Wiener Kammeroper

[1] In 1961 a subsidy from the Ministry of Education and the City of Vienna allowed the company to establish a permanent venue in the former ballroom of the Hotel Post on Fleischmarkt Street, where the dance hall was converted to an opera stage.

The new theatre was inaugurated with a performance of short operas: Martinů's The Marriage, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini' Il marito giocatore, and Monteverdi's Lamento d'arianna.

[2][3] Chamber operas by Tom Johnson, Peter Maxwell Davies, Luciano Chailly, Philip Glass and Hans Werner Henze were premiered at the Kammeroper.

The company has also staged rock operas that translate classics such as La Bohème and Carmen for a younger generation.

In March 2021 playwright Karin Bohnert assumed the position of artistic director and Walter Reicher was named business manager.