Name of Opera Festival
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Theatre or location
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Principal Venue
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Notes
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Arena di Verona Festival
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Arena di Verona
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Italy: Verona
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Roman arena
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Armel Opera Festival
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Szeged National Theatre
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Hungary: Szeged
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Combined with a singing competition
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Aspen Music Festival |
Wheeler Opera House |
United States: Aspen, Colorado |
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Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival
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Aspendos Arena
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Turkey:Aspendos
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Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate
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Amazonas Opera Festival
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Amazon Theatre
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Brazil:Manaus
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Organised by Amazonas State Government
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Bayreuth Baroque |
Margrave's Opera House |
Germany: Bayreuth |
Baroque
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Bayreuth Festival |
Bayreuth Festspielhaus |
Germany: Bayreuth |
Richard Wagner
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Bergamo Musica Festival[1] |
Teatro Donizetti |
Italy: Bergamo |
Primarily operas by Gaetano Donizetti and Simon Mayr
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Bergen International Festival |
Grieghallen |
Norway: Bergen |
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Berlin Opera Academy
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Kulturbuero Elisabeth
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Germany: Berlin
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Summer Opera Festival
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Boston Early Music Festival |
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United States: Boston, Massachusetts |
Early music
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Brasilia Opera Festival |
Teatro Nacional |
Brazil: Brasilia, Distrito Federal |
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Bregenz Festival |
Seebühne |
Austria: Bregenz |
Large-stage
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Budapest Spring Festival |
Hungarian State Opera House |
Hungary: Budapest |
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Buxton Festival |
Buxton Opera House |
United Kingdom: Buxton |
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Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte[2]
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Teatro Comunale Poliziano
|
Italy: Montepulciano
|
Workshops of opera, music, and theatre
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Caramoor International Music Festival |
Venetian Theatre |
United States: Katonah, New York |
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Castleton Festival |
Festival Theatre |
United States: Castleton, Virginia |
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Central City Opera |
Central City Opera House |
United States: Central City, Colorado |
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Chautauqua Opera |
Norton Memorial Hall |
United States: Chautauqua, New York |
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Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival |
Cincinnati Music Hall |
United States: Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Chorégies d'Orange |
Théâtre Antique d'Orange |
France: Orange |
Roman theatre
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Dalhalla Opera |
Dalhalla |
Sweden: Rättvik |
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Des Moines Metro Opera |
Blank Performing Arts Center |
United States: Indianola, Iowa |
Summer Festival: three mainstage productions; Second Stages Series: two productions in unique venues throughout Des Moines
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Diaghilev Festival[3] |
Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre |
Russia: Perm |
International Arts Festival in Diaghilev's city. May
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DomStufen-Festspiele |
Theater Erfurt |
Germany: Erfurt, Thuringia |
International Opera Festival in heart of Germany, summer: one mainstage production, one production for children
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Dorset Opera Festival |
The Coade Hall |
United Kingdom: Blandford Forum, Dorset |
Country house opera: large-scale works
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Drottningholm |
Drottningholm Palace Theatre |
Sweden: Stockholm |
Early works
|
Eutin Festival[4] |
Freilichtbühne |
Germany: Eutin |
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Festspiel Baden-Baden |
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden |
Germany: Baden-Baden |
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Festival d'Ambronay |
Abbey of Ambronay |
France: Ambronay |
Baroque works
|
Festival de Radio France et Montpellier |
Le Corum |
France: Montpellier |
Rare works
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Festival dei Due Mondi |
Teatro Caio Melisso |
Italy: Spoleto |
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Festival della Valle d'Itria |
Palazzo Ducale |
Italy: Martina Franca |
Rare works
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Festival d'Aix-en-Provence |
Théâtre de l'Archevêché |
France: Aix-en-Provence |
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Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune |
Hospices de Beaune |
France: Beaune |
Baroque works
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Festival Opéra de Québec[5] |
Grand Théâtre de Québec
|
Canada: Québec |
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Festival Pergolesi Spontini
|
Teatro G.B. Pergolesi di Jesi
Teatro G. Spontini di Maiolati Spontini
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Italy: Jesi Maiolati
|
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Gaspare Spontini
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Festival Puccini |
Teatro dei Quattromila |
Italy: Torre del Lago |
Giacomo Puccini, Large-stage
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Festival Verdi |
Teatro Regio di Parma |
Italy: Parma |
Giuseppe Verdi's operas; held annually in October
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Fort Worth Opera |
Bass Performance Hall |
United States: Fort Worth, Texas |
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Garsington Opera |
Wormsley Park |
United Kingdom: Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire |
Country house opera
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George Enescu Festival |
Romanian Athenaeum |
Romania: Bucharest |
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Glimmerglass Opera |
Alice Busch Opera Theater |
United States: Cooperstown, New York |
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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
|
Green Mountain Opera Festival[6] |
Barre Opera House |
United States: Barre, Vermont |
Mainstage and ensemble; Emerging Artists Program
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Iford Arts Festival |
Iford Manor |
United Kingdom: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire |
Country house opera
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Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik |
Tiroler Landestheater |
Austria: Innsbruck |
Early works
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InterHarmony International Music Festival |
Chiesa Santo Spirito, Rathaus |
Italy: Acqui Terme Germany: Sulzbach-Rosenberg |
2 locations
|
International Punta Classic Opera Festival |
Punta del Este |
Uruguay: Punta del Este |
Giacomo Puccini
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International Istanbul Opera Festival[7]
|
various locations
|
Turkey:Istanbul
|
Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate
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Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg |
Schlosstheater |
Germany: Rheinsberg |
young singers
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Läckö Castle Opera |
Läckö Castle |
Sweden: Lidköping |
Inner courtyard of baroque castle
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Lismore Opera Festival |
Lismore Castle |
Republic of Ireland: Lismore, County Waterford |
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Lucerne Festival |
Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre |
Switzerland: Lucerne |
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London Handel Festival |
Various, inc. St George's, Hanover Square; Royal College of Music |
United Kingdom: London |
George Frideric Handel's operas, plus other baroque
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Longborough Festival Opera |
Banks Fee House |
United Kingdom: Longborough |
Country house opera
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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino |
Teatro Communale and Teatro della Pergola |
Italy: Florence |
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May Opera Evenings[8] |
Macedonian Opera and Ballet |
Macedonia: Skopje |
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Miskolc Opera Festival |
Grand Theatre |
Hungary: Miskolc |
Bartok; other operas
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Munich Biennale |
Gasteig |
Germany: Munich |
New opera and music-theatre
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Munich Opera Festival |
Nationaltheater München |
Germany: Munich |
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Nevill Holt Opera |
Nevill Holt Hall |
United Kingdom: Nevill Holt, Leicestershire |
Country house opera
|
New York Opera Fest
|
Multiple venus in New York City
Symphony Space, Baruch Performing Arts Center, Sheen Center for the Arts, Hunter College, The Kosciuszko Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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United States:
New York City
|
traditional operas to new Opera premieres
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Opera Barga Festival |
Teatro dei Differenti |
Italy: Barga |
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Opéra de Baugé |
Les Capucins |
France: Baugé |
Country house opera
|
Opera Holland Park |
Holland Park Theatre |
United Kingdom: London |
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Opera Memphis |
Playhouse on the Square |
United States: Memphis, Tennessee |
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Opera New Jersey[9] |
McCarter Theatre |
United States: Princeton |
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Opera Saratoga (formerly Lake George Opera) |
Spa Little Theater |
United States: Saratoga Springs, New York |
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Opera Theatre of Lucca |
Teatro del Giglio |
Italy: Lucca |
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Opera Theater of Pittsburgh SummerFest |
Twentieth Century Club |
United States: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis |
Loretto-Hilton Theater |
United States: St. Louis, Missouri |
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Operadhoy[10] |
Teatro de la Zarzuela |
Spain: Madrid |
Contemporary works
|
Operosa[11] |
Herceg Novi, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Belgrade, Serbia |
Herceg Novi Montenegro |
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Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus |
Paphos Castle |
Cyprus: Paphos |
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Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice[12] |
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United States: Phoenicia, New York |
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PromFest |
Endla Theatre |
Estonia: Pärnu |
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Ravenna Festival |
Teatro Communale Alighieri |
Italy: Ravenna |
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Reakopana Opera Festival[13] |
Greenside Theatre |
South Africa: Johannesburg |
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Ravinia Festival |
Ravinia Park |
United States: Highland Park, Illinois |
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Richard Strauss Festival[14] |
Kongresshaus |
Germany: Garmisch Partenkirchen |
Richard Strauss
|
Rossini in Wildbad |
Kurtheater |
Germany: Bad Wildbad |
Gioachino Rossini
|
Rossini Opera Festival |
Teatro Rossini |
Italy: Pesaro |
Gioachino Rossini
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Salzburg Easter Festival |
Großes Festspielhaus |
Austria: Salzburg |
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Salzburg Summer Festival |
Großes Festspielhaus |
Austria: Salzburg |
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Salzburg Whitsun Festival |
Großes Festspielhaus |
Austria: Salzburg |
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Santa Fe Opera |
The Crosby Theatre |
United States: Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Five productions: balance of popular operas plus those rarely performed and North American / World premieres
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Sobinov Opera Festival |
Saratov Opera House |
Russia: Saratov |
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Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Olavinlinna Castle |
Finland: Savonlinna |
Mediaeval castle surrounded by a lake
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Schwetzingen Festival |
Schlosstheater Schwetzingen |
Germany: Schwetzingen |
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Sferisterio Opera Festival |
Sferisterio di Macerata |
Italy: Macerata |
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Split Summer Festival
|
Split town squares and cultural heritage places/ Diocletian's palace / National Theater house
|
Croatia: Split
|
1700 years old mediterranian Unesco protected town
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Spoleto Festival USA |
Gaillard Municipal Auditorium / Memminger Auditorium |
United States: Charleston, South Carolina |
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Stars of the White Nights Festival |
Mariinsky Theatre |
Russia: St Petersburg |
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Strasbourg Music Festival |
various locations including Strasbourg Cathedral |
France: Strasbourg |
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Stålboga Summer Opera |
Music pavilion at Stålboga manor house |
Sweden: Södermanland |
Country house opera
|
Sugar Creek Opera[15] |
Minor Auditorium, Clifton Central High School |
United States: Clifton, Illinois |
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Tanglewood Music Festival |
Tanglewood Music Center |
United States: Lenox, Massachusetts |
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Tashkent Spring International Opera Festival |
Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater Of Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistan: Tashkent |
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Theatro da Paz Opera Festival |
Theatro da Paz |
Brazil: Belém, Pará |
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Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Summer Festival |
Baths of Caracalla |
Italy: Rome |
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Tyrolean Festival Erl |
Passionsspielhaus |
Austria: Erl |
Richard Wagner
|
Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre[16] |
Ellen Eccles Theatre and Utah Theatre |
United States: Logan, Utah |
Performs 5-6 works of Opera and Musical Theatre in two venues.
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Verbier Festival and Academy |
Salle Médran |
Switzerland: Verbier |
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Wagner Festival Wels[17] |
Theater im Greif |
Austria: Wels |
Richard Wagner
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West Green House Opera |
West Green House |
United Kingdom: Hartley Wintney, Hampshire |
Country house opera
|
Wexford Festival Opera |
Wexford Opera House |
Ireland: Wexford |
Rare works
|
Wiener Festwochen |
Theater an der Wien |
Austria: Vienna |
Contemporary works
|
Wolf Trap Opera Company |
Filene Center |
United States: Vienna, Virginia |
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Woodhouse Opera[18][19] |
Woodhouse Copse |
United Kingdom: Holmbury St Mary, Surrey |
Country house opera
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Dionysia Opera Festival
|
Old fortress of Kerkyra
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Greece, Corfu
|
Opera Festival, Academy for young singers
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