OperaFest LA returns in 2026, continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles.

The Wallis hosts the “OperaFest LA Kickoff “Panel and Performance.

Performance Date:April 11, 2026 (The Wallis)

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Long Beach Opera presents “Central Park Five.”

Performance Date: April 11, 2026 (440 Elm, Long Beach)

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The Industry hosts “Listening Parties” which blend live performances with recorded work and conversation centered on the future of opera as a multidisciplinary art form.

Performance Dates: April 15 & 16, 2026 (Monk Space)

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LA Opera’s “Faust” is next.

Performance Dates: April 18 – May 10, 2026 (Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)

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The USC Thornton Opera Program and USC Thornton Symphony present “The Turn of the Screw.”

Performance Dates: April 22 & 23, 2026 (Bing Theatre)

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LA Opera presents “James Conlon Farewell Concert.”

Performance Date: April 24, 2026 (Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)

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O-Lan Jones and Fahad Siadat’s “Original Vision,” part of Overtone Industries is performed. Stage direction is by Jones and Livia Reiner. Music direction by Siadat.

Performance Dates: April 24 & 25, 2026 (Highways Performance Space)

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“Noah’s Flood” is performed by LA Opera as part of its Cathedral Project.

Performance Dates: May 8 & 9, 2026 (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels)

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The new opera, “Hysteria” by Molly Pease and Divya Maus is next.

Performance Date: May 17, 2026 (First Congregational Church of Los Angeles)

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Countertenor Key’mon Murrah and Les Talens Lyriques perform works by Handel, including selections from “Ariodante” and “Julius Caesar in Egypt.” Christophe Rousset conducts.

Performance Date: May 24, 2026 (Zipper Hall)

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Beth Morrison Projects presents Jodie Landau’s “Performance of Self.”

Performance Dates: May 29 & 30, 2026 (REDCAT)

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“The Magic Flute” put on by LA Opera is next.

Performance Dates: May 30 – June 21 (Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)

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