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HelsinkiLa traviata

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

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

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

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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
