DATES AND TIMES

Performance schedule

This page features an ‘at a glance’ list of performance dates.

Festival 2026

21 & 30 May
3, 6, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 June
Grounds open: 3.30pm
Opera starts: 5.30pm
Interval (20 mins): 6.15pm
Opera resumes: 6.35pm
Interval (90 mins): 7.15pm
Opera resumes: 8.45pm
Opera ends: 9.15pm
24 May
4,7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 24, 27, 30 August

Grounds open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 4.45pm
Opera resumes: 5.05pm
Interval (90 mins): 5.45pm
Opera resumes: 7.15pm
Opera ends: 7.45pm

23 & 28 May
5, 12, 15, 20, 26 June
1, 4, 9 July

Grounds open: 3.00pm
Opera starts: 5.00pm
Interval (90 mins): 6.30pm
Opera resumes: 8.00pm
Opera ends: 9.05pm

31 May
7 June

Grounds open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (90 mins): 5.30pm
Opera resumes: 7.00pm
Opera ends: 8.05pm

14, 21, June
12 July

Grounds open: 3.30pm
Opera starts: 5.30pm
Opera ends: 8.50pm

18, 24, 27 June
3, 7, 10, 18, 20, 23, 25 July

Grounds open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Opera ends: 7.20pm

2, 8, 11, 17, 24, 28, 30 July

Grounds open: 3.00pm
Opera starts: 5.00pm
Interval (90 mins): 6.25pm
Opera resumes: 7.55pm
Opera ends: 9.15pm

28 June
5 July
Grounds open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (90 mins): 5.25pm
Opera resumes: 6.55pm
Opera ends: 8.15pm
22 July
1 August

Grounds open: 3.30pm
Opera starts: 5.30pm
Interval (90 mins): 6.10pm
Opera resumes: 7.40pm
Opera ends: 9.00pm

19 & 26 July
3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 21, 23, 26, 29 August

Grounds open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (90 mins): 4.40pm
Opera resumes: 6.10pm
Opera ends: 7.30pm

31 July
2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, 22, 25, 28 August

Grounds open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 4.50pm
Opera resumes: 5.10pm
Interval (90 mins): 6.15pm
Opera resumes: 7.45pm
Opera ends: 8.30pm

Please note timings are subject to change.

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