Brisbane Bel Canto Festival

In 2026, Opera Queensland's Brisbane Bel Canto festival returns!

For a third year, OQ will continue exploring the many wonders of the art of beautiful singing.
This program covers music from the beginnings of operatic song in Italy to a song cycle composed in Australia over the past few years, a celebration of song in all its many forms.

Alongside the highly anticipated headliner, La Cenerentola, next year's program features a dynamic array of events:
The Birth of Bel Canto – In association with One Equal Music
Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle
Red Dirt Hymns by Andrew Ford