| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Boston Early Music Festival |
|
United States: Boston, Massachusetts |
Early music |
| Brasilia Opera Festival |
Teatro Nacional |
Brazil: Brasilia, Distrito Federal |
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| Bregenz Festival |
Seebühne |
Austria: Bregenz |
Large-stage |
| Budapest Spring Festival |
Hungarian State Opera House |
Hungary: Budapest |
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| Buxton Festival |
Buxton Opera House |
United Kingdom: Buxton |
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| 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 |
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| Chautauqua Opera |
Norton Memorial Hall |
United States: Chautauqua, New York |
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| Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival |
Cincinnati Music Hall |
United States: Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Chorégies d'Orange |
Théâtre Antique d'Orange |
France: Orange |
Roman arena |
| Dalhalla Opera |
Dalhalla |
Sweden: Rättvik |
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| 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 |
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| Festspiel Baden-Baden |
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden |
Germany: Baden-Baden |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Garsington Opera |
Garsington Manor |
United Kingdom: Garsington |
Country house opera |
| George Enescu Festival |
Romanian Athenaeum |
Romania: Bucharest |
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| Glimmerglass Opera |
Alice Busch Opera Theater |
United States: Cooperstown, New York |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Opera Barga Festival |
Teatro dei Differenti |
Italy: Barga |
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| 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 |
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| Opera Theatre of Lucca |
Teatro del Giglio |
Italy: Lucca |
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| Opera Theatre of Saint Louis |
Loretto-Hilton Theater |
United States: St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Operadhoy[5] |
Teatro de la Zarzuela |
Spain: Madrid |
Contemporary works |
| Operosa Festival |
Chateau Euxinograd |
Bulgaria: Varna |
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| International PuntaClassic Festival |
|
Uruguay: Punta del Este |
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| Ravenna Festival |
Teatro Communale Alighieri |
Italy: Ravenna |
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| Ravinia Festival |
Ravinia Park |
United States: Highland Park, Illinois |
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| 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 |
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| Salzburg Summer Festival |
Großes Festspielhaus |
Austria: Salzburg |
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| Salzburg Whitsun Festival |
Großes Festspielhaus |
Austria: Salzburg |
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| Santa Fe Opera |
The Crosby Theater |
United States: Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Olavinlinna Castle |
Finland: Savonlinna |
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| Schwetzingen Festival |
Schlosstheater Schwetzingen |
Germany: Schwetzingen |
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| Sferisterio Opera Festival |
Sferisterio di Macerata |
Italy: Macerata |
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| Spoleto Festival USA |
Gaillard Municipal Auditorium & Memminger Auditorium |
United States: Charleston, South Carolina |
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| Stars of the White Nights Festival |
Mariinsky Theatre |
Russia: St Petersburg |
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| Strasbourg Music Festival |
various locations including Strasbourg Cathedral |
France: Strasbourg |
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| Sugar Creek Symphony & Song[8] |
|
United States: Watseka, Illinois |
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| Tanglewood Music Festival |
Tanglewood Music Center |
United States: Lenox, Massachusetts |
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| Tashkent Spring International Opera Festival |
Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater Of Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistan: Tashkent |
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| Theatro da Paz Opera Festival |
Theatro da Paz |
Brazil: Belém, Pará |
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| Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Summer Festival |
Baths of Caracalla |
Italy: Rome |
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| Tyrolean Festival Erl |
Passionsspielhaus |
Austria: Erl |
Richard Wagner |
| Verbier Festival and Academy |
Salle Médran |
Switzerland: Verbier |
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| 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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See also
Notes
Sources
Operabase's list of opera festivals, by type of festival
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