Opera news in Portugal

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos is the 'main artist' of the 2027 Saaremaa Opera Festival

The Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (TNSC) is the guest 'main artist' for next year's Saaremaa Opera Festival in Estonia, according to the programme announced by the festival.

São Carlos is the "headline artist" at the Saaremaa Festival

Fidelio, Carmen, Un ballo in maschera, and a Fado Night make up the Portuguese programme at the Estonian festival, from 20 to 25 July 2027.

S. Carlos announces 2026-2027 season away from its main venue

The Teatro S. Carlos headquarters building will remain closed for renovation works under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). The programme includes various other venues across the country and a collaboration with the CNB.

S. Carlos Theatre still 'out of doors' for the next season with 33 opera performances and 16 concerts

The next season of the S. Carlos National Theatre, presented today in Lisbon, features 33 opera performances, 16 symphonic concerts, and seven chamber music programmes, which will take place outside the main building, currently undergoing renovation works.

Still closed, São Carlos travels from Portugal to the classics in 2026-2027

Beethoven, Bizet, Verdi, Bach, Strauss, Camões: these are some of the names converging in the new programme for the opera house, which, while still closed for renovations, will travel through ten cities next year.

Olesya Golovneva, Cecília Rodrigues, Beatriz Volante, & Christian Luján Star in Operafest Lisboa & Oeiras 2026

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An opera to annoy Camões

Relicário Perpétuo, a chamber opera by Luís Tinoco with an irreverent libretto by Luísa Costa Gomes and directed by Nuno Carinhas, is a fresh and pertinent work: what is the point of keeping relics?

Opera about Camões premieres this Wednesday

With a libretto by writer Luísa Costa Gomes, the opera is a tragicomedy about Camões. The show moves away from a static tribute to question the very authority of the canon.

Premiere of the opera "Relicário Perpétuo" by Luís Tinoco celebrates Camões "between myth and man"

The opera “Relicário Perpétuo” by Luís Tinoco premieres next Wednesday at the Teatro Camões in Lisbon, under the musical direction of conductor Joana Carneiro, concluding the commemorations of the 5th Centenary of Luís Vaz de Camões.

Croatian tenor Tomislav Jukić wins 3rd edition of Cascais Ópera

Croatian tenor Tomislav Jukić was crowned the winner of the 3rd edition of the Cascais Ópera International Singing Competition. The grand final took place on Sunday, June 7, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Jukić, currently a member of the International Opera Studio at the Opernhaus Zürich, impressed the international jury to take the top prize, as well as the Carlos Gomes / Amazonas Opera Festival Award. The final stage featured eight young singers from five countries, selected from a record 499 applicants from 59 nations. The finalists were accompanied by the Cascais Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pirolli. Portuguese soprano Beatriz Maia also stood out, winning several special awards and future performance contracts. The organization has confirmed the 4th edition of the competition for June 2027.

Portuguese soprano among the eight finalists of Cascais Ópera

Portuguese soprano Beatriz Maia is among the eight finalists competing in the Cascais Ópera international singing competition. The final will take place on June 7 at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, featuring performances accompanied by the Cascais Symphony Orchestra. Artistic director Sergei Leiferkus highlights the competition's goal of fostering a new generation of Portuguese singers, noting that this year's edition received 499 applications from 59 countries.

Memories of opera in Portugal: regarding the premiere of “Por Todos Nós” at Teatro Aberto

An exploration of the history of opera in Portugal, coinciding with the debut of the production “Por Todos Nós” at the Teatro Aberto.

Opera "Por todos nós" premieres at Teatro Aberto

The opera “Por todos nós” is a show about the 25th of April 1974 revolution. With a libretto by João Lourenço and Vera San Payo de Lemos, it premieres today at Teatro Aberto in Lisbon.

'Us' is the keyword of a new Portuguese opera that recalls the Carnation Revolution, based on Lídia Jorge

'Por Todos Nós' (For All of Us) turns Lídia Jorge's novel 'Os Miseráveis' into an opera. With music by Eurico Carrapatoso and a libretto by João Lourenço and Vera San Payo de Lemos, this commission from the Ministry of Culture for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the 25th of April premieres on Wednesday, May 20th, at the Teatro Aberto in Lisbon, which is celebrating its half-century of existence.

“Tannhäuser”, or the dictionary of Wagner's dramatic obsessions at the CCB

33 years later, the blessed “Tannhäuser” has returned to Lisbon, at the CCB

The only Brazilian candidate at Cascais Ópera comes from the periphery and studies in Switzerland

Opera singer Joyce Bastos was born in the outskirts of São Paulo and graduated from the Musik-Akademie Basel in Switzerland. Between May 29 and June 7, she will participate in the Cascais Ópera, an international singing competition.

"Tannhäuser": "Let there be no doubt" about Wagner's place

The opera returns to a Portuguese stage (at the CCB) after more than 30 years. The director and conductor present the production, built upon the “controversy and monumentality” of Richard Wagner.