| Name of Opera Festival
|
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 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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