Théâtre de Genève		Geneva
		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
(of Kadıköy Municipality)	Süreyya Opera House	Kadikoy, Istanbul

United Kingdom[]

England[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Armonico Consort		Warwickshire
Aldeburgh Festival		Aldeburgh
Bampton Classical Opera		Bampton, Oxfordshire
Barefoot Opera		St. Leonards-on-Sea
Bath International Music Festival		Bath
Birmingham Opera Company		Birmingham
Brighton Festival		Brighton
British Youth Opera		London
Buxton Festival	Buxton Opera House	Buxton
Cambridge Handel Opera Company (CHOC)		Cambridge
Candlelight Opera		Windsor
Charles Court Opera		London
Chelsea Opera Group		London
Classical Opera Company		London
Clonter Opera		Congleton
Company of Singers		London
Dartington Opera		Dartington
Diva Opera		London-based; tours many locations
Early Opera Company		London
English National Opera	London Coliseum	London
English Pocket Opera Company^[3]		London
English Touring Opera		London-based; tours many locations
Erratica		London
First Act Opera International		Suffolk
Fulham Opera		Fulham
Garsington Opera		Oxfordshire
Glyndebourne Festival Opera	Glyndebourne	near Lewes
Grange Park Opera		near New Alresford, Hants
Grimeborn		London
HeadFirst Productions		London
Hampstead Garden Opera		London
Hatstand Opera		London
Heritage Opera		Stafford
Iford Arts Festival		Ilford
Imperial Productions		London
Iris Theatre		London
Kentish Opera		Bough Beech
Kings Head Theatre		London
Leeds Youth Opera		Leeds
London Armenian Opera		London
London Festival Opera^[4]		London
London Opera Players, The New^[5]		Surrey
Longborough Festival Opera		Longborough, Glos
Mahogany Opera		London
Merry Opera		London
Midsummer Opera^[6]		London
Modern Music Theatre Troupe		London
National Opera Studio		London
New Chamber Opera		Oxford
New Sussex Opera		Lewes
Opera A La Carte		London
Opera Anywhere^[7]		Sunningwell, Oxfordshire
Opera Brava		Haywards Heath
Opera della Luna^[8]		Oxford
Opera for All^[9]		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^[10]
Opera South		Haslemere, Surrey
OperaUpClose		London
Pegasus Opera Company		London
Random Opera Company		Warwickshire and elsewhere
The Royal Opera, Covent Garden	Royal Opera House	London
Ryedale Festival		Ryedale
Salisbury International Arts Festival		Salisbury
Shadwell Opera		London
Streetwise Opera		London
Surrey Opera	Harlequin Theatre, Redhill	Croydon, Surrey
Tête à Tête		London
The Opera Project		Bucknell, Shropshire
University College Opera	The UCL Bloomsbury	London
W11 Opera		London
West Green House		Hartley Wintney
Westminster Opera		London
Woodhouse Summer Opera Festival		Holmbury St Mary

Northern Ireland[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Castleward Opera		Strangford Lough
NI Opera	Grand Opera House, Belfast	Belfast

Scotland[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Edinburgh Grand Opera		Edinburgh
Fife Opera		Kirkcaldy
		Glasgow
		Glasgow
Scottish Opera	Theatre Royal, Glasgow	Glasgow
Sonica Glasgow		Glasgow
St Magnus Festival		Orkney

Wales[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
^[11]		Newtown
Music Theatre Wales		Cardiff
Opra Cymru		Ffestiniog
Swansea City Opera		Swansea
Welsh National Opera	Wales Millennium Centre	Cardiff

Ukraine[]

Company	Principal theatre	Principal location
National Opera of Ukraine		Kyiv
Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet		Odessa
		Dnipro
Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet		Lviv
Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko		Donetsk
		Kharkiv

References[]

^ Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine website
^ http://www.allopera.pt
^ "English Pocket Opera Company website". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
^ London Festival Opera website
^ The New London Opera Players website
^ Midsummer Opera website
^ Opera Anywhere website
^ Opera della Luna website
^ Opera For All website
^ Opera Seria's website
^ Mid Wales Opera website

[1] Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine website

[2] ttp://www.allopera.pt

[3] "English Pocket Opera Company website". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-11-29.

[4] London Festival Opera website

[5] The New London Opera Players website

[6] Midsummer Opera website

[7] Opera Anywhere website

[8] Opera della Luna website

[9] Opera For All website

[10] Opera Seria's website

[11] Mid Wales Opera website

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