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

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Teatri i Operas dhe BaletitTirana

Armenia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Armenia National Opera and BalletArmenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Named after Alexander Spendiarian
Yerevan

Austria

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Bregenzer FestspieleBregenz
OpernAir GarsGars am Kamp
Oper GrazGraz
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten MusikInnsbruck
Tiroler LandestheaterInnsbruck
Landestheater LinzLinz
Opera da Camera LinzLinz
Osterfestspiele SalzburgSalzburg
Salzburger FestspieleSalzburg
St. Margarethen Opera FestivalSankt Margarethen im Burgenland
JugendstiltheaterVienna
Razumovsky EnsembleVienna
Musiktheatertage Wien FestivalVienna
sirene OperntheaterVienna
Volksoper WienVienna
Wiener KammeroperVienna
Wiener StaatsoperVienna

Azerbaijan

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet TheatreBaku

Belarus

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of BelarusMinsk

Belgium

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Muziektheater TransparantAntwerp
De Vlaamse OperaAntwerp
Zomeropera Alden BiesenBilzen
La Monnaie (De Munt)Théâtre Royal de la MonnaieBrussels
Opéra Royal de WallonieOpéra Royal de LiègeLiège

Bosnia and Herzegovina

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Bosnian National OperaNational Theatre in SarajevoSarajevo

Bulgaria

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Rousse State OperaRousse
National Opera and BalletSofia
Varna Opera TheatreVarna

Croatia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Croatian National TheatreZagreb

Cyprus

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Pafos Aphrodite Festival CyprusThe Medieval Pafos CastlePafos

Czech Republic

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Divadlo Františka Xavera ŠaldyLiberec
Divadlo Josefa Kajetána TylaPlzeň
Jihočeské divadloČeské Budějovice
Moravské divadlo OlomoucOlomouc
National Theatre (Prague)National Theatre (Prague)
Estates Theatre
Prague
National Theatre (Brno)Janáček TheatreBrno
Slezské divadlo Opava SDO

Opava

National Moravian-Silesian TheatreAntonín Dvořák TheatreOstrava
Prague State OperaPrague
Severočeské divadlo opery a baletu Ústí nad LabemÚstí nad Labem

Denmark

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Aarhus KammerOperaAarhus
Aarhus SommeroperaAarhus
Den Jyske OperaAarhus
Det Kongelige TeaterCopenhagen
Det Nordjyske OperakompagniSkørping

Estonia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Estonian National OperaTallinn

European Union

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
European Union OperaBaden-Baden

Finland

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Suomen KansallisoopperaHelsinki
Savonlinnan OopperajuhlatSavonlinna

France

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Angers-Nantes OpéraGrand Théâtre d'Angers and Théâtre GraslinAngers- Nantes
Opéra-théâtre d'Avignon et des Pays de VaucluseAvignon
Opéra National de BordeauxGrand Théâtre de BordeauxBordeaux
Les Azuriales Opera FestivalCap Ferrat
Les Arts FlorissantsThéâtre de CaenCaen
Opéra municipal de Clermont-FerrandClermont-Ferrand
Théâtre Imperial de CompiègneCompiègne
Opéra ÉclatéColomiers
Opéra de LilleLille
Opéra-théâtre de LimogesLimoges
Opéra national de LorraineLorraine
Opéra National de LyonNouvel OpéraLyon
Opéra de MarseilleOpéra MunicipalMarseille
Opera Theatre de MassyMassy
Opéra Théâtre de MetzMetz
Opéra national de MontpellierMontpellier
Opéra de NiceNice
Opéra National de ParisPalais Garnier and
L’Opéra de la Bastille
Paris
Opéra-ComiqueSalle FavartParis
Théâtre du ChâteletParis
Grand Théâtre de ProvenceProvence
Grand théâtre de ReimsReims
Opéra de RennesRennes
Opéra de NormandieRouen
Opéra-théâtre de Saint-ÉtienneSaint-Étienne
Opéra National du RhinStrasbourgColmarMulhouse
Opéra de ToulonToulon
Théâtre du CapitoleToulouse
Grand théâtre de ToursTours
L'Opéra of the Palace of VersaillesVersailles
Opéra de VichyVichy

Georgia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Academy TheatreTbilisi

Germany

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal locationState
Theater AachenAachenNordrhein-Westfalen
Rossini in WildbadBad WildbadBaden-Württemberg
Bayreuth FestivalFestspielhaus BayreuthBayreuthBavaria
Berlin International OperaBerlinBerlin
Deutsche Oper BerlinBerlinBerlin
Komische Oper BerlinBerlinBerlin
Staatsoper Unter den LindenBerlinBerlin
Theater BonnTheater der BundesstadtBonnNordrhein-Westfalen
Staatstheater BraunschweigBraunschweigNiedersachsen
Theater BremenTheater am GoetheplatzBremenBremen
Oper ChemnitzChemnitzSaxony
Junge Kammeroper KölnCologneNordrhein-Westfalen
Oper der Stadt KölnCologneNordrhein-Westfalen
Staatstheater CottbusCottbusBrandenburg
Staatstheater DarmstadtDarmstadtHessen
Theater DortmundOpernhaus DortmundDortmundNordrhein-Westfalen
Sächsische Staatsoper DresdenDresdenSaxony
Deutsche Oper am RheinOpernhaus Düsseldorf and Theater DuisburgDüsseldorf and DuisburgNordrhein-Westfalen
Thüringer LandestheaterEisenach and RudolstadtThuringia
Theater ErfurtErfurtThuringia
Opernstudio der Region NürnbergErlangenBavaria
Theater EssenAalto TheatreEssenNordrhein-Westfalen
Oper FrankfurtOpern- und Schauspielhaus FrankfurtFrankfurtHesse
Musiktheater im RevierGelsenkirchenNordrhein-Westfalen
Bühnen der Stadt GeraGeraThuringia
Stadttheater GiessenGiessenHesse
Theater HagenHagenNordrhein-Westfalen
Halle OperaOpernhaus HalleHalleSachsen-Anhalt
Staatsoper HamburgHamburgHamburg
Staatsoper HannoverHannoverNiedersachsen
Theater HofHofBavaria
Badisches StaatstheaterKarlsruheBaden-Württemberg
Oper LeipzigLeipzigSaxony
Junge Oper LübeckLübeckSchleswig-Holstein
Nationaltheater MannheimMannheimBaden-Württemberg
Südthüringisches StaatstheaterMeiningenThüringen
Bayerische StaatsoperNationaltheater MünchenMunichBavaria
Staatstheater am GärtnerplatzMunichBavaria
Theater MünsterMünsterNordrhein-Westfalen
Pocket Opera CompanyNürnbergBavaria
Staatstheater NürnbergNürnbergBavaria
Theater RegensburgTheater am BismarckplatzRegensburgBavaria
Kammeroper RheinsbergRheinsbergBrandenburg
Staatstheater StuttgartStuttgartBaden-Württemberg
Ulmer TheaterUlmBaden-Württemberg
Hessisches Staatstheater WiesbadenWiesbadenHesse
Wuppertaler BühnenOpernhaus WuppertalWuppertalNordrhein-Westfalen
Mainfranken Theater WürzburgWürzburgBavaria

Greece

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Greek National OperaOlympia Theatre (Maria Callas Central Stage)Athens
Athens Chamber OperaAthens
Opera of ThessalonikiTheatre of the Society for Macedonian StudiesThessaloniki
Corfu Chamber OperaMunicipal Theatre of CorfuCorfu

Hungary

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Magyar Állami OperaházBudapest
Szegedi Nemzeti SzínházSzeged
Csokonai Nemzeti SzínházDebrecen
Miskolci Nemzeti SzínházMiskolc
Pécsi Nemzeti SzínházPécs
Győri Nemzeti SzínházGyőr
MoltoperaindependentBudapest

Iceland

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
The Icelandic OperaReykjavík

Republic of Ireland

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Anna Livia International Opera FestivalDublin
The Drawing Room Opera CompanyDublin
Opera IrelandDublin
Opera Theatre CompanyDublin
Wexford Festival OperaWexford
Glasthule Opera CompanyDublin

Italy

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Opera Barga FestivalBarga
Teatro DonizettiBergamo
Teatro ComunaleBologna
Nuovo Teatro ComunaleBolzano
Teatro Lirico di CagliariCagliari
Teatro Massimo BelliniCatania
Teatro PonchielliCremona
Teatro Comunale di FirenzeTeatro Comunale FlorenceFlorence
Maggio Musicale FiorentinoTeatro Comunale FlorenceFlorence
Teatro Carlo FeliceGenoa
Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini[1]Teatro Pergolesi, Spontini Theatre, Comunale Theatre, and Ferrari TheatreJesi, Maiolati Spontini, Montecarotto, and San Marcello
Teatro Communale G. B. PergolesiJesi
JesolOperaJesolo
Teatro di MessinaTeatro Vittorio EmanueleMessina
Teatro alla ScalaMilan
Teatro Comunale ModenaModena
Teatro di San CarloNaples
Teatro MassimoPalermo
Teatro Regio di ParmaParma
Teatro FraschiniPavia
Rossini Opera FestivalPesaro
Teatro MunicipalePiacenza
Teatro di PisaPisa
Teatro MetastasioPrato
Ravenna FestivalRavenna
Operafestival di RomaRome
Teatro dell'Opera di RomaRome
Teatro Lirico SperimentaleSpoleto
Opera InCantoTerni
Teatro Regio di TorinoTurin
Teatro Comunale Giuseppe VerdiTrieste
Teatro la FeniceVenice
Arena di VeronaVerona

Latvia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Latvian National OperaRiga

Liechtenstein

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Opera VaduzVaduz

Lithuania

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet TheatreVilnius

Luxembourg

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Grand Théâtre de la Ville de LuxembourgLuxembourg

Malta

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Teatru ManoelValletta
Aurora Opera HouseGozo
Astra TheatreGozo

Monaco

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Opéra de Monte-CarloSalle GarnierMonte Carlo

The Netherlands

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Dutch National Opera
(formerly De Nederlandse Opera)
Dutch National Opera & BalletAmsterdam
Opera MinoraDutch National Opera & BalletAmsterdam
OperaViva!Dutch National Opera & BalletAmsterdam
Nederlandse Reisopera
(formerly Nationale Reisopera)
Enschede
Stichting Opera GroningenGroningen
Opera ZuidMaastricht

North Macedonia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Macedonian National TheatreSkopje

Norway

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Operaen i KristiansundKristiansund
Den Norske OperaOslo

Poland

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Opera SlaskaBytom
Opera KrakowskaKraków
Teatr WielkiPoznan
Opera i Operetka w SzczecinieSzczecin
Polish National OperaTeatr Wielki, WarsawWarszawa
Warszawska Opera KameralnaWarszawa
Opera WroclawskaWrocław
Baltic State OperaGdańsk
Opera and Philharmonic of PodlasieBialystok

Portugal

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Companhia Portuguesa de OperaLisbon
Teatro Nacional de São CarlosLisbon
Companhia all'OperaPorto[2]

Romania

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Romanian National Opera, BucharestBucharest
Romanian National Opera, Cluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca

Russia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet TheatreChelyabinsk
Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet TheatreEkaterinburg
Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre (named after Musa Jalil)Kazan
Krasnoyarskiy Gosudarstvennïy Teatr Operï i BaletaKrasnoyarsk
Amadei Music TheatreMoscow
Bolshoi TheatreMoscow
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera CentreMoscow
Helikon OperaMoscow
Moscow City OperaMoscow
Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre
(named after Boris Pokrovsky)
Moscow
Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music TheatreMoscow
Novaya Opera TheatreMoscow
Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet TheatreNizhny Novgorod
Novosibirsk State OperaNovosibirsk
Permskiy Akademichesky Teatr Opera i Ballet Im. P. I. ChaykovskyPerm
Rostov State Musical TheatreRostov
Samara Opera and Ballet TheatreSamara
Mariinsky OperaMariinsky TheatreSaint Petersburg
Mikhaylovsky TheatreSaint Petersburg
St. Petersburg Chamber Opera CompanySaint Petersburg
Saratovskiy Akademicheskiy Teatr Operï i BaletaSaratov
The Bashkir State Opera and Ballet TheatreUfa
Voronezh State Opera and Ballet TheatreVoronezh

Serbia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
National Theatre in BelgradeBelgrade
Serbian National TheatreNovi Sad

Slovakia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Slovak National TheatreBratislava
Štátne divadlo KošiceKošice
Štátna operaBanská Bystrica

Slovenia

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Ljubljana Opera and Ballet Slovene National TheatreLjubljana Opera HouseLjubljana

Spain

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Amics de l'Òpera de SabadellBarcelona
LiceuGran Teatre del LiceuBarcelona
ABAO (Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera
The Bilbao Association of Friends of Opera)
Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert HallBilbao
Teatro RealMadrid
Teatro CervantesMálaga
Ópera de OviedoOviedo
Opera de San SebastiánTeatro Victoria EugeniaSan Sebastián
Teatro de la MaestranzaSevilla
Palau de les Arts Reina SofíaValencia

Sweden

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Göteborgs OperanGothenburg
Malmö MusikteaterMalmö
SödertäljeoperanSödertälje
Drottningholms SlottsteaterStockholm
FolkoperanStockholm
Kungliga OperanStockholm
Regina - Stockholms OperamathusStockholm
NorrlandsoperanUmeå

Switzerland

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Theater BaselBasel
StadtTheater BernBern
Grand Théâtre de GenèveGeneva
Opéra-Studio de GenèveGeneva
Lausanne OperaLausanne
Opernhaus ZürichZürich

Turkey

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Ankara State Opera and BalletAnkara Opera HouseAnkara
Antalya State Opera and BalletAntalya
Istanbul State Opera and BalletAtatürk Cultural CenterIstanbul
Izmir State Opera and BalletIzmir
Mersin State Opera and BalletMersin
Samsun State Opera and BalletSamsun
Süreyya Opera (of Kadıköy Municipality)Süreyya Opera HouseKadikoy, Istanbul

United Kingdom

England

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Armonico ConsortWarwickshire
Aldeburgh Festival Aldeburgh
Bampton Classical OperaBampton, Oxfordshire
Barefoot Opera St. Leonards-on-Sea
Bath International Music Festival Bath
Birmingham Opera CompanyBirmingham
Brighton Festival Brighton
British Youth OperaLondon
Buxton FestivalBuxton Opera HouseBuxton
Cambridge Handel Opera Company (CHOC) Cambridge
Candlelight OperaWindsor
Charles Court Opera London
Chelsea Opera Group London
Classical Opera CompanyLondon
Clonter Opera Congleton
Company of SingersLondon
Dartington Opera Dartington
Diva Opera London-based; tours many locations
Early Opera CompanyLondon
English National OperaLondon ColiseumLondon
English Pocket Opera Company[3]London
English Touring OperaLondon-based; tours many locations
Erratica London
First Act Opera InternationalSuffolk
Fulham Opera Fulham
Garsington OperaOxfordshire
Glyndebourne Festival OperaGlyndebournenear Lewes
Grange Park Operanear New Alresford, Hants
Grimeborn London
HeadFirst Productions London
Hampstead Garden OperaLondon
Hatstand OperaLondon
Heritage Opera Stafford
Iford Arts Festival Ilford
Imperial ProductionsLondon
Iris Theatre London
Kentish Opera Bough Beech
Kings Head Theatre London
Leeds Youth OperaLeeds
London Armenian Opera London
London Festival Opera[4]London
London Opera Players, The New[5]Surrey
Longborough Festival OperaLongborough, Glos
Mahogany Opera London
Merry Opera London
Midsummer Opera[6]London
Modern Music Theatre TroupeLondon
National Opera StudioLondon
New Chamber OperaOxford
New Sussex Opera Lewes
Opera A La CarteLondon
Opera Anywhere[7]Sunningwell, Oxfordshire
Opera Brava Haywards Heath
Opera della Luna[8]Oxford
Opera for All[9]Wembley
Opera Holland ParkLondon
Opera IntegraLondon
Opera Interludes / London Festival OperaLondon and elsewhere
Opera LyricaOxford
Opera NorthGrand Theatre LeedsLeeds
Opera SeriaStudio Theatre, Royal Northern College of MusicManchester[10]
Opera SouthHaslemere, Surrey
OperaUpClose London
Pegasus Opera CompanyLondon
The Royal Opera, Covent GardenRoyal Opera HouseLondon
Ryedale Festival Ryedale
Salisbury International Arts Festival Salisbury
Shadwell Opera London
Streetwise Opera London
Surrey OperaHarlequin Theatre, RedhillCroydon, Surrey
Tête à TêteLondon
The Opera Project Bucknell, Shropshire
University College OperaThe UCL BloomsburyLondon
W11 OperaLondon
West Green House Hartley Wintney
Westminster Opera London
Woodhouse Summer Opera Festival Holmbury St Mary

Northern Ireland

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Castleward OperaStrangford Lough
NI Opera Grand Opera House, Belfast Belfast

Scotland

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Edinburgh Grand Opera Edinburgh
Fife OperaAdam Smith TheatreKirkcaldy
Naked Opera Glasgow
Opera on a Shoestring Glasgow
Scottish OperaTheatre Royal, GlasgowGlasgow
Sonica Glasgow Glasgow
St Magnus Festival Orkney

Wales

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
Mid Wales Opera[11]Theatr HafrenNewtown
Music Theatre Wales Cardiff
Opra Cymru Ffestiniog
Swansea City Opera Swansea
Welsh National OperaWales Millennium CentreCardiff

Ukraine

CompanyPrincipal theatrePrincipal location
National Opera of UkraineKyiv
Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and BalletOdessa
Dnipropetrovsk Academic Theatre of Opera and BalletDnipro
Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and BalletLviv
Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. SolovyanenkoDonetsk
Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet TheatreKharkiv

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