Operahusets val - konsten att vara sig själv och alla till lags

Sammanfattning: Opera houses today face multiple institutional logics. This thesis aims to find out what strategies opera houses in Sweden use to handle conflicting institutional demands. Several interviews with artistic directors were conducted and resulted in a model based on six important decisions the opera houses make. The analysis then sheds light on which strategies the organisations use to create legitimacy around their decisions. The conclusion is that the organisations mostly compromise, but also avoid and defy conflicting logics. The authors ask the question if this really is what we want the opera houses to put energy into. We recommend further research on how to best finance opera and culture today, given the present institutional pressure.