Name of Opera Festival
|
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 International 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 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 |
West Horsley Place |
United Kingdom:
West Horsley,
Surrey |
Country house opera
|
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 |
Republic of 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,
Ukraine
|
Tulchyn,
Ukraine
|
|
Operosa
[2] |
Herceg Novi,
Montenegro,
Bulgaria,
Belgrade,
Serbia |
Montenegro:
Herceg Novi |
|
Opernfest
[3] |
Ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi |
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:
Goriška Brda
|
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 |
|
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:
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
|
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
|
Vienna Festival |
Palais Palffy |
Austria:
Vienna |
Opera
|
Vicenza Opera Festival
[6]
|
Teatro Olimpico
|
Vicenza, Italy
|
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 |
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