Operabase 355.000 performances on file since 1996; Seasons of 700+ opera companies
The five seasons 2008/9 to 2012/13 Works from 1161 different composers were played, of whom more than 600 are living A total of 2415 different works were given, including over 300 world premieres
The 2012/13 season Over 24500 performances The most operatic countries: Alemania (7230 performances) Cities with the most opera: Wien (578 performances)
1
de
Alemania
7230
(81.758m)
2
us
Estados Unidos
1730
(308.746m)
3
ru
Rusia
1441
(141.927m)
4
fr
Francia
1288
(65.822m)
5
at
Austria
1252
(8.356m)
6
it
Italia
1162
(60.419m)
7
uk
Reino Unido
1023
(62.042m)
8
cz
República Checa
863
(10.675m)
9
ch
Suiza
795
(7.786m)
10
pl
Polonia
619
(38.192m)
11
hu
Hungría
608
(9.942m)
12
es
España
531
(46.030m)
13
ua
Ucrania
407
(44.854m)
14
se
Suecia
405
(9.354m)
15
au
Australia
334
(22.560m)
16
ro
Rumanía
275
(21.959m)
17
bg
Bulgaria
264
(7.577m)
18
be
Bélgica
260
(10.828m)
19
sk
Eslovaquia
256
(5.430m)
20
tr
Turquía
232
(75.627m)
Total number of performances by country, for the 2012/13 season. In brackets, the national populations in millions. As Operabase collected about 24,500 performances in this season, Germany is mounting about 30% of all opera performances globally.
Compared with our previous statistics, we have a lot more data from the east of Europe: Russia moves into third place, and the Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria all appear in the top 20 for the first time.
1
at
Austria
149.8
(1252 /
8.356m)
2
ch
Suiza
102.1
(795 /
7.786m)
3
ee
Estonia
95.5
(128 /
1.340m)
4
de
Alemania
88.4
(7230 /
81.758m)
5
cz
República Checa
80.8
(863 /
10.675m)
6
hu
Hungría
61.2
(608 /
9.942m)
7
lt
Lituania
52.1
(169 /
3.244m)
8
si
Eslovenia
51.2
(105 /
2.049m)
9
sk
Eslovaquia
47.1
(256 /
5.430m)
10
se
Suecia
43.3
(405 /
9.354m)
11
lu
Luxemburgo
41.8
(21 /
0.502m)
12
no
Noruega
38.9
(192 /
4.938m)
13
hr
Croacia
37.4
(168 /
4.486m)
14
bg
Bulgaria
34.8
(264 /
7.577m)
15
dk
Dinamarca
34.2
(190 /
5.558m)
16
fi
Finlandia
30.5
(164 /
5.375m)
17
lv
Letonia
24.3
(54 /
2.218m)
18
be
Bélgica
24.0
(260 /
10.828m)
19
fr
Francia
19.6
(1288 /
65.822m)
20
it
Italia
19.2
(1162 /
60.419m)
The number of performances per million citizens. In brackets, the total number of performances and the population in millions.The top five in the table are unchanged, with Austria still dominating the top position.
1
at (#1)
Wien
578
(2.00m)
2
de (#1)
Berlin
523
(3.44m)
3
fr (#1)
Paris
437
(10.20m)
4
ru (#1)
Moscow
424
(10.56m)
5
ru (#2)
St Petersburg
377
(4.88m)
6
cz (#1)
Praha
374
(1.25m)
7
uk (#1)
London
344
(8.28m)
8
de (#2)
Hamburg
335
(1.77m)
9
hu (#1)
Budapest
331
(2.52m)
10
us (#1)
New York
299
(18.22m)
11
de (#3)
Dresden
295
(0.78m)
12
de (#4)
München
246
(2.61m)
13
ch (#1)
Zurich
229
(0.37m)
14
se (#1)
Stockholm
214
(1.25m)
15
de (#5)
Frankfurt
184
(2.29m)
16
au (#1)
Sydney
178
(3.64m)
17
es (#1)
Madrid
172
(3.26m)
18
de (#6)
Stuttgart
162
(1.80m)
19
de (#7)
Leipzig
157
(1.00m)
20
pl (#1)
Wroclaw
155
(0.63m)
The number of performances in each city, in the 2012/13 season. The figure given in brackets is the urban population in millions.
Composer and opera tables are based on counts of performance runs over the five seasons from 2008/09 to 2012/13, ie how many times a work was programmed not the number of performances.
Perhaps the most surprising — yet most welcome — single item of data to come out of these statistics is the proportion of the opera composers who are living.
1
it (#1)
Verdi (#1)
La traviata (553)
2
fr (#1)
Bizet (#1)
Carmen (477)
3
it (#2)
Puccini (#1)
La bohème (471)
4
at (#1)
Mozart (#1)
Die Zauberflöte (464)
5
it (#3)
Puccini (#2)
Tosca (418)
6
it (#4)
Puccini (#3)
Madama Butterfly (418)
7
it (#5)
Rossini (#1)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (410)
8
at (#2)
Mozart (#2)
Le nozze di Figaro (397)
9
it (#6)
Verdi (#2)
Rigoletto (395)
10
at (#3)
Mozart (#3)
Don Giovanni (355)
11
at (#4)
Strauss,J (#1)
Die Fledermaus (274)
12
it (#7)
Verdi (#3)
Aida (272)
13
it (#8)
Donizetti (#1)
L'elisir d'amore (256)
14
at (#5)
Mozart (#4)
Così fan tutte (255)
15
de (#1)
Humperdinck (#1)
Hänsel und Gretel (245)
16
ru (#1)
Tchaikovsky (#1)
Eugene Onegin (226)
17
it (#9)
Puccini (#4)
Turandot (224)
18
it (#10)
Verdi (#4)
Nabucco (224)
19
it (#11)
Leoncavallo (#1)
Pagliacci (195)
20
it (#12)
Verdi (#5)
Il trovatore (190)
21
it (#13)
Donizetti (#2)
Lucia di Lammermoor (185)
22
hu (#1)
Lehár (#1)
Die lustige Witwe (156)
23
it (#14)
Mascagni (#1)
Cavalleria rusticana (152)
24
it (#15)
Verdi (#6)
Un ballo in maschera (150)
25
it (#16)
Verdi (#7)
Otello (143)
26
de (#2)
Wagner,R (#1)
Der fliegende Holländer (141)
27
it (#17)
Verdi (#8)
Macbeth (140)
28
it (#18)
Rossini (#2)
La cenerentola (137)
29
at (#6)
Mozart (#5)
Die Entführung (127)
30
de (#3)
Wagner,R (#2)
Die Walküre (123)
31
de (#4)
Strauss,R (#1)
Salome (122)
32
it (#19)
Verdi (#9)
Falstaff (121)
33
de (#5)
Wagner,R (#3)
Das Rheingold (121)
34
fr (#2)
Gounod (#1)
Faust (118)
35
fr (#3)
Offenbach (#1)
Les contes d'Hoffmann (116)
36
de (#6)
Wagner,R (#4)
Tristan und Isolde (112)
37
de (#7)
Wagner,R (#5)
Parsifal (109)
38
it (#20)
Donizetti (#3)
Don Pasquale (108)
39
de (#8)
Beethoven (#1)
Fidelio (105)
40
it (#21)
Puccini (#5)
Gianni Schicchi (101)
41
cz (#1)
Dvořák,A (#1)
Rusalka (100)
42
de (#9)
Wagner,R (#6)
Siegfried (100)
43
it (#22)
Verdi (#10)
Don Carlos (99)
44
hu (#2)
Kálmán (#1)
Die Csárdásfürstin (97)
45
de (#10)
Strauss,R (#2)
Ariadne auf Naxos (93)
46
de (#11)
Wagner,R (#7)
Götterdämmerung (93)
47
ru (#2)
Tchaikovsky (#2)
Pikovaya Dama (92)
48
it (#23)
Bellini (#1)
Norma (89)
49
de (#12)
Strauss,R (#3)
Der Rosenkavalier (87)
50
de (#13)
Wagner,R (#8)
Tannhäuser (86)
Operabase produces an annual New and Rare listing, highlighting about 600 of the more unusual titles in the season. It is available online, at New&Rare
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