Editing Vienna State Opera (section)

=== The company ===
The Vienna State Opera is closely linked to the [[Vienna Philharmonic]], which is an incorporated society of its own, but whose members are recruited from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera.

The {{Lang|de|Wiener Staatsoper}} is one of the busiest opera houses in the world producing 50 to 60 operas in a [[Repertory theatre|repertory]] system per year and ten ballet productions in more than 350 performances.<ref>[http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/Spielplan_16-17.de.php 2016/17 season], Vienna State Opera</ref> It is quite common to find a different opera being produced each day of a week. The {{lang|de|Staatsoper}} employs over 1000 people. As of 2008, the annual operating budget of the {{lang|de|Staatsoper}} was 100&nbsp;million euros with slightly more than 50% as a state subsidy.
[[File:Photo of Gustav Mahler by Moritz Nähr 01.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Gustav Mahler was artistic director of the ''Hofoper'' from 1897 to 1907.]]

The company's 2019 production of [[Olga Neuwirth]]'s opera ''Orlando'' marked the first production of an opera by a female composer in the history of the Vienna State Opera.<ref>{{cite news |title=After 150 years, Vienna opera house stages first opera by a woman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/vienna-opera-house-virginia-woolf-orlando-olga-neuwirth |access-date=24 November 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=24 November 2019}}</ref>