Opera House of the Year (German: Opernhaus des Jahres), is an award from the German monthly magazine Opernwelt. Each year since 1993, at the end of the season, a jury of 50 critics selects an opera house in Austria, Germany or German speaking Switzerland for the award.
| Year | Opera house |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Leipzig Opera |
| 1994 | Staatsoper Stuttgart |
| 1995 | Oper Frankfurt |
| 1996 | Oper Frankfurt |
| 1997 | Hamburg State Opera |
| 1998 | Staatsoper Stuttgart |
| 1999 | Staatsoper Stuttgart |
| 2000 | Staatsoper Stuttgart |
| 2001 | Graz Opera |
| 2002 | Staatsoper Stuttgart |
| 2003 | Oper Frankfurt |
| 2004 | Die deutschen Stadttheater (the German municipal theatres, collectively) |
| 2005 | Hamburg State Opera |
| 2006 | Staatsoper Stuttgart |
| 2007 | Oper Bremen and Komische Oper Berlin |
| 2008 | Aalto Theatre, Essen |
| 2009 | Theater Basel |
| 2010 | Theater Basel |
| 2011 | La Monnaie |
| 2012 | Cologne Opera |
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