Operafest 2024
Basic Instinct

The 5th edition of Operafest Lisboa, the festival that aims to bring opera closer to the public, is back. This year, under the moto “Basic Instinct”, the event starts in the Gardens of Palácio Marquês de Pombal, in Oeiras, heading after to the capital. In Lisbon, the concerts take place at the Open-air Amphitheatre of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Palácio Sinel de Cordes, Cinemateca Portuguesa, El Corte Inglés, Sociedade de Instrução Guilherme Cossoul and Titanic sur Mer.
Lisboa Programme
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation – Open-air amphitheater
Don Giovanni, by Mozart
August 30, 31 and September 2, 4: 9pm
El corte inglés – sala de âmbito cultural
The myth of Don Giovanni
Conference by João Pedro Cachopo
Sep 2: 6:30 pm
Journey to music writing (In portuguese)
Free course with Zuelma Chaves
Sep 3, 9: 6:30 pm
V de Verismo (In portuguese)
Conference by Paulo Ferreira de Castro
Sep 5: 6:30 pm
Palácio Sinel de Cordes
Tormento
Performance/Cantata led by Gustavo Sumpta, with music by Nuno da Rocha
Opera Satellite Camões 500 years
Sep 5, 6: 9 pm, 10 pm
Sociedade de Instrução Guilherme Cossoul
Lyric Machine
Singing lessons for curious amateurs
Sep 7, 8: 11 am
Cinemateca Portuguesa
The Boy with the Green Hair, by Joseph Losey
Cine-Opera
Sep 7: 3 pm (at Cinemateca Júnior)
Non ou a Vã Glória de Mandar
O Velho do Restelo
by Manoel d’Oliveira
Cine-Opera
Sep 7: 5:30 pm
Juan, by Kasper Holten
Cine-Opera
Sep 9: 9:30 pm
Pagliacci, by Franco Zefirelli
Cine-Opera
Sep 10: 7 pm
Cavalleria Rusticana, by Franco Zefirelli
Cine-Opera
Sep 11: 7 pm
Titanic sur mer
Fatal Attraction
Operatic rave
Sep 7: 11 pm
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