Reykjavík Opera Days

Reykjavik Opera Days is a growing festival that has gained considerable attention in the short time since it was held for the first time in 2016 in Kópavogur, Iceland. Moving to Reykjavik in 2018, it won the Music Festival of the Year award at the Icelandic Music Awards in the following year.

The festival was founded by passionate young singers that were frustrated at the lack of an exciting grass root classical vocal/opera/music theatre scene in Iceland in collaboration with Arna Schram. From the beginning, they aimed to create a festival where there would be room for experiments, international collaboration, events for all age groups in unusual and usual places and spaces as well as a strong community focus. This is still the goal as well as creating new job opportunities for singers and their collaborators and facilitating expansion of their network by offering symposiums, workshops, masterclasses and other events connected to the genre and profession.

Today, the festival has become a well known event in Icelandic cultural life and is gradually gaining more attention abroad. We encourage everyone interested in our work to reach out to us and get in touch.

See you at Reykjavik Opera Days!