OPERAFEST LISBOA & OEIRAS 2025 is coming

7th August and 13th September
"Forbidden loves"

The 6th edition of Operafest 2025 revolves around love - this overwhelming force that moves human existence, addressing several cases of forbidden love, haunted by illness and death, by social class, by duty and betrayal, which gave rise to the most extraordinary operas. Highlights include Verdi's "La Traviata", Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" marking the presence of baroque opera for the first time at the festival, the national premiere of the opera "Julie" by Belgian composer Philippe Boemans, based on Strindberg's "Miss Julia" and the return of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" for the whole family!

Welcome to Operafest and the tragic world of opera!

Tickets on sale soon

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First edition of LIEDFEST - the Art song festival

It took place from 16 January to 2 February at Teatro Variedades
Life is made of songs

The new art song festival LIEDFEST, with artistic direction by soprano Catarina Molder and production by Ópera do Castelo, was born in the perfect location of Teatro Variedades between16 January and 2 February, to bring the richness of classical song to new audiences, revitalizing the format of song recital, exploring its more scenic and theatrical side, with new disciplinary crossovers. It revisited great classics, promoted new repertoire, but also Portuguese classical song and also included programming to raise awareness among the youngest!

Great poetry, great composers, in a small format of intense emotions.

OPERAFEST LISBOA & OEIRAS 2024

The 5th Edition of OPERAFEST 2024 in Lisbon & Opera was a great opera celebration and a gateway for new audiences to opera, with strong public support and broad international recognition!

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The opera "THE MAN OF DREAMS"

Opens on RTP2, 29th June, 22h00!

The opera you won't want to miss!

Filmed version of opera "The Man of Dreams" by Portuguese composer António Chagas Rosa, premiered in 2022, commissioned and produced by Ópera do Castelo, based on the homonymous tale by modernist poet Mário de Sá-Carneiro, incarnated and directed by soprano Catarina Molder. In a timeless café a man is waiting impatiently for something. A disarming chameleonic person appears affirming of having crossed life’s monotony by being capable of living dreams, taking him on a journey into these news realities. Is this man a projection, delusion, dream or nightmare?

More info: info@operadocastelo.com

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