Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet

Lviv National Opera
Львівський Національний академічний театр опери та балету імені Соломії Крушельницької
The Lviv Opera as seen from Liberty Avenue [uk]
Former names	Lemberger Oper, Opera Lwowska, Teatr Wielki, Solomia Krushelnytska Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
General information
Type	Opera house
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
Location	Lviv, Ukraine
Address	Svobody av., 28
Groundbreaking	1897
Completed	1900
Opened	October 4, 1900 (1900-10-04)
Renovated	1989–1994
Owner	National
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Zygmunt Gorgolewski
Other information
Seating capacity	1,100
Website
www.opera.lviv.ua

The Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Ukrainian: Львівський Національний академічний театр опери та балету імені Соломії Крушельницької) or Lviv Opera (Ukrainian: Львівська оперa, Polish: Opera Lwowska) is an opera house located in Lviv, Ukraine's largest western city and one of its cultural centres. Originally built on former marshland of the submerged Poltva River, the Lviv Opera now located on Liberty Avenue [uk] (Ukrainian: Проспект Свободи), the tree-lined centrepiece of Lviv's historic Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the city's Halych district.

According to the inscription in the theatre lobby, the building was constructed between 1897 and 1900. Originally built when Lviv was the capital of the autonomous province of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Lviv Opera (German: Lemberger Oper) first stood at the end of Archduke Karl Ludwig Avenue, was later known as the Grand Theatre (Polish: Teatr Wielki) of the Second Polish Republic, and during the time of Soviet rule, entering patrons would pass by a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin. For four decades, the theatre was known as the Ivan Franko Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, having been renamed in 1956 after the city's famous poet and political activist on the centenary of his birth.

In 2000, the Lviv Opera celebrated its own centennial with another renaming, this time after one of the city's native daughters, Solomiya Krushelnytska, a renowned soprano of the early 20th century.