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KuressaareDas Rheingold

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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Risto Joost; Michiel Dijkema; Ain Anger; Koit Soasepp

HelsinkiAidaNeuinszenierung

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Verdi: Aida
Dan Ettinger; Noa Naamat; Finnish National Opera; Harri Karri; Bettina John; Heiko Steuernagel

HelsinkiLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
James Sherlock; Anna Kelo; Finnish National Opera; Jani Uljas; Erika Turunen; Mikki Kunttu; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera

HelsinkiLa bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Nil Venditti; Katariina Lahti; Finnish National Opera; Mark Väisänen; Anna Sinkkonen; Matti Leinonen; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Happy End für Salome? Christof Loys Inszenierung in Helsinki

Christof Loy ist eine glaubhafte psychologische Durchdringung der Handlung und ihrer Protagonisten gelungen, die in jeder Sekunde aus der Musik heraus empfunden ist.
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Iolanta paired with Luonnotar in dramatic Helsinki double bill

Nina Bezu (Iolanta) and Edgaras Montvidas (Vaudémont) © Emma Suominen
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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Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman in Helsinki

Elisabet Strid (Tosca) © Emma Suominen

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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Salonen's Helsinki Rheingold celebrates Finnish vocal talent

For any opera house, the production of a new Wagner Ring cycle is a huge undertaking and becomes a mission statement. For Finnish National Opera, its mission is to stage an all-Finnish Ring.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Rheingold: a Finnish tour de force

In an unusually convincing concert performance, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Finnish National Opera emphasised the lyrical aspects of Wagner's Das Rheingold.
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Staging, spectacle, singing: three-card trick at Savonlinna

This was more stadium rock than stuffy opera house, lighting as ‘metaphor made real’ as the lovers were – literally – star-struck, blinded by love.
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HelsinkiLuonnotar / IolantaNeuinszenierung

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Sibelius, Tschaikowsky
Kristian Sallinen; Antony McDonald; Finnish National Opera; Lucy Carter; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Far from daily life: Saaremaa and Narva Opera Festivals

Saaremaa Opera Festival at Kuressaare Castle © Foundation Eesti Kontsert
Every summer, Saaremaa Opera Festival and Narva Opera Days are held at the extreme west and eastern ends of Estonia – far from everyday life, where things can become uncanny, unpredictable and fantastical.