Built in 1909 (when the location was part of Germany), the amphitheatre is used for various entertainment events and shows, including opera performances and song festivals.

Each year, starting from 1964 (only interrupted during the 1981–83 martial law era), the Sopot International Song Festival takes place at the Forest Opera, events being organizsd by the Ministry of Culture and Art in cooperation with the Polish Artistic Agency (PAGART).

[1][2] On 28 June 2001, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under James Levine gave a concert at the Forest Opera.

An attempt was made to reactivate the Sopot Wagner Festival on the 100th anniversary of the Forest Opera's creation (20 July 2009), with the special event of a single concert performance of Das Rheingold, conducted by Jan Latham-Konig – for the first time since the end of the 1930s.

The announced intention of the organizers is staging the remaining parts of Der Ring des Nibelungen in Sopot (including some of them in the Forest Opera) within the next few years.