Forest Opera

The Forest Opera is an open-air amphitheatre positioned in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 4400 seats, the orchestra pit can include as much as 110 musicians. Built in 1909, the amphitheatre is used for numerous amusement activities and shows, which include opera performances and music gala's. After World War I and almost till quit of World War II it changed into a place of operatic gala's and Sopot changed into identified during Europe and often labelled because the Bayreuth of the North. Here then commonly Wagnerian operas and his track dramas had been executed often each year.

After World War II the Baltic State Opera accomplished on the Forest Opera few performances each year among 1962 and 1977, and sporadically out of doors this variety. Each year, beginning from 1964, the Sopot International Song Festival takes place at the Forest Opera, occasions being organized with the aid of the Ministry of Culture and Art in cooperation with the Polish Artistic Agency. It turned into a music event transmitted then to the Eastern block countries thru television. Starting in 1994 the Polish Television Public Company became the manufacturer of the competition.