This is an inclusive list of opera festivals and summer seasons, and music festivals which have opera productions.
| Name of Opera Festival | Theatre or location | Principal Venue | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Amazonas Opera Festival | Amazon Theatre | Manaus:Brazil | Organised by Amazonas State Government | |
| Bayreuth Baroque | Margrave's Opera House | Germany: Bayreuth | Baroque | |
| Bayreuth Festival | Bayreuth Festspielhaus | Germany: Bayreuth | Richard Wagner | |
| Bergen International Festival | Grieghallen | Norway: Bergen | ||
| Boston Early Music Festival | United States: Boston, Massachusetts | Early music | ||
| Brasilia Opera Festival | Teatro Nacional | Brazil: Brasilia, Distrito Federal | ||
| Bregenz Festival | Seebühne | Austria: Bregenz | Large-stage | |
| Budapest Spring Festival | Hungarian State Opera House | Hungary: Budapest | ||
| Buxton Festival | Buxton Opera House | United Kingdom: Buxton | ||
| Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte | Teatro Comunale Poliziano | Italy: Montepulciano | Workshops of opera, music, and theatre | |
| Caramoor International Music Festival | Venetian Theatre | United States: Katonah, New York | ||
| Castleton Festival | Theatre House | United States: Castleton, Virginia | Britten chamber operas | |
| 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 PAC | United States: United States, Iowa | large-scale operatic works | |
| Dorset Opera Festival | Coade Theatre | United Kingdom: Blandford Forum, Dorset | Country house opera: large-scale works | |
| Drottningholm | Drottningholm Palace Theatre | Sweden: Stockholm | Early works | |
| Eutin Festival | Freilichtbühne | Germany: Eutin | ||
| Festspiel Baden-Baden | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Germany: Baden-Baden | ||
| Festival d'Ambronay | Abbey of Ambronay | France: Ambronay | Baroque works | |
| 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 | France: Aix-en-Provence | ||
| Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune | Hospices de Beaune | France: Beaune | Baroque works | |
| Festival Opéra de Québec | Canada; Quebec | |||
| Festival Puccini | Teatro dei Quattromila | Italy: Torre del Lago | Giacomo Puccini, Large-stage | |
| Fort Worth Opera | Bass Performance Hall | United States: Fort Worth, Texas | ||
| Garsington Opera | Garsington Manor | United Kingdom: Garsington | 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 | Grange Park Opera House | United Kingdom: Northington | Country house opera | |
| Green Mountain Opera Festival | Barre Opera House | United States: Barre, Vermont | Mainstage and ensemble; Emerging Artists Program | |
| Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik | Tiroler Landestheater | Austria: Innsbruck | Early works | |
| InterHarmony International Music Festival | Aldobrandesca Castle Rathaus | Italy: Arcidosso Germany: Sulzbach-Rosenberg | 2 locations | |
| International Punta Classic Opera Festival | Punta del Este | Uruguay: Punta del Este | Giacomo Puccini | |
| International Istanbul Opera Festival | various locations | Turkey:Istanbul | Organised by Turkish State Opera and Ballet Directorate | |
| Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg | Schlosstheater | Germany: Rheinsberg | young singers | |
| Lismore Music Festival | Lismore Castle | Republic of Ireland:County Waterford | ||
| Lucerne Festival | Switzerland: Lucerne | |||
| London Handel Festival | United Kingdom: London | George Frideric Handel | ||
| Longborough Festival Opera | United Kingdom: Longborough | Country house opera | ||
| Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | Teatro Communale and Teatro della Pergola | Italy: Florence | ||
| May Opera Evenings | Macedonian Opera and Ballet | Macedonia: Skopje | ||
| 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 | Market Harborough | United Kingdom: 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 Saratoga (formerly Lake George Opera) |
Spa Little Theater | United States: Saratoga Springs, New York | ||
| Opera Theatre of Lucca | Teatro del Giglio | Italy: Lucca | ||
| Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | Loretto-Hilton Theater | United States: St. Louis, Missouri | ||
| Operadhoy | Teatro de la Zarzuela | Spain: Madrid | Contemporary works | |
| Operosa Festival | Chateau Euxinograd | Bulgaria: Varna | ||
| International PuntaClassic Festival | Uruguay: Punta del Este | |||
| Ravenna Festival | Teatro Communale Alighieri | Italy: Ravenna | ||
| Ravinia Festival | Ravinia Park | United States: Highland Park, Illinois | ||
| Richard Strauss Festival | Kongresshaus | Germany: Garmisch Partenkirchen | Richard Strauss | |
| 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 | Austria: Salzburg | ||
| Salzburg Whitsun Festival | Großes Festspielhaus | Austria: Salzburg | ||
| Santa Fe Opera | The Crosby Theatre | United States: Santa Fe, New Mexico | ||
| Sobinov Opera Festival | Saratov Opera House | Russia: Saratov | ||
| 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 Municipal Auditorium & Memminger Auditorium | 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 | ||
| Sugar Creek Symphony & Song | United States: Watseka, Illinois | |||
| Tanglewood Music Festival | Tanglewood Music Center | United States: Lenox, Massachusetts | ||
| Tashkent Spring International Opera Festival | Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater Of Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan: Tashkent | ||
| Theatro da Paz Opera Festival | Theatro da Paz | Brazil: Belém, Pará | ||
| Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Summer Festival | Baths of Caracalla | Italy: Rome | ||
| Tyrolean Festival Erl | Passionsspielhaus | Austria: Erl | Richard Wagner | |
| Verbier Festival and Academy | Salle Médran | Switzerland: Verbier | ||
| Wagner Festival Wels | Theater im Greif | Austria: Wels | Richard Wagner | |
| 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 | ||
| Woodhouse Opera | Woodhouse Copse | United Kingdom: Dorking, Surrey |
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“The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.”
—Maria Jeritza (1887–1982)
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—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)