Vienna’s Opera Houses and Theatres
Abstract
One important reason why opera has been so resilient in Vienna is that its institutional framework has proved at once relatively stable and adaptable to change. This chapter traces the development of opera’s institutional history in Vienna. It discusses the city’s opera houses, their administration and repertoires, teasing out the relationship between their political, social and cultural function from the seventeenth century to the present.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Musicology and Musical Analysis
Theater
Performance
and Music History
Theatre and Performance Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 165–187
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter