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SavonlinnaThe Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Andrea Sanguineti; Johannes Erath; Katrin Connan; Birgit Wentsch; Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra; Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir
HelsinkiAidaNew production
Verdi: Aida
Dan Ettinger; Noa Naamat; Finnish National Opera; Harri Karri; Bettina John; Heiko Steuernagel
HelsinkiPeter Grimes
Britten: Peter Grimes
Dima Slobodeniouk; David Radok; Finnish National Opera; Tazeena Firth; Kimmo Ruskela; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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The Flying Dutchman sails into Bergen
Bergen National Opera’s new production allows the story to speak to itself, while strong performances from Eric Halfvarson and Elisabeth Teige gave the performance its edge.
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The Castle in the Water, Sallinen's new “chronicle”, is a new work of innovative beauty. Tragic, comic and epic, in seventy-five minutes it tells the history of Olavinlinna and gives a snap-shot of those connected to it.
Easter in Italy: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at the Norwegian National Opera
Nothing says “Happy Easter” like a bit of alcohol-fuelled murder on the church steps, right? With their new double bill of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, the Norwegian National Opera certainly seems to think so!The two productions were done on practically the same sets, albeit with a few differences, which did create a rather wonderful sense of continuity from the fir
La joie forcée de l’ONCT dans la Neuvième de Beethoven
Pour passer de 2024 à 2025, l'orchestre toulousain et son directeur musical ont choisi la fameuse symphonie de Beethoven... qui a malheureusement souvent pâti de trop d'empressement et de sècheresse.