Talk:List of opera festivals

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[edit] Does the George Enescu Festival really qualify for inclusion in this List??

Clearly, a worthy article, but I raise the question since, at a quick glance, the programme seems to offer only 1 performance each of two operas. The majority of the music is non-operatic.

This might better fit into another classcial music list, such as List of Music Festivals (if one exists.

Viva-Verdi 16:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Added by and responded to by Viva-Verdi, as originally posted on Talk page of Enescu article:

• I decided to add the Opera category because of this following quote from List of opera festivals: "music festivals that have opera productions". The GEF has, from what I can quickly see from the program page, operas such as Bizet`s Carmen, Verdi`s La Traviata, Domenico Scarlatti`s Narciso and Puccini's Tosca. Of course, it`s not an opera festival per se. It a "cultural event" rather than only a "classical music festival" or an "opera festival". It also has a ballet spectacle by the Béjart Ballet group, for example [1], and, as you saw in the article, a classical music contest. - Theavex
• So it depends on what do you understand by "music festivals that have opera productions". Must it have only operas? Me, I don`t know... Feel free to remove the cat. and the link from the List of opera festivals if you think it has to. - Theavex

Well, thanks for the comment. If you look at the list as produced, I think that you will find that the vast majority of entries (don't know about the existing red links ones) are organizations which run a festival comprised primarily of operas or have an opera component which is extensive or significant.

For example Edinburgh International Festival, while covering music and dance extensively, is running 6 operas in 2007,a couple of which have several performances of each work. So, I do feel it to be inappropriate for this festival to remain there, but let's leave it alone for now and see if anyone else contributes. Viva-Verdi 20:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)