OPERAFEST LISBOA & OEIRAS

From 22 AUGUST to 11 SEPTEMBER 2024

The 5th edition of OPERAFEST in Lisbon and Oeiras was a fantastic opera celebration and a gateway for new opera lovers, with high audience adhision and broad international recognition!

 

 
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Open-air Amphitheater, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
©Susana Paiva
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Isabelle Aboulker’s O Polegarzinho
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Isabelle Aboulker’s O Polegarzinho
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Isabelle Aboulker’s O Polegarzinho
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Isabelle Aboulker’s O Polegarzinho
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Open-air Amphitheater, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
©Susana Paiva
W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Open-air Amphitheater, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
©Susana Paiva
W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Open-air Amphitheater, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
©Susana Paiva
W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Open-air Amphitheater, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
©Susana Paiva
Tormento
Lisbon Triennale, Sinel de Cordes Palace
©Susana Paiva
Tormento
Lisbon Triennale, Sinel de Cordes Palace
©Susana Paiva
Tormento
Lisbon Triennale, Sinel de Cordes Palace
©Susana Paiva
Operatic Rave
Titanic sur mer
©Susana Paiva
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva
Isabelle Aboulker’s O Polegarzinho
Gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras
©Susana Paiva

OPERAFEST, the independent opera festival and the largest opera event in Portugal – celebrated its 5th edition under the theme of "Fatal Instinct" and the 500th anniversary of Luís Vaz de Camões’ birth. With sold-out performances, blending tradition and avant-garde, this edition featured new venues and programming partners.

The "out-of-the-box" Operafest, this edition brought the thrill of opera to approximately 9,000 people over nearly a month, with around a quarter being international attendees, including a large number of children and young people, and a diversified audience that the festival has steadily captivated over the years, eagerly embracing its innovative approach to make opera more accessible and relevant to today’s audiences and world.

"Courage, audacity, imagination that we should see more often in great European musical institutions, perfectly embody the young Lisbon festival!" Première Loge

 

"Impressive public loyalty for this festival with modest means but impressive vitality." Opera online