List of opera festivals

List of opera festivals

General Information
Related genres	Opera, classical music, early music
Location	Worldwide
Related events	Category:Music festivals, Category:Opera festivals, early music festivals

Main articles: Opera and List of music festivals

This is an inclusive list of opera festivals and summer opera seasons, and music festivals which have opera productions. This list may have some overlap with list of early music festivals. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition, and has long been performed for audiences on a large-scale format. It started in Italy at the end of the 16th century and soon spread through the rest of Europe. In the 18th century, Italian opera continued to dominate most of Europe (except France), attracting foreign composers such as Handel. Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in the 1760s. Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is Mozart, and his music is at times the featured attraction of opera and early music festivals..

Related lists and categories

The following lists may have some overlap:

• List of music festivals
• List of early music festivals

The following categories are related:

• Category:Music festivals
• Category:Opera festivals
• Category:Choral festivals
• Category:Classical music festivals
• Category:Chamber music festivals
• Category:Contemporary classical music festivals
• Category:Early music festivals

Opera festival by name

Name of Opera Festival	Theatre or location	Principal Venue	Notes
Arena di Verona Festival	Arena di Verona	Italy: Verona	Roman arena
Armel Opera Festival	Szeged National Theatre	Hungary: Szeged	Combined with a singing competition
Aspen Music Festival	Wheeler Opera House	United States: Aspen, Colorado
Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival	Aspendos Arena	Turkey:Aspendos	Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate
Amazonas Opera Festival	Amazon Theatre	Brazil:Manaus	Organised by Amazonas State Government
Bayreuth Baroque	Margrave's Opera House	Germany: Bayreuth	Baroque
Bayreuth Festival	Bayreuth Festspielhaus	Germany: Bayreuth	Richard Wagner
Bergamo Musica Festival	Teatro Donizetti	Italy: Bergamo	Primarily operas by Gaetano Donizetti and Simon Mayr
Bergen International Festival	Grieghallen	Norway: Bergen
Boston Early Music Festival		United States: Boston, Massachusetts	Early music
Brasilia Opera Festival	Teatro Nacional	Brazil: Brasilia, Distrito Federal
Bregenz Festival	Seebühne	Austria: Bregenz	Large-stage
Budapest Spring Festival	Hungarian State Opera House	Hungary: Budapest
Buxton Festival	Buxton Opera House	United Kingdom: Buxton
Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte	Teatro Comunale Poliziano	Italy: Montepulciano	Workshops of opera, music, and theatre
Caramoor International Music Festival	Venetian Theatre	United States: Katonah, New York
Castleton Festival	Festival Theatre	United States: Castleton, Virginia
Central City Opera	Central City Opera House	United States: Central City, Colorado
Chautauqua Opera	Norton Memorial Hall	United States: Chautauqua, New York
Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival	Cincinnati Music Hall	United States: Cincinnati, Ohio
Chorégies d'Orange	Théâtre Antique d'Orange	France: Orange	Roman theatre
Dalhalla Opera	Dalhalla	Sweden: Rättvik
Des Moines Metro Opera	Blank Performing Arts Center, Simpson College	United States: Indianola, Iowa	Two "standard repertory" works, plus one from 20th century
Diaghilev Festival	Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre	Russia: Perm	International Arts Festival in Diaghilev's city. May
Dorset Opera Festival	The Coade Hall	United Kingdom: Blandford Forum, Dorset	Country house opera: large-scale works
Drottningholm	Drottningholm Palace Theatre	Sweden: Stockholm	Early works
Eutin Festival	Freilichtbühne	Germany: Eutin
Festspiel Baden-Baden	Festspielhaus Baden-Baden	Germany: Baden-Baden
Festival d'Ambronay	Abbey of Ambronay	France: Ambronay	Baroque works
Festival de Radio France et Montpellier	Le Corum	France: Montpellier	Rare works
Festival dei Due Mondi	Teatro Caio Melisso	Italy: Spoleto
Festival della Valle d'Itria	Palazzo Ducale	Italy: Martina Franca	Rare works
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence	Théâtre de l'Archevêché	France: Aix-en-Provence
Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune	Hospices de Beaune	France: Beaune	Baroque works
Festival Opéra de Québec	Grand Théâtre de Québec	Canada: Québec
Festival Puccini	Teatro dei Quattromila	Italy: Torre del Lago	Giacomo Puccini, Large-stage
Festival Verdi	Teatro Regio di Parma	Italy: Parma	Giuseppe Verdi's operas; held annually in October
Fort Worth Opera	Bass Performance Hall	United States: Fort Worth, Texas
Garsington Opera	Wormsley Park	United Kingdom: Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	Country house opera
George Enescu Festival	Romanian Athenaeum	Romania: Bucharest
Glimmerglass Opera	Alice Busch Opera Theater	United States: Cooperstown, New York
Glyndebourne Festival Opera	Glyndebourne Opera House	United Kingdom: Glyndebourne	Country house opera
Grange Park Opera	The Grange	United Kingdom: Northington, Hampshire	Country house opera
Green Mountain Opera Festival	Barre Opera House	United States: Barre, Vermont	Mainstage and ensemble; Emerging Artists Program
Iford Arts Festival	Iford Manor	United Kingdom: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire	Country house opera
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik	Tiroler Landestheater	Austria: Innsbruck	Early works
InterHarmony International Music Festival	Aldobrandesca Castle Rathaus	Italy: Arcidosso Germany: Sulzbach-Rosenberg	2 locations
International Punta Classic Opera Festival	Punta del Este	Uruguay: Punta del Este	Giacomo Puccini
International Istanbul Opera Festival	various locations	Turkey:Istanbul	Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg	Schlosstheater	Germany: Rheinsberg	young singers
Läckö Castle Opera	Läckö Castle	Sweden: Lidköping	Inner courtyard of baroque castle
Lismore Music Festival	Lismore Castle	Republic of Ireland: Lismore, County Waterford
Lucerne Festival	Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre	Switzerland: Lucerne
London Handel Festival	Various, inc. St George's, Hanover Square; Royal College of Music	United Kingdom: London	George Frideric Handel's operas, plus other baroque
Longborough Festival Opera	Banks Fee House	United Kingdom: Longborough	Country house opera
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino	Teatro Communale and Teatro della Pergola	Italy: Florence
May Opera Evenings	Macedonian Opera and Ballet	Macedonia: Skopje
Miskolc Opera Festival	Grand Theatre	Hungary: Miskolc	Bartok; other operas
Munich Biennale	Gasteig	Germany: Munich	New opera and music-theatre
Munich Opera Festival	Nationaltheater München	Germany: Munich
Nevill Holt Opera	Nevill Holt Hall	United Kingdom: Nevill Holt, Leicestershire	Country house opera
Opera Barga Festival	Teatro dei Differenti	Italy: Barga
Opéra de Baugé	Les Capucins	France: Baugé	Country house opera
Opera Holland Park	Holland Park Theatre	United Kingdom: London
Opera Memphis	Playhouse on the Square	United States: Memphis, Tennessee
Opera New Jersey	McCarter Theatre	United States: Princeton
Opera Saratoga (formerly Lake George Opera)	Spa Little Theater	United States: Saratoga Springs, New York
Opera Theatre of Lucca	Teatro del Giglio	Italy: Lucca
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh SummerFest	Twentieth Century Club	United States: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis	Loretto-Hilton Theater	United States: St. Louis, Missouri
Operadhoy	Teatro de la Zarzuela	Spain: Madrid	Contemporary works
Operosa	Euxinograd Varna, Belgrade Youth Center, Ilija M. Kolarac Belgrade, Porto Montenegro Tivat	Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro
Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus	Paphos Castle	Cyprus: Paphos
Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice		United States: Phoenicia, New York
Ravenna Festival	Teatro Communale Alighieri	Italy: Ravenna
Reakopana Opera Festival	Greenside Theatre	South Africa: Johannesburg
Ravinia Festival	Ravinia Park	United States: Highland Park, Illinois
Richard Strauss Festival	Kongresshaus	Germany: Garmisch Partenkirchen	Richard Strauss
Rossini in Wildbad	Kurtheater	Germany: Bad Wildbad	Gioachino Rossini
Rossini Opera Festival	Teatro Rossini	Italy: Pesaro	Gioachino Rossini
Salzburg Easter Festival	Großes Festspielhaus	Austria: Salzburg
Salzburg Summer Festival	Großes Festspielhaus	Austria: Salzburg
Salzburg Whitsun Festival	Großes Festspielhaus	Austria: Salzburg
Santa Fe Opera	The Crosby Theatre	United States: Santa Fe, New Mexico	Five productions: balance of popular operas plus those rarely performed and North American / World premieres
Sobinov Opera Festival	Saratov Opera House	Russia: Saratov
Savonlinna Opera Festival	Olavinlinna Castle	Finland: Savonlinna	Mediaeval castle surrounded by a lake
Schwetzingen Festival	Schlosstheater Schwetzingen	Germany: Schwetzingen
Sferisterio Opera Festival	Sferisterio di Macerata	Italy: Macerata
Spoleto Festival USA	Gaillard Municipal Auditorium / Memminger Auditorium	United States: Charleston, South Carolina
Stars of the White Nights Festival	Mariinsky Theatre	Russia: St Petersburg
Strasbourg Music Festival	various locations including Strasbourg Cathedral	France: Strasbourg
Stålboga Summer Opera	Music pavilion at Stålboga manor house	Sweden: Södermanland	Country house opera
Sugar Creek Opera	Minor Auditorium, Clifton Central High School	United States: Clifton, Illinois
Tanglewood Music Festival	Tanglewood Music Center	United States: Lenox, Massachusetts
Tashkent Spring International Opera Festival	Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater Of Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan: Tashkent
Theatro da Paz Opera Festival	Theatro da Paz	Brazil: Belém, Pará
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Summer Festival	Baths of Caracalla	Italy: Rome
Tyrolean Festival Erl	Passionsspielhaus	Austria: Erl	Richard Wagner
Verbier Festival and Academy	Salle Médran	Switzerland: Verbier
Wagner Festival Wels	Theater im Greif	Austria: Wels	Richard Wagner
West Green House Opera	West Green House	United Kingdom: Hartley Wintney, Hampshire	Country house opera
Wexford Festival Opera	Wexford Opera House	Ireland: Wexford	Rare works
Wiener Festwochen	Theater an der Wien	Austria: Vienna	Contemporary works
Wolf Trap Opera Company	Filene Center	United States: Vienna, Virginia
Woodhouse Opera	Woodhouse Copse	United Kingdom: Holmbury St Mary, Surrey	Country house opera

See also

• List of festivals
• Country House Opera
• List of opera companies

References

Notes

Sources

• Operabase's list of opera festivals, by type of festival