| List of opera festivals | |
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| Header1: | General Information |
| Label2: | Related genres |
| Data2: | Opera, classical music, early music |
| Label3: | Location |
| Data3: | Worldwide |
| Label4: | Related events |
| Data4: | ,, early music festivals |
See main article: 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.
The following lists may have some overlap:
The following categories are related:
| Name of Opera Festival | Theatre or location | Principal Venue | Notes / known for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena di Verona Festival | Italy | Roman arena | ||
| Wheeler Opera House | United States | |||
| nowrap | Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival | Aspendos Arena | Turkey | Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate |
| Atlantic Music Festival Opera Workshop | Strider Theater | United States | ||
| Amazonas Opera Festival | Amazon Theatre | Brazil | Organised by Amazonas State Government | |
| Germany | Richard Wagner | |||
| Grieghallen | Norway | |||
| Ireland | ||||
| United States | Early music | |||
| Seebühne | Austria | Large-stage | ||
| United Kingdom | ||||
| Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte[1] | Teatro Comunale Poliziano | Italy | Workshops of opera, music, and theatre | |
| Venetian Theatre | United States | |||
| Festival Theatre | United States | |||
| United States | ||||
| Norton Memorial Hall | United States | |||
| United States | ||||
| France | Roman theatre | |||
| Sweden | ||||
| Blank Performing Arts Center | United States | 3 mainstage productions; 2nd Stages Series: 2 productions throughout Des Moines | ||
| Germany | International Opera Festival in heart of Germany, summer: one mainstage production, one production for children | |||
| United Kingdom | Country house opera: large-scale works | |||
| Sweden | Early works | |||
| Germany | ||||
| France | Baroque works | |||
| Festival de Ópera do Theatro da Paz | Theatro da Paz | Brazil: Belém | Organized by Pará State Government | |
| Le Corum | France | Rare works | ||
| Italy | ||||
| Palazzo Ducale | Italy | Rare works | ||
| Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Grand Théâtre de Provence, Théâtre du Jeu de Paume | France | |||
| France | Baroque works | |||
| Teatro dei Quattromila | Italy | Giacomo Puccini, Large-stage | ||
| Tiroler Landestheater | Austria | Early works | ||
| United States | ||||
| United Kingdom | Country house opera | |||
| Romania | ||||
| United States | ||||
| United Kingdom | Country house opera | |||
| United Kingdom | Country house opera | |||
| United Kingdom | Country house opera | |||
| InterHarmony International Music Festival | Chiesa Santo Spirito, Rathaus | Germany | locations in 2 countries | |
| Italy | ||||
| Uruguay | Giacomo Puccini | |||
| Schlosstheater | Germany | young singers | ||
| Sweden | Inner courtyard of baroque castle | |||
| Republic of Ireland | ||||
| Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre | Switzerland | |||
| Banks Fee House | United Kingdom | Country house opera | ||
| Italy | ||||
| Grand Theatre | Hungary | Bartok; other operas | ||
| Germany | New opera and music-theatre | |||
| Germany | ||||
| Nevill Holt Hall | United Kingdom Nevill Holt, Leicestershire | Country house opera | ||
| Teatro dei Differenti | Italy | |||
| Les Capucins | France | Country house opera | ||
| Holland Park Theatre | United Kingdom | |||
| United States | ||||
| United States | Formerly known as Lake George Opera | |||
| Italy | ||||
| Loretto-Hilton Theater | United States | |||
| OperaFest | Tulchyn, Ukraine | Tulchyn, Ukraine | ||
| Operosa[2] | Montenegro | |||
| Opernfest[3] | ||||
| Cyprus | ||||
| Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice[4] | United States | |||
| Piccolo Opera Festival | Spessa Castle and various locations | Italy | No borders Opera experience in historical venues | |
| Slovenia | ||||
| Estonia | ||||
| Italy | ||||
| United States | ||||
| Kurtheater | Germany | Gioachino Rossini | ||
| Italy | Gioachino Rossini | |||
| Austria | ||||
| Austria | ||||
| Austria | ||||
| United States | popular operas, rarely performed + North American / World premieres | |||
| Finland | Mediaeval castle surrounded by a lake | |||
| Germany | ||||
| Italy | ||||
| Gaillard Center, Sottile Theatre, Festival Hall | United States | |||
| Russia | ||||
| France | ||||
| Music pavilion at Stålboga manor house | Sweden | Country house opera | ||
| United States | ||||
| Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | Baths of Caracalla | Italy | Summer Festival | |
| Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre[5] | Ellen Eccles Theatre and Utah Theatre | United States | Performs 5-6 works of Opera and Musical Theatre in two venues. | |
| Verbier Festival and Academy | Salle Médran | Switzerland | ||
| United Kingdom | Country house opera | |||
| Ireland | Rare works | |||
| Austria | Opera | |||
| Vicenza Opera Festival[6] | Teatro Olimpico | Vicenza, Italy | Roman theatre, Ivan Fischer Opera Company | |
| Austria | Contemporary works | |||
| United States |
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