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.
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 festivals by name
Name Theatre or location Principal venue Notes / known for 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: AspendosOrganised 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 Opera House United Kingdom: Buxton Cantiere Internazionale d'ArteCantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano website 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 Copenhagen Opera Festival Copenhagen Denmark: Copenhagen Free Festival Stage 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 worksFestival 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 Festival 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 operaHanda Opera on Sydney HarbourSydney HarbourAustralia: 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 countriesItaly: 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 Tulchyn, Ukraine OperosaOperosa Opera Festival website Herceg Novi, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Belgrade, Serbia Montenegro: Herceg Novi OpernfestOpernfest website former silent movie theatre Germany: Berlin Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus Paphos Castle Cyprus: Paphos Phoenicia International Festival of the VoiceMitchell, Paula (1 August 2012). "Phoenicia Festival of the Voice a star-studded affair". Daily Freeman. Retrieved 9 January 2013. United States: Phoenicia, New York Piccolo Opera FestivalSpessa Castle and various locationsItaly: Friuli-Venezia GiuliaNo borders Opera experience in historical venuesSlovenia: 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: RomeSummer FestivalUtah Festival Opera & Musical TheatreUtah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre websiteEllen Eccles Theatre and Utah TheatreUnited States: Logan, UtahPerforms 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 worksVicenza Opera FestivalTeatro OlimpicoItaly: VicenzaRoman 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
Lists of festivals Lists of opera companies
References Notes
Sources Operabase's list of opera festivals, by type of festival