Volksoper

Volksoper is originally understood as an antithesis to court opera (similar to the way Volkstheater is an antithesis to court theater ). In the period of the Ancien Régime until 1918, this meant an opera house that was accessible and affordable for the people , while the court opera still belonged to the Adelshof and had a more exclusive setting. Popular opera works such as Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (1893) were also called “Volksoper” . It is the name of the following opera houses:

• Hamburger Volksoper , former opera house on Millerntorplatz, destroyed in 1943
• Volksoper Berlin or Great Volksoper Berlin , former name for the Theater des Westens
• Budapest Volksoper (Hungarian Népopera ), former name for the Erkel Theater
• Volksoper Dresden , from 1945 to 1949 the name of the State Opera of Saxony
• Volksoper Wien , Vienna's second largest opera house