In previous years, OPERALIA has taken place in the following venues:

• 1993, Paris (Palais Garnier)
• 1994, Mexico City (Televisa Recording Studios)
• 1995, Madrid (Teatro de la Zarzuela)
• 1996, Bordeaux (Grand Théâtre)
• 1997, Tokyo (Yuport Kan-I Hoken Hall)
• 1998, Hamburg (Musikhalle)
• 1999, Puerto Rico (Centro de Bellas Artes, Luis A. Ferré)
• 2000, Los Angeles (Royce Hall, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA))
• 2001, Washington, D.C. (Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University)
• 2002, Paris (Théâtre du Châtelet)
• 2003, Lake Constance Region (Austria, Germany and Switzerland)
• 2004, Los Angeles (Dorothy Chandler Pavillion)
• 2005, Madrid (Teatro Real)
• 2006, Valencia (Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía)
• 2007, Paris (Théâtre du Châtelet)
• 2008, Québec (Palais Montcalm, Grand Théâtre de Québec)
• 2009, Pécs and Budapest (Pécs National Theatre, Hungarian State Operac)
• 2010, Milan (Teatro alla Scala)
• 2011, Moscow (Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre)
• 2012, Beijing (National Centre for the Performing Arts)