Linz Musiktheater, Linz

The Landestheater Linz is the largest theater in Upper Austria. The three venues are the Musiktheater am Volksgarten and also the Schauspielhaus (formerly Großes Haus) and the Kammerspiele on the promenade in Linz. The theater is run by Upper Austria. Theater und Orchester GmbH, which also operates the Bruckner Orchester Linz and is wholly owned by the State of Upper Austria through the Upper Austrian state holding.

The multi-branch theater brings out around 35 new productions and up to 900 performances in the five categories of opera, operetta, musical, drama, dance and young theater per season.

The Landestheater works closely with the Bruckner Orchestra, with a focus on the classical opera repertoire and a baroque cycle and a long-term focus on children's opera.

The Linz Music Theater was constructed between 2008 and 2013 and serves as the theater and opera house of the city of Linz. The official commissioning of the music theater, opened by Heinz Fischer on April 11, 2013, took place on April 12, 2013 with the world premiere of the opera Traces of the Lost by Philip Glass based on the play of the same name by Peter Handke. Political disputes about the location, the invitation to tender for two architecture competitions and the implementation of a referendum were the reasons for the delay of several years in the start of construction.