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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Helsinki, Finland

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HelsinkiPlayfulness

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Bernstein, Williams, Shostakovich
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Caleb Young; Antoine Tamestit

HelsinkiLa traviata

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Verdi: La traviata
Stephanie Childress; Giancarlo del Monaco; Finnish National Opera; Michael Scott; Matti Hietanen; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera

HelsinkiStriking the keys

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Boulanger, Schumann, Brahms
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Michael Sanderling; Andreas Haefliger
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Premiere of Zinovjev's Taste of Metal in Helsinki

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The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra offers up a double-serving of Tchaikovsky, with Hannu Lintu and Daniel Lozakovich, alongside the world premiere of Sauli Zinovjev's First Symphony.
***11
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Fagerlund’s interpretation of Morning Star dawns over Helsinki

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Finnish National Opera premieres an emotionally diffuse interpretation of the Karl Ove Knausgård’s novel The Morning Star, with Swedish libretto by Gunilla Hemming and direction by Thomas de Mallet Burgess. 
**111
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Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman in Helsinki

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Christof Loy’s psychological staging returns to the stage of Finnish National Opera, with Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid compelling in the title role. 

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Follow your ears: Ida Meidell on Early music in Scandinavia

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We talk to Baroque violinist and folk fiddler Ida Meidell about being at the intersection of folk music and Early music, and the richness of the wider scene across Scandinavia.