Editing Manitoba Opera (section)

{{Infobox company
| name = Manitoba Opera
| image = Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg Manitoba 01.JPG
| image_caption = The [[Centennial Concert Hall]], as part of the [[Manitoba Centennial Centre]] is the performing home of the Manitoba Opera.
| trading_name = Manitoba Opera Association
| genre = [[Opera]]
| founder = Justice Kerr Twaddle
| hq_location = [[Centennial Concert Hall]]
| hq_location_city = [[Winnipeg]]
| key_people = Larry Desrochers (General Director)
| website = {{URL|mbopera.ca}}
}}

'''Manitoba Opera''' is a full-time professional [[opera]] company in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], based at the [[Centennial Concert Hall]].

Founded in 1969, Manitoba Opera is one of several [[Western Canada|western Canadian]] opera companies that flourished under the so-called "father of opera in Western Canada," [[Irving Guttman]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Betty Nygaard|last2=Wyman|first2=Max|title=Irving Guttman|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/irving-guttman-emc/|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=Historica Canada|accessdate=26 January 2017|location=Toronto}}</ref>

Live music for Manitoba Opera productions is provided by the [[Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra]].

The Opera also serves [[northwestern Ontario]], [[Saskatchewan]], and the [[Dakotas]] in the US.