List of opera festivals

This is an inclusive list of opera festivals and summer seasons, and music festivals which have opera productions.

Name of Opera Festival Theatre or location Principal Venue Notes
Arena di Verona Festival Arena di Verona Italy: Verona Roman arena
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 Manaus:Brazil Organised by Amazonas State Government
Bayreuth Baroque Margrave's Opera House Germany: Bayreuth Baroque
Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth Festspielhaus Germany: Bayreuth Richard Wagner
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[1] Teatro Comunale Poliziano Italy: Montepulciano Workshops of opera, music, and theatre
Caramoor International Music Festival Venetian Theatre United States: Katonah, New York
Castleton Festival[2] Theatre House United States: Castleton, Virginia Britten chamber operas
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 arena
Dalhalla Opera Dalhalla Sweden: Rättvik
Dorset Opera Festival Coade Theatre United Kingdom: Blandford Forum, Dorset Country house opera: large-scale works
Drottningholm Drottningholm Palace Theatre Sweden: Stockholm Early works
Eutin Festival[3] Freilichtbühne Germany: Eutin
Festspiel Baden-Baden Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Germany: Baden-Baden
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik Tiroler Landestheater Austria: Innsbruck Early works
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 Puccini Teatro dei Quattromila Italy: Torre del Lago Giacomo Puccini, Large-stage
Fort Worth Opera Bass Performance Hall United States: Fort Worth, Texas
Garsington Opera Garsington Manor United Kingdom: Garsington 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 Grange Park Opera House United Kingdom: Northington Country house opera
International Punta Classic Opera Festival Punta del Este Uruguay: Punta del Este Giacomo Puccini
International Istanbul Opera Festival[4] various locations Turkey:Istanbul Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg Schlosstheater Germany: Rheinsberg young singers
Lucerne Festival Switzerland: Lucerne
London Handel Festival United Kingdom: London George Frideric Handel
Longborough Festival Opera United Kingdom: Longborough Country house opera
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Teatro Communale and Teatro della Pergola Italy: Florence
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
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 Saratoga
(formerly Lake George Opera)
Spa Little Theater United States: Saratoga Springs, New York
Opera Theatre of Lucca Teatro del Giglio Italy: Lucca
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Loretto-Hilton Theater United States: St. Louis, Missouri
Operadhoy[5] Teatro de la Zarzuela Spain: Madrid Contemporary works
Operosa Festival Chateau Euxinograd Bulgaria: Varna
International PuntaClassic Festival Uruguay: Punta del Este
Ravenna Festival Teatro Communale Alighieri Italy: Ravenna
Ravinia Festival Ravinia Park United States: Highland Park, Illinois
Richard Strauss Festival[6] Kongresshaus Germany: Garmisch Partenkirchen Richard Strauss
Rossini in Wildbad[7] 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 Theater United States: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Savonlinna Opera Festival Olavinlinna Castle Finland: Savonlinna
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
Sugar Creek Symphony & Song[8] United States: Watseka, 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[9] Theater im Greif Austria: Wels Richard Wagner
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

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Sources

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