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

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HelsinkiCzech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov & Janine Jansen

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Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, Fri 28 Aug at 19:00
Shostakovich, Dvořák
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Janine Jansen
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HelsinkiCzech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov / Yunchan Lim

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Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, Sat 29 Aug at 19:00
Ravel, Smetana
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Yunchan Lim
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HelsinkiSwan Lake

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Finnish National Opera: Main Hall (Suomen Kansallisoopera: päänäyttämö), Aug 21, 22, 25, 27, 29 mat, eve, Sep 01, 03, 05, 09, 11
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
David McAllister; Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Finnish National Ballet; Johannes Witt; Gabriela Týlešová; Kalle Ropponen
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Iolanta paired with Luonnotar in dramatic Helsinki double bill

Nina Bezu (Iolanta) and Edgaras Montvidas (Vaudémont) © Emma Suominen
No’a L. bat Miri, 15 May
In Helsinki, Antony McDonald pairs Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with a staged version of Sibelius’ tone poem Luonnotar, brilliantly voiced by soprano Silja Aalto.
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Premiere of Zinovjev's Taste of Metal in Helsinki

Hannu Lintu © Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
No’a L. bat Miri, 13 Feb
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

Mari Palo (Turid) © Ilkka Saastamoinen
No’a L. bat Miri, 30 Jan
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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Dima Slobodeniouk new Principal Conductor of Finnish National Opera

Dima Slobodeniouk © Marco Borggreve
Bachtrack, 11 Jun
The Russian-Finnish conductor will take up his new Principal Conductor post in Helsinki from August 2026.
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Follow your ears: Ida Meidell on Early music in Scandinavia

Ida Meidell (Baroque violin) with Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa) © Fredrik Gille
Danny Riley, 27 Feb
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.
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