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

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Turandot at Savonlinna Opera Festival: a riddle inside an enigma

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Mark Pullinger, 05 Jul

Pet Halmen’s 2003 production of Puccini's unfinished final opera places asks more riddles than Turandot's quiz questions to her would-be suitors.

***11

King of the Castle: Verdi’s Macbeth in Savonlinna

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Mark Pullinger, 04 Jul

Olavinlinna, also known as St Olaf's Castle, provides an atmospheric setting for Verdi's take on Shakespeare's “Scottish play”.

****1

Satan, sex, blood and redemption: Faust in Finland

Roy Westbrook, 11 Jul

Auguin conducted as if he really believes in this evergreen work, which was wonderful to hear in the composer’s rather overlooked anniversary year.

****1

Back to the castle: Jere Erkkilä on Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades

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Aksel Tollåli, 19 Apr

Ahead of his new production of the tragic opera at Savonlinna Opera Festival, we talk to the director about his plans for the work and his background in circus.