state opera

Public lyric institution

State opera refers to an opera company funded and operated by a national or regional government, or to the institution and building housing such a company.

These organizations typically receive substantial public funding and often bear official status as cultural institutions: the Vienna State Opera, the Berlin State Opera.

The term distinguishes government-supported companies from private or municipal opera houses.

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state operaprivate company

Business without public shareholders

commercial theater · Broadway · West End

art form/genre

state operamusic hall

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