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{{short description|Opera house in Vienna, Austria}}
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{{Infobox venue
| name = Vienna State Opera
| image = [[File:Wien - Staatsoper (1).JPG|240px]]
| image_caption = |
| logo_image = Wiener Staatsoper Logo 2024.png
| location = [[Vienna]], Austria
| coordinates = {{Coord|48|12|10|N|16|22 |06.5|E|type:landmark_region:AT-9}}
| mapframe-marker = music
| type = [[Opera house]]
| broke_ground = 
| built = 
| opened = 25 May 1869
| owner = City of Vienna
| architect = [[August Sicard von Sicardsburg]]<br />[[Eduard van der Nüll]]
| builder = [[Josef Hlávka]]
| former_names = Vienna Court Opera<br />(''Wiener Hofoper'')
| cost = 
| seating_type = 
| seating_capacity = 1,709 seated, 567 standing
| publictransit = {{rint|vienna|U}} {{rint|vienna|U1}} {{rint|vienna|U2}} {{rint|vienna|U4}} {{stl|Wiener Linien|Karlsplatz}}, {{rint|vienna|tram}} {{rint|vienna|tram|1}} {{rint|vienna|tram|2}} {{rint|vienna|tram|D}} {{rint|vienna|tram|62}} {{rint|vienna|tram|71}} Opernring, {{rint|vienna|bus}} 59A
| website = {{URL|https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/|wiener-staatsoper.at}}
}}

The '''Vienna State Opera''' ({{Langx|de|link=no|Wiener Staatsoper}}, {{IPA|de|ˈviːnɐ ˈʃtaːtsˌʔoːpɐ|IPA}}) is a historic [[opera house]] and opera company based in [[Vienna]], Austria. The 1,709-seat [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] venue was the first major building on the [[Vienna Ring Road]]. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by [[August Sicard von Sicardsburg]] and [[Eduard van der Nüll]], and designs by [[Josef Hlávka]]. The opera house was inaugurated as the "Vienna Court Opera" (''Wiener Hofoper'') in the presence of [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Emperor Franz Joseph I]] and [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria]]. It became known by its current name after the establishment of the [[First Austrian Republic]] in 1921. The Vienna State Opera is the successor of the old Vienna Court Opera<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 'Sunken Chest': The Building of the Vienna Court Opera on the Ring |url=https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/sunken-chest-building-vienna-court-opera-ring |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=Die Welt der Habsburger |language=en}}</ref> (built in 1636 inside the [[Hofburg]]). The new site was chosen and the construction paid by [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Emperor Franz Joseph]] in 1861.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Opera in Vienna |url=https://concert-vienna.com/blogs/viennese-things/the-history-of-opera-in-vienna |access-date=9 June 2020|website=Concert Vienna |language=en}}</ref>

The members of the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] are recruited from the Vienna State Opera's orchestra. The building is also the home of the [[Vienna State Ballet]], and it hosts the annual [[Vienna Opera Ball]] during the carnival season.