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

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HelsinkiSwan Lake

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Finnish National Opera: Main Hall (Suomen Kansallisoopera: päänäyttämö), 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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HelsinkiAidaNew production

Monica Zanettin (Aida) © Emma Suominen
Finnish National Opera: Main Hall (Suomen Kansallisoopera: päänäyttämö), Sep 02, 04, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19 mat, 22, 24, 26, 29, Oct 01
Verdi: Aida
Dan Ettinger; Noa Naamat; Finnish National Opera; Harri Karri; Bettina John; Heiko Steuernagel
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HelsinkiNicholas Collon & Antoine Tamestit

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Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, Sep 09, 10
Szymanowski, Gubaidulina, Prokofiev
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Nicholas Collon; Antoine Tamestit
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Noa Naamat’s powerful Aida opens the season in Helsinki

Monica Zanettin (Aida) © Emma Suominen
Mark Pullinger, 28 Aug
Finnish National Opera and Ballet’s season opens with an earthy new production of Verdi's perennial favourite, Aida, given a contemporary setting where even the victors suffer. 
****1
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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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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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