List of Latin American and South American opera companies

This is a list of professional Latin American and South American opera companies and opera-related organizations. For opera companies from other geographical locations, see List of important opera companies.

Latin America

Central America

Map of Central America

Belize

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Belize Opera	National Opera Theatre	Belmopan

Costa Rica

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Opera de Costa Rica	Teatro Nacional	San José

El Salvador

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Asociación Lírica Salvadoreña	Teatro Presidente and Teatro Nacional	San Salvador

Guatemala

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Asociacion Lirica Guatemalteca	Teatro Nacional	Guatemala City

Honduras

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Opera de Honduras	Teatro Nacional de Honduras	Tegucigalpa

Panama

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
La Opera de Panama	National Opera House	Panama City

North America

Mexico

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Ópera de México	Palacio de Bellas Artes	Mexico City, Mexico

South America

Map of South America

Argentina

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Teatro Colón		Buenos Aires
Teatro Argentino	Alberto Ginastera Hall, Teatro Argentino	La Plata

Brazil

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Teatro da Paz		Belém
Fundação Clóvis Salgado-Palácio das Artes		Belo Horizonte
Teatro Amazonas		Manaus
Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)		Rio de Janeiro
Teatro Alfa		São Paulo
Theatro Municipal (São Paulo)		São Paulo

Chile

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Teatro Municipal de Santiago		Santiago

Peru

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Prolirica		Lima

Venezuela

Name of opera company	Principal theatre	Principal location
Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex		Caracas

Opera topics

History and national traditions	Origins of opera Italian opera (Verismo) Opera in German French opera Opera in English Russian opera Polish opera Hungarian opera Armenian opera Spanish opera Opera in Latin America Opera in Venezuela List of Argentine operas List of Mexican operas List of North Korean operas

Opera components	Aria Aria di sorbetto Arioso Cabaletta Cantabile Da capo aria Insertion aria Ballet Cadenza Cavatina Divertissement Leitmotif Libretto Mad scene Overture Recitative Ritornello Surtitles

Types of opera	Afterpiece Azione teatrale Ballad opera Burletta Comédie en vaudevilles Comédie mêlée d'ariettes Dramma per musica Entr'acte Farsa Festa teatrale Género chico Grand opera Intermède Intermezzo Literaturoper Melodrama Monodrama Duodrama Melodramma Musical theatre Number opera Opéra-ballet Opera buffa Opéra bouffe Opéra bouffon Opéra comique Opéra féerie Opera semiseria Opera seria Operetta Pasticcio Pastorale héroïque Posse mit Gesang Rescue opera Romantische Oper Sainete Savoy opera Semi-opera Singspiel Spieloper Tonadilla Tragédie en musique Zarzuela Zeitoper

Voice types	Soprano Coloratura Soubrette Lyric Spinto Dramatic Mezzo-soprano Contralto (Alto) Countertenor Sopranist Haute-contre Castrato Tenor (Tenore di grazia) Baritenor Baritone Bass-baritone Bass

Participant and role types	Banda Breeches role (Travesti) Claque Comprimario Diva Hovsångare Kammersänger Maestro Musico Prima donna Prompter Répétiteur

Singing concepts and techniques	Bel canto Cantabile Chest voice Coloratura (Fioritura) Convenienze Coup de glotte Fach Falsetto Falsettone Head voice Legato Messa di voce Passaggio Portamento Sprechgesang Squillo Tessitura Timbre Vibrato Vocal range Vocal register Vocal resonation Vocal weight Voice types

List articles	Argentine operas Christmas operas Historical opera characters Important operas Major opera composers Mexican operas North Korean operas Notable operas Opera topics Operetta composers Opera librettists Opera genres Opera houses Opera companies Opera festivals Opera directors Operas set in the Crusades Orphean operas Zarzuela composers

Miscellaneous	Opera house Orchestral enhancement Regietheater Sitzprobe Stagione

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