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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Finland

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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

HelsinkiMorgonstjärnan (The Morning Star)World premiere

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Fagerlund: Morgonstjärnan (The Morning Star)
Hannu Lintu; Thomas de Mallet Burgess; Finnish National Opera; Harri Karri; Leslie Travers; Tracy Grant Lord; Matthew Marshall

HelsinkiDuke Bluebeard's Castle

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Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Stephen Higgins; Daisy Evans; Finnish National Opera; Adrian Linford; Michael Mayes; Susan Bullock

HelsinkiJohn Storgårds & Verneri Pohjola

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Lyadov, Verneri Pohjola / Timo Hietala, Zemlinsky
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; John Storgårds; Verneri Pohjola

HelsinkiDon Quixote

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Minkus: Don Quixote
Marius Petipa; Patrice Bart; José de Udaeta; Finnish National Ballet; Tom Seligman; Ramon Ivars; John B. Read
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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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Finnish mythology brought to life as the Sibelius Festival opens

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Kullervo opens the 26th Sibelius Festival in Lahti, but the new edition brings a big change: not all the music will is by Sibelius! 
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Turandot at Savonlinna Opera Festival: a riddle inside an enigma

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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
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