List of important opera companies

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The list of important opera companies is comprised of 60 established, full-time opera companies that present performances during an annual season, selected on various criteria.

Contents

Name of opera company Principal theatre Principal location
Bavarian State Opera Nationaltheater München Munich
Bolshoi Theatre Moscow
Canadian Opera Company Four Seasons Centre Toronto
Deutsche Oper am Rhein Opernhaus Düsseldorf and Theater Duisburg Düsseldorf
Deutsche Oper Berlin Berlin
English National Opera London Coliseum London
Finnish National Opera Helsinki
Grand Théâtre de Genève Geneva
Greek National Opera Olympia Theatre (Maria Callas Central Stage) Athens
Hamburg State Opera Hamburg
Houston Grand Opera Wortham Theater Center Houston
Hungarian State Opera Budapest
Komische Oper Berlin
Liceu Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona
Los Angeles Opera Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles
Lyric Opera of Chicago Civic Opera House Chicago
Mariinsky Opera (formerly the Kirov Opera) Mariinsky Theatre Saint Petersburg
Metropolitan Opera Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center) New York
La Monnaie Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels
National Opera and Ballet Sofia Sofia
National Theatre Prague
Nationaltheater Mannheim Mannheim
De Nederlandse Opera Musiektheatre Amsterdam
New National Theatre, Tokyo Tokyo
New York City Opera New York State Theater (at Lincoln Center) New York
Oper Frankfurt Frankfurt
Oper Leipzig Leipzig
Opera Australia Sydney Opera House Sydney
Opéra-Comique Salle Favart Paris
Opéra de Marseille Opéra Municipal Marseille
Opéra de Monte-Carlo Salle Garnier Monte Carlo
Opéra National de Lyon Nouvel Opéra Lyon
Opéra National de Paris Palais Garnier and L’Opéra de la Bastille Paris
Polish National Opera Teatr Wielki Warsaw
Royal Danish Theatre Copenhagen Opera House Copenhagen
Royal Opera Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London
Royal Swedish Opera Operan Stockholm
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden Semper Oper Dresden
San Francisco Opera War Memorial Opera House San Francisco
La Scala Teatro alla Scala Milan
Seattle Opera McCaw Hall Seattle
Staatsoper Hannover Hannover
Staatsoper Stuttgart Staatstheater Stuttgart Stuttgart
Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich
Teatro Colón Teatro Colón Buenos Aires
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Bologna
Teatro La Fenice Venice
Teatro Massimo Palermo
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisbon
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Rome
Teatro Real Madrid
Teatro Regio Torino Turin
Teatro di San Carlo Naples
Théâtre du Châtelet Paris
Vienna State Opera Vienna
Volksoper Wien Vienna
Washington National Opera Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC
Welsh National Opera Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff
Zurich Opera Opernhaus Zürich Zurich

[edit] List selection criteria

The criteria used in selecting the companies that appear in this list include:

  • present artistic standing of the company;
  • number of ensemble members;
  • size of budget;
  • number of performances and seats sold each year;
  • historical importance of the company and its associations with famous composers, singers, and conductors.

[edit] References

  • Allison, John (ed.), Great Opera Houses of the World, supplement to Opera Magazine, London 2003
  • Beauvert, Thierry, Opera Houses of the World, The Vendome Press, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-86565-978-8
  • Lynn, Karyl Charna, Italian Opera Houses and Festivals, Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5359-0
  • Plantamura, Carol, The Opera Lover's Guide to Europe, Secaucus, NJ: Citidal Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8065-1842-1
  • Zietz, Karyl Lynn, Opera: the Guide to Western Europe's Great Houses, Santa Fe, New Mexico: John Muir Publications, 1991. ISBN 0-945465-81-5

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