The Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus is a company established to promote Paphos in Cyprus as an international centre of high-profile cultural events. Its aim is to organise and manage a yearly international artistic event that takes place at the square in front of the medieval castle at the harbour in Kato Paphos. It organises and hosts an opera performance at the end of August or early September and has over the years invited a variety of companies and performances to the festival:Pafos Aphrodite Festival at World Event Guide
Productions year opera composer company country 1999 Aida Giuseppe Verdi Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow Russia 2000 Carmen Georges Bizet Estonian National Opera Estonia 2001 Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi Polish National Opera Poland 2001 Zorba the Greek Mikis Theodorakis Polish National Opera Poland 2002 Turandot Giacomo Puccini Polish National Opera Poland 2003 Tosca Giacomo Puccini Arena di Verona Italy 2004 Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Polish National Opera Poland 2005 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Polish National Opera Poland 2006 Un Ballo in Maschera Giuseppe Verdi Mariinsky Theatre St Petersburg Russia 2007 Il Trovatore Giuseppe Verdi Abai State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre Kazakhstan 2008 Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini Lyric Theatre Trieste Italy 2009 Lakmé Léo Delibes Sofia National Opera Bulgaria 2010 La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Slovak National Theatre Slovakia 2011 Les contes d'Hoffmann Jacques Offenbach Opera of the National Theatre Prague Czech Republic 2012 Otello Giuseppe Verdi Slovak National Theatre Slovakia 2013 L'Elisir d'Amore Gaetano Donizetti Opera Futura Verona Italy 2014 Così Fan Tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera Futura Verona Italy 2015 La Cenerentola Gioachino Rossini Ramfis Productions Avignon France 2016 Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Teatro Regio (Parma) Italy 2017 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Teatro Regio (Parma) Italy 2018 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Gioachino Rossini C.I.A.L.M. - Teatro Lirico Italiano Italy 2019 Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Belarus 2024 La Traviata Giuseppe VerdiGeorgian National OperaGeorgia2025CarmenGeorges BizetState Opera and Ballet Theatre of TbilisiGeorgia
References
Associated Press, Aida by Bolshoi Opera launches Paphos Aphrodite Festival, September 11, 1999.