Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival

Days: 3-15 September

The Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival has been organized by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet directorate since 1994 with international participation by opera and ballet companies from several different countries.

The festival is held annually in the two-thousand-year-old ancient Roman Aspendos Theatre of Aspendos, near Antalya, Turkey. The theatre is noted as one of the best-preserved antique theatres in the world, with many original features of the building remaining intact.