About the Phnom Penh International Opera Festival
The Phnom Penh International Opera Festival brings world-class opera to Cambodia. We create inspiring performances, support cultural exchange, and give audiences a new way to experience music and storytelling.
Our goal is to make opera accessible, exciting, and memorable for everyone.
Our Values
Imagine it.
Where Cambodia meets the world.
Every great festival begins with vision.
The Phnom Penh International Opera Festival reimagines what world-class performance can look like in Cambodia - blending Khmer heritage with global artistry, and positioning Phnom Penh as a rising cultural capital in Southeast Asia.
Through long-term partnerships, artistic ambition, and a commitment to cultural diplomacy, the festival sets the stage for a new era of performance in the Kingdom.
Create it.
World-class productions, built in Phnom Penh.
Behind each season is a collaborative engine of over 100 artists, musicians, and technicians from Cambodia and abroad.
From staging Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the 2,000-seat NABA Theatre to developing major works through 2028, the festival produces opera at international standards while supporting local talent, orchestras, and creative teams.
This is where ideas become productions - ambitious, meticulous, and artistically daring.
Sustain it.
A cultural future designed to last.
PPIOF is the world’s first opera festival to calculate and offset the entire carbon footprint of its performances.
With electric-vehicle partnerships, sustainable logistics, and a multi-year commitment to green-accountability, the festival is redefining how major cultural events are produced in the region.
Each edition contributes to Cambodia’s cultural soft power, community access, training programs, and long-term arts infrastructure.
Festival Programme
Each season of the Phnom Penh International Opera Festival presents a landmark production, bringing together leading artists, orchestras and creative partners to showcase opera at its finest.
2025
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
📅 The inaugural event. Experience the electrifying Cambodian premiere in two exclusive performances on December 12th & 14th.
2026 Coming Soon
by Giacomo Puccini
📅 A special production celebrating the XXth Francophonie Summit. Join us for this monumental event on the second weekend of December.
2027 Coming Soon
by Giuseppe Verdi
📅 The tradition continues. Experience Verdi’s timeless and tragic masterpiece, scheduled for the second weekend of December.
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