An fara gabatar da wasan kwaikwayon a Indonesia a cikin karni na 19 ta masu mamayewa.
Opook na farko da aka yi a Indonesia shine Marta ta Friedrich Von Flotow a cikin 1871.
A zamanin mulkin mallaka, Opera ya zama mafi kyawun nishaɗi kuma ana iya shaidawa da wasu da'ira.
A cikin 1920s, kungiyar Oporo ta farko ta kunshi sunan 'yan wasan Indonesiya mai suna Opera Indonesia.
Wasikanci Indonesia ne ke jagorantar R. Soehato a cikin 1926 kuma ya yi nasara wajen nuna Aida ta Giusepper Verdi.
A cikin shekarun 1930, rukunin Peking Opera suma sun fito wanda ya hada da salon Sinanci da kasashen yamma Operra.
Bayan 'yancin kai, opera ta zama a buɗe kuma za a iya jin daɗin al'adun al'umma.
A shekarun 1960, rukunin Opolera na farko sun fito a Indonesia da ake kira Opera Kucil.
Opera kadan ke jagorantar W.S. Rendra da kuma yi nasara a cikin nunawa suna aiki kamar carmen da auren Figaro.
A halin yanzu, wasan Opera har yanzu sanannen nishaɗin ne a Indonesia tare da wasan kwaikwayo a gidan wasan kwaikwayon da bikin talla da ake gudanarwa akai-akai.
