List of opera festivals

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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

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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 festivals by name

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Name  | Theatre or location  | Principal venue  | Notes / known for

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Arena di Verona Festival | Arena di Verona | Italy: Verona | Roman arena
Aspen Music Festival | Wheeler Opera House | United States: Aspen, Colorado |
Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival | Aspendos Arena  | Turkey: Aspendos | Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate
Atlantic Music Festival Opera Workshop | Strider Theater | United States: Waterville, Maine |
Amazonas Opera Festival | Amazon Theatre | Brazil: Manaus | Organised by Amazonas State Government
Bayreuth Festival | Bayreuth Festspielhaus | Germany: Bayreuth | Richard Wagner
Bergen International Festival | Grieghallen | Norway: Bergen |
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival | Lismore Castle | Ireland: Blackwater Valley |
Boston Early Music Festival |  | United States: Boston, Massachusetts | Early music
Bregenz Festival | Seebühne | Austria: Bregenz | large stage
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 | 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 | United States: Indianola, Iowa | 3 mainstage productions; 2nd Stages Series: 2 productions throughout Des Moines
DomStufen-Festspiele | Theater Erfurt | Germany: Erfurt, Thuringia | International Opera Festival in heart of Germany, summer: one mainstage production, one production for children
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
Festspiel Baden-Baden | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Germany: Baden-Baden |
Festival d'Ambronay | Abbey of Ambronay | France: Ambronay | Baroque works
Festival de Ópera do Theatro da Paz | Theatro da Paz | Brazil: Belém | Organized by Pará state government
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,
Grand Théâtre de Provence,
Théâtre du Jeu de Paume | France: Aix-en-Provence |
Festival 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
Festwochen der Alten Musik | Tiroler Landestheater | Austria: Innsbruck | Early works
Fort Worth Opera | Bass Performance Hall | United States: Fort Worth, Texas |
Garsington Opera | Wormsley Park | United Kingdom: Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire | Country house opera
George Enescu Festival | Romanian Athenaeum | Romania: Bucharest |
Glimmerglass Fstival | Alice Busch Opera Theater | United States: Cooperstown, New York |
Glyndebourne Festival Opera | Glyndebourne Opera House | United Kingdom: Glyndebourne | Country house opera
Grange Park Opera | West Horsley Place | United Kingdom: West Horsley, Surrey | Country house opera
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour | Sydney Harbour | Australia: Sydney |
Iford Arts Festival | Iford Manor | United Kingdom: Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire | Country house opera
InterHarmony International Music Festival | Chiesa Santo Spirito, Rathaus | Germany: Sulzbach-Rosenberg | locations in 2 countries
Italy: Acqui Terme
International Punta Classic Opera Festival | Punta del Este | Uruguay: Punta del Este | Giacomo Puccini
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg | Schlosstheater | Germany: Rheinsberg | young singers
Läckö Castle Opera | Läckö Castle | Sweden: Lidköping | Inner courtyard of baroque castle
Lismore Opera Festival | Lismore Castle | Ireland: Lismore, County Waterford |
Lucerne Festival | Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre | Switzerland: Lucerne |
Longborough Festival Opera | Banks Fee House | 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 |
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 Saratoga | Spa Little Theater | United States: Saratoga Springs, New York | Formerly known as Lake George Opera
Opera Theatre of Lucca | Teatro del Giglio | Italy: Lucca |
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | Loretto-Hilton Theater | United States: St. Louis, Missouri |
OperaFest Tulchyn [uk] | Tulchyn, Ukraine |  |
Operosa[2] | Herceg Novi, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Belgrade, Serbia | Montenegro: Herceg Novi |
Opernfest[3] | Kino Delphi (Berlin-Weißensee) [de] former silent movie theatre | Germany: Berlin |
Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus | Paphos Castle | Cyprus: Paphos |
Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice[4] |  | United States: Phoenicia, New York |
Piccolo Opera Festival  | Spessa Castle and various locations  | Italy: Friuli-Venezia Giulia | No borders Opera experience in historical venues
Slovenia: Gorizia Hills
PromFest | Endla Theatre | Estonia: Pärnu |
Ravenna Festival | Teatro Communale Alighieri | Italy: Ravenna |
Ravinia Festival | Ravinia Park | United States: Highland Park, Illinois |
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, Felsenreitschule | Austria: Salzburg |
Salzburg Whitsun Festival | Großes Festspielhaus | Austria: Salzburg |
Mozart Week | Salzburg | Austria: Salzburg |
Santa Fe Opera | The Crosby Theatre | United States: Santa Fe, New Mexico | popular operas, rarely performed + North American / World premieres
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 Center, Sottile Theatre, Festival Hall | United States: Charleston, South Carolina |
Stars of the White Nights Festival | Mariinsky Theatre | Russia: Saint 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
Tanglewood Music Festival | Tanglewood Music Center | United States: Lenox, Massachusetts |
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | Baths of Caracalla | Italy: Rome | Summer Festival
Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre[5] | Ellen Eccles Theatre and Utah Theatre | United States: Logan, Utah | Performs 5-6 works of Opera and Musical Theatre in two venues.
Verbier Festival and Academy | Salle Médran | Switzerland: Verbier |
Waterperry Opera Festival | Waterperry Gardens | United Kingdom: Oxfordshire | Country house opera
Wexford Festival Opera | Wexford Opera House | Ireland: Wexford | Rare works
Vicenza Opera Festival[6] | Teatro Olimpico | Italy: Vicenza | Roman theatre, Ivan Fischer Opera Company
Wiener Festwochen | Theater an der Wien | Austria: Vienna | Contemporary works
Wolf Trap Opera Company | Filene Center | United States: Vienna, Virginia |

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opera festivals.

* Opera portal

* Lists of festivals
* Lists of opera companies

## References

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Notes

1. ^ Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano website
2. ^ Operosa Opera Festival website
3. ^ Opernfest website
4. ^ Mitchell, Paula (1 August 2012). "Phoenicia Festival of the Voice a star-studded affair". Daily Freeman. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
5. ^ Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre website
6. ^ "The Vicenza Opera Festival". Retrieved 2022-11-20.

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