Oper Frankfurt, Opera house in Frankfurt, Germany.

Oper Frankfurt is an opera house and opera company in Frankfurt am Main, housed since 1963 in a building shared with the Schauspiel Frankfurt under one roof at Willy-Brandt-Platz. Its long glass facade of tall panes sits below a taller, windowless grey block with a shallow pitched top. The auditorium has 1,369 seats on three stacked balcony levels with red seating and continuous yellow light bands along the curved balcony edges.

The opera house at today's Willy-Brandt-Platz, then Theaterplatz, was completed in 1963 as a shared home for opera and drama. Its stage was destroyed by fire in November 1987 and the house reopened in April 1991. Georg Solti led the company from 1952 to 1961, and Michael Gielen's tenure from 1977 to 1987 brought international recognition.

The ensemble performs around 280 times each season, covering everything from Baroque through Mozart to contemporary premieres that often mix experimental staging with modern set design. Many singers stay with the company for several years and develop a repertoire they perform repeatedly before Frankfurt audiences.

Visitors can reach the house by subway or tram, with several stops nearby that require only a short walk to the entrance. Tours are available in different languages and show the auditorium as well as areas behind the stage, though availability depends on the rehearsal schedule.

The stage machinery includes a rotating platform and hydraulic lifts that enable crews to switch between different productions within a few hours. On certain evenings, performances of different operas follow one another directly in the same house, allowing a tight schedule without extended rebuild breaks.