List of opera companies in Europe explained

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:

• List of Latin American and South American opera companies
• List of North American opera companies,
• List of opera companies in Africa and the Middle East
• List of opera companies in Asia, Australia, and Oceania

Albania

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Teatri i Operas dhe Baletit		Tirana

Armenia

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

Austria

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Bregenzer Festspiele		Bregenz
		Gars am Kamp
		Graz
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik		Innsbruck
		Innsbruck
Landestheater Linz		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

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Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre		Baku

Belarus

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National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus		Minsk

Belgium

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Muziektheater Transparant		Antwerp
		Antwerp
		Bilzen
La Monnaie (De Munt)		Brussels
Opéra Royal de Wallonie	Opéra Royal de Liège	Liège

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnian National Opera		Sarajevo

Bulgaria

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		Rousse
National Opera and Ballet		Sofia
Varna Opera Theatre		Varna

Croatia

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Croatian National Theatre		Zagreb

Cyprus

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Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus		Pafos

Czech Republic

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		Liberec
		Plzeň
		České Budějovice
		Olomouc
National Theatre (Prague)		Prague
		Brno
Slezské divadlo Opava		Opava
		Ostrava
		Prague
		Ústí nad Labem

Denmark

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Aarhus KammerOpera		Aarhus
		Aarhus
		Aarhus
Det Kongelige Teater		Copenhagen
		Skørping

Estonia

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Estonian National Opera		Tallinn
		Tartu

European Union

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European Union Opera		Baden-Baden

Finland

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Suomen Kansallisooppera		Helsinki
		Savonlinna

France

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Angers-Nantes Opéra		Angers- Nantes
Opéra-théâtre d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse		Avignon
Opéra National de Bordeaux		Bordeaux
		Cap Ferrat
		Caen
		Clermont-Ferrand
		Compiègne
		Colomiers
Opéra de Lille		Lille
Opéra-théâtre de Limoges		Limoges
Opéra national de Lorraine		Lorraine
Opéra National de Lyon	Nouvel Opéra	Lyon
		Marseille
		Massy
		Metz
		Montpellier
		Nice
Opéra National de Paris		Paris
Opéra-Comique	Salle Favart	Paris
Théâtre du Châtelet		Paris
		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

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Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Academy Theatre		Tbilisi

Germany

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Theater Aachen
			Baden-Württemberg
			Bavaria
		Berlin	Berlin
		Berlin	Berlin
		Berlin	Berlin
			Nordrhein-Westfalen
			Niedersachsen
			Bremen
			Saxony
			Nordrhein-Westfalen
		Cologne	Nordrhein-Westfalen
			Brandenburg
			Hessen
			Nordrhein-Westfalen
			Saxony
	Opernhaus Düsseldorf and Theater Duisburg		Nordrhein-Westfalen
			Thuringia
			Thuringia
			Bavaria
Theater Essen			Nordrhein-Westfalen
	Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt		Hesse
			Nordrhein-Westfalen
			Thuringia
			Hesse
			Nordrhein-Westfalen
Halle Opera			Sachsen-Anhalt
			Hamburg
			Niedersachsen
			Bavaria
			Baden-Württemberg
			Saxony
			Schleswig-Holstein
			Baden-Württemberg
			Thüringen
			Bavaria
			Bavaria
			Nordrhein-Westfalen
			Bavaria
			Bavaria
			Bavaria
			Brandenburg
			Baden-Württemberg
			Baden-Württemberg
			Hesse
Wuppertaler Bühnen			Nordrhein-Westfalen
			Bavaria

Greece

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Greek National Opera	Olympia Theatre (Maria Callas Central Stage)	Athens
Athens Chamber Opera		Athens
Opera of Thessaloniki		Thessaloniki
Corfu Chamber Opera		Corfu

Hungary

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Magyar Állami Operaház		Budapest
Szegedi Nemzeti Színház		Szeged
Csokonai Nemzeti Színház		Debrecen
Miskolci Nemzeti Színház		Miskolc
Pécsi Nemzeti Színház		Pécs
Győri Nemzeti Színház		Győr
Moltopera	independent	Budapest

Iceland

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The Icelandic Opera		Reykjavík

Ireland

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The Drawing Room Opera Company	Hires out singers^[1]	Dublin
		Dublin
		Wexford
Glasthule Opera Company	Pavilion Theatre	Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin^[2]

Italy

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Opera Barga Festival		Barga
		Bergamo
		Bologna
Nuovo Teatro Comunale		Bolzano
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari		Cagliari
		Catania
Teatro Ponchielli		Cremona
Teatro Comunale di Firenze		Florence
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino		Florence
Teatro Carlo Felice		Genoa
Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini^[3]	Teatro Pergolesi, Spontini Theatre, Comunale Theatre, and Ferrari Theatre	Jesi, Maiolati Spontini, Montecarotto, and San Marcello
Teatro Communale G. B. Pergolesi		Jesi
JesolOpera		Jesolo
		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

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Latvian National Opera		Riga

Liechtenstein

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Opera Vaduz		Vaduz

Lithuania

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Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre		Vilnius

Luxembourg

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Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg		Luxembourg

Malta

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Teatru Manoel		Valletta
Aurora Opera House		Gozo
Astra Theatre		Gozo

Monaco

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Opéra de Monte-Carlo	Salle Garnier	Monte Carlo

Netherlands

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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
		Den Haag
Nederlandse Reisopera (formerly Nationale Reisopera)		Enschede
		Groningen
		Maastricht

North Macedonia

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Macedonian National Theatre		Skopje

Norway

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Operaen i Kristiansund		Kristiansund
		Oslo

Poland

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Opera Slaska		Bytom
Opera Krakowska		Kraków
Teatr Wielki		Poznan
Opera i Operetka w Szczecinie		Szczecin
Polish National Opera		Warszawa
		Warszawa
		Wrocław
		Gdańsk
		Bialystok

Portugal

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Companhia Portuguesa de Opera		Lisbon
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos		Lisbon
Companhia all'Opera		Porto^[4]

Romania

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Romanian National Opera, Bucharest		Bucharest
Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca		Cluj-Napoca

Russia

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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
		Moscow
		Moscow
		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
		Moscow
Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre		Nizhny Novgorod
		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		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

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National Theatre in Belgrade		Belgrade
Serbian National Theatre		Novi Sad

Slovakia

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Slovak National Theatre		Bratislava
Štátne divadlo Košice		Košice
Štátna opera		Banská Bystrica

Slovenia

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Ljubljana Opera and Ballet Slovene National Theatre		Ljubljana

Spain

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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
		Málaga
Ópera de Oviedo		Oviedo
		San Sebastián
Teatro de la Maestranza		Sevilla
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía		Valencia

Sweden

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Gothenburg opera house		Gothenburg
Malmö Musikteater		Malmö
		Södertälje
Drottningholm Palace Theatre		Stockholm
Folkoperan		Stockholm
Royal Swedish Opera		Stockholm
Regina - Stockholms Operamathus		Stockholm
Norrlandsoperan		Umeå

Switzerland

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Theater Basel		Basel
StadtTheater Bern		Bern
		Geneva
Opéra-Studio de Genève		Geneva
Lausanne Opera		Lausanne
Opernhaus Zürich		Zürich

Turkey

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Ankara State Opera and Ballet		Ankara
Antalya State Opera and Ballet		Antalya
Istanbul State Opera and Ballet		Istanbul
İzmir State Opera and Ballet		İzmir
Mersin State Opera and Ballet		Mersin
Samsun State Opera and Ballet		Samsun

United Kingdom

England

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		Warwickshire
Aldeburgh Festival		Aldeburgh
		Bampton, Oxfordshire
Barefoot Opera		St. Leonards-on-Sea
Bath International Music Festival		Bath
		Birmingham
Brighton Festival		Brighton
British Youth Opera		London
		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^[5]		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		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^[6]		London
London Opera Players, The New^[7]		Surrey
Longborough Festival Opera		Longborough, Glos
Mahogany Opera		London
Merry Opera		London
Midsummer Opera^[8]		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^[9]		Sunningwell, Oxfordshire
Opera Brava		Haywards Heath
Opera della Luna^[10]		Oxford
Opera for All^[11]		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^[12]
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		London
W11 Opera		London
Waterperry Opera Festival		Oxfordshire
West Green House		Hartley Wintney
Westminster Opera		London
Woodhouse Summer Opera Festival		Holmbury St Mary

Northern Ireland

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Castleward Opera		Strangford Lough
NI Opera	Grand Opera House, Belfast	Belfast

Scotland

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Edinburgh Grand Opera		Edinburgh
Fife Opera	Adam Smith Theatre	Kirkcaldy
Naked Opera		Glasgow
Opera on a Shoestring		Glasgow
Scottish Opera	Theatre Royal, Glasgow	Glasgow
Sonica Glasgow		Glasgow
St Magnus Festival		Orkney

Wales

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Mid Wales Opera^[13]	Theatr Hafren	Newtown
Music Theatre Wales		Cardiff
Opra Cymru		Ffestiniog
Swansea City Opera		Swansea
Welsh National Opera		Cardiff

Ukraine

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		Kyiv
Odesa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Dnipropetrovsk Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet		Lviv
		Donetsk
		Kharkiv

Notes and References

1. https://www.drawingroomopera.com/about-us Drawing Room Opera
2. Web site: Contact Us . dlr Glasthule Opera . 16 January 2022.
3. http://www.fondazionepergolesispontini.com/fps/ Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini
4. Web site: All'Opera - espectáculos de ópera portáteis . 2021-10-28 . 2021-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210228094931/http://www.allopera.pt/ . live .
5. Web site: English Pocket Opera Company website . 2013-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131127070604/http://epoc.co/ . 2013-11-27 . dead .
6. Web site: London Festival Opera website . 2019-06-12 . 2019-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190626170318/https://londonfestivalopera.co.uk/ . live .
7. Web site: The New London Opera Players website . 2013-11-29 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013144/http://www.operaplayers.co.uk/ . live .
8. Web site: Midsummer Opera website . 2017-01-25 . 2017-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025035/http://www.midsummeropera.org.uk/ . live .
9. Web site: Opera Anywhere website . 2013-11-29 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002002/http://www.operaanywhere.com/ . live .
10. Web site: Opera della Luna website . 2013-11-29 . 2006-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060808172738/http://www.operadellaluna.org/ . live .
11. Web site: Opera For All website . 2013-11-29 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010752/http://www.operatalent.com/Safe/Companies/AAC%20Presents%20Opera%20For%20All58503360.asp?companya=3 . live .
12. Web site: Opera Seria's website . 2014-06-18 . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140409173758/http://operaseria.co.uk/index.html . live .
13. Web site: Mid Wales Opera website . 2014-02-18 . 2014-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140225205310/http://www.midwalesopera.co.uk/ . live .