Country: FinlandFrom today| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Sunday 26-May-13 04:00pm |
Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Camerata Hall, Helsinki Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord |
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| Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Camerata Hall, Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Sunday 26-May-13 04:00pm Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:00pm |
Tampere Hall Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland Thursday 30-May-13 07:00pm Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:00pm |
 Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, HelsinkiThe Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Chaplin, The Idle Class Chaplin, The Kid |
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| Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, Helsinki, Helsingin Musiikkitalo Oy, Mannerheimintie 13a, Helsinki, Finland Friday 31-May-13 07:00pm The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Chaplin, Charles (1889-1977), The Idle Class Chaplin, Charles (1889-1977), The Kid | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 10:00pm |
Espoo Cathedral Organ Night and Aria Festival: Mozart Requiem |
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| Espoo Cathedral, Kirkkopuisto 5, Espoo 00270, Finland Thursday 6-Jun-13 10:00pm Organ Night and Aria Festival: Mozart Requiem | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:00pm |
Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, Helsinki Kraus, Mozart |
Kraus, Sentimi, non partir! - Sposa Antigona, Recitativo |
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| Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, Helsinki, Helsingin Musiikkitalo Oy, Mannerheimintie 13a, Helsinki, Finland Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:00pm Kraus, Mozart Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792), Sentimi, non partir! - Sposa Antigona, Recitativo | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Taulumäki Church, Jyväskylä Eight Seasons |
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| Taulumäki Church, Jyväskylä, Lohikoskentie 2, Jyväskylä 40200, Finland Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:00pm Eight Seasons | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 10:00pm |
Espoo Cathedral Organ Night and Aria Festival: Night of Light |
Victoria, Missa pro defunctis (part: Lux Aeterna) Works by Schumann |
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| Espoo Cathedral, Kirkkopuisto 5, Espoo 00270, Finland Thursday 13-Jun-13 10:00pm Organ Night and Aria Festival: Night of Light Victoria, Tomas Luis de (1548-1611), Missa pro defunctis (part: Lux Aeterna) Works by Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 10:00pm |
Espoo Cathedral Organ Night and Aria Festival: Monastic or Married |
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| Espoo Cathedral, Kirkkopuisto 5, Espoo 00270, Finland Thursday 27-Jun-13 10:00pm Organ Night and Aria Festival: Monastic or Married | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Mikkeli, Mikaeli, Martti Talvela Hall Suomen nousevat tähdet – Rising stars from Finland I |
Bach J.S., Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080, Contrapunctus XIV (Arranged by Kalevi Aho) |
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| Mikkeli, Mikaeli, Martti Talvela Hall, Mikkeli, Finland Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pm Suomen nousevat tähdet – Rising stars from Finland I Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080, Contrapunctus XIV (Arranged by Kalevi Aho) | ||
| Thursday 4-Jul-13 10:00pm |
Espoo Cathedral Organ Night and Aria Festival: Birth of the Baptist |
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| Espoo Cathedral, Kirkkopuisto 5, Espoo 00270, Finland Thursday 4-Jul-13 10:00pm Organ Night and Aria Festival: Birth of the Baptist | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Samson and Delilah Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 5-Jul-13 07:00pm The best-known opera by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, likened as a child to Mozart in view of his outstanding talent, serves as a suitable contrast to the otherwise Verdi-Wagner orientation of the 2013 season. Samson and Delilah is a worthy successor to the previously produced French operas on the Olavinlinna stage.
The story based on the Bible about the passionate relationship between the victorious Hebrew leader Samson and the treacherous Philistine maiden Delilah generates thrilling tension in this splendid opera. The mighty warrior whose strength is his long hair is totally disarmed by the mezzo-soprano aria, one of the finest in operatic literature, “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (My heart opens itself to your voice). In cooperation with The Theater Erfurt. Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 11:00am |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Timo Mustakallio Competition, first round Savonlinna Opera Festival |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 6-Jul-13 11:00am Timo Mustakallio Competition, first round Programme not known | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Timo Mustakallio competition, finals Savonlinna Opera Festival |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm Timo Mustakallio competition, finals Programme not known | ||
| Monday 8-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Monday 8-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Samson and Delilah Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm The best-known opera by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, likened as a child to Mozart in view of his outstanding talent, serves as a suitable contrast to the otherwise Verdi-Wagner orientation of the 2013 season. Samson and Delilah is a worthy successor to the previously produced French operas on the Olavinlinna stage.
The story based on the Bible about the passionate relationship between the victorious Hebrew leader Samson and the treacherous Philistine maiden Delilah generates thrilling tension in this splendid opera. The mighty warrior whose strength is his long hair is totally disarmed by the mezzo-soprano aria, one of the finest in operatic literature, “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (My heart opens itself to your voice).
In cooperation with The Theater Erfurt. Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Turku Concert Hall Head start! Turku Music Festival |
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| Turku Concert Hall, Aninkaistenkatu 9, Turku 20100, Finland Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm Head start! Image credit: Lauri Eriksson Programme not known | ||
| Thursday 11-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Samson and Delilah Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Thursday 11-Jul-13 07:00pm The best-known opera by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, likened as a child to Mozart in view of his outstanding talent, serves as a suitable contrast to the otherwise Verdi-Wagner orientation of the 2013 season. Samson and Delilah is a worthy successor to the previously produced French operas on the Olavinlinna stage.
The story based on the Bible about the passionate relationship between the victorious Hebrew leader Samson and the treacherous Philistine maiden Delilah generates thrilling tension in this splendid opera. The mighty warrior whose strength is his long hair is totally disarmed by the mezzo-soprano aria, one of the finest in operatic literature, “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (My heart opens itself to your voice).
In cooperation with The Theater Erfurt. Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 11-Jul-13 10:00pm |
Espoo Cathedral Organ Night and Aria Festival: Leaders from Lappeenranta |
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| Espoo Cathedral, Kirkkopuisto 5, Espoo 00270, Finland Thursday 11-Jul-13 10:00pm Organ Night and Aria Festival: Leaders from Lappeenranta | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 12-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Macbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Samson and Delilah Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm The best-known opera by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, likened as a child to Mozart in view of his outstanding talent, serves as a suitable contrast to the otherwise Verdi-Wagner orientation of the 2013 season. Samson and Delilah is a worthy successor to the previously produced French operas on the Olavinlinna stage.
The story based on the Bible about the passionate relationship between the victorious Hebrew leader Samson and the treacherous Philistine maiden Delilah generates thrilling tension in this splendid opera. The mighty warrior whose strength is his long hair is totally disarmed by the mezzo-soprano aria, one of the finest in operatic literature, “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (My heart opens itself to your voice).
In cooperation with The Theater Erfurt. Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Macbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 10:00pm |
Espoo Cathedral Organ Night and Aria Festival: Virtuoso and Master |
Marcello, Adagio Works by Albinoni |
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| Espoo Cathedral, Kirkkopuisto 5, Espoo 00270, Finland Thursday 18-Jul-13 10:00pm Organ Night and Aria Festival: Virtuoso and Master Marcello, Alessandro (1669-1747), Adagio | ||
| Friday 19-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 19-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 12:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna The Seal: a children's opera Savonlinna Opera Festival |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 20-Jul-13 12:00pm The Seal: a children's opera The Seal (Kyllönen, Timo-Juhani (b. 1955)) (world première) Summer on Lake Saimaa drags on and on. Autumn, so eagerly awaited, never seems to come, to say nothing of winter. Are the ice and snow so vital for the seal to breed in danger of vanishing from the annual round? The resourceful Lumi (Snow) and her friends set out to discover the reason why.The Savonlinna Opera Festival’s fourth opera for children could hardly be more topical and more suited to its environment. Set in the world of the ringed seal, a native of the Saimaa region, The Seal has been devised and prepared together with pupils in Finnish junior schools. Script and visualisation competitions held in the past school year yielded a wealth of material that is being processed jointly by composer Timo-Juhani Kyllönen and librettist Iida Hämeen-Anttila. | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Sunday 21-Jul-13 03:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna The Seal: a children's opera Savonlinna Opera Festival |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Sunday 21-Jul-13 03:00pm The Seal: a children's opera Summer on Lake Saimaa drags on and on. Autumn, so eagerly awaited, never seems to come, to say nothing of winter. Are the ice and snow so vital for the seal to breed in danger of vanishing from the annual round? The resourceful Lumi (Snow) and her friends set out to discover the reason why.The Savonlinna Opera Festival’s fourth opera for children could hardly be more topical and more suited to its environment. Set in the world of the ringed seal, a native of the Saimaa region, The Seal has been devised and prepared together with pupils in Finnish junior schools. Script and visualisation competitions held in the past school year yielded a wealth of material that is being processed jointly by composer Timo-Juhani Kyllönen and librettist Iida Hämeen-Anttila. | ||
| Monday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Monday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Tuesday 23-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Macbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Tuesday 23-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 24-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 24-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 25-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Thursday 25-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Friday 26-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Macbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 26-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 27-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 27-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Sunday 28-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Verdi: Requiem Savonlinna Opera Festival |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Sunday 28-Jul-13 07:00pm Verdi: Requiem The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting for four soloists, double choir and orchestra. It was composed in 1873-1874 in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian writer and patriot much admired by Verdi.
The composer himself conducted the premiere of the Mass in St.Mark's Catherdral, Milan on 22 May, 1874. | ||
| Tuesday 30-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Eugene Onegin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Mikhailovsky Opera |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Tuesday 30-Jul-13 07:00pm The libretto based on the epic poem by Alexander Pushkin and the much-loved, highly-emotional music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky are the elements that, for many opera lovers, make this “the most Russian of Russian” operas. Emerging as the main character alongside Onegin himself, a somewhat shallow character bored with his present life, is the young Tatyana, and the libretto is ultimately about her.
Eugene Onegin features some of the finest and most popular music – both arias and orchestral numbers – ever composed by Tchaikovsky. Many of them are frequently heard on their own out of context. This masterpiece is a veritable treasure trove of Russian opera. | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 03:00pm |
Rewell Center, Korsholm Pre-Opening Korsholm Music Festival |
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| Rewell Center, Korsholm, Ylätori, Korsholm 65100 Vaasa, Finland Wednesday 31-Jul-13 03:00pm Pre-Opening Programme not known | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Un ballo in maschera Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Mikhailovsky Opera |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm Completing the Verdi jubilee at the Savonlinna Opera Festival is one of the two works chosen by the visiting opera house, the Mikhailovsky Theatre from St. Petersburg. An opera seized in its day by the censor because of its delicate subject, A Masked Ball has since proved to be one of Verdi’s most popular operas. It has been in the repertoire of a guest opera house at the Festival twice before.
The fictive love story built round the assassination of the enlightened King Gustavus III of Sweden is the libretto’s main plot. The king’s secretary, appalled by the sovereign’s treachery, joins the conspirators against the monarchy and gets a chance to seek revenge at a big masked ball held at court. | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Korsholm Church, Vaasa Opening Concert Korsholm Music Festival |
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| Korsholm Church, Vaasa, Adelcrantzinkuja 1, Vanha, Vaasa, Finland Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:30pm Opening Concert Tickets 25€ / 22€
BUS TRANSPORTATION 18.45 FROM VAASA CITY HALL | ||
| Thursday 1-Aug-13 01:00pm |
Kuntsi Museum for Modern Art, Vaasa Wagner, Liszt, Schönberg, Busoni, Scriabin, Stravinsky Korsholm Music Festival |
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (arr. for accordion and piano) |
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| Kuntsi Museum for Modern Art, Vaasa, Inner Harbour, Vaasa, Finland Thursday 1-Aug-13 01:00pm Wagner, Liszt, Schönberg, Busoni, Scriabin, Stravinsky Tickets 25 / 22 € Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971), Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (arr. for accordion and piano) | ||
| Thursday 1-Aug-13 06:30pm |
Stundars - Hemmer's House, Korsholm Poulenc, Previn and Britten Korsholm Music Festival |
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| Stundars - Hemmer's House, Korsholm, Stundarsintie 5, Korsholm 65450 Mustasaari, Finland Thursday 1-Aug-13 06:30pm Poulenc, Previn and Britten Tickets 20 /17 €
Bus transportation at 17.30 from Vaasa City Hall 19:30 Concert & Buffet Dinner - Restaurang Hemmer CONCERT & DINNER 55 / 52 € | ||
| Thursday 1-Aug-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Eugene Onegin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Mikhailovsky Opera |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Thursday 1-Aug-13 07:00pm The libretto based on the epic poem by Alexander Pushkin and the much-loved, highly-emotional music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky are the elements that, for many opera lovers, make this “the most Russian of Russian” operas. Emerging as the main character alongside Onegin himself, a somewhat shallow character bored with his present life, is the young Tatyana, and the libretto is ultimately about her.
Eugene Onegin features some of the finest and most popular music – both arias and orchestral numbers – ever composed by Tchaikovsky. Many of them are frequently heard on their own out of context. This masterpiece is a veritable treasure trove of Russian opera. | ||
| Thursday 1-Aug-13 07:30pm |
Ahlbeck's Hall, Korsholm Artende Quartet Korsholm Music Festival |
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| Ahlbeck's Hall, Korsholm, Seminariegatan 17, Korsholm 66900 Nykarleby, Finland Thursday 1-Aug-13 07:30pm Artende Quartet Tickets €20 and 17. | ||
| Thursday 1-Aug-13 09:00pm |
Solf Church, Korsholm Irina Zahharenkova, Rastrelli Cello Quartet Korsholm Music Festival |
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| Solf Church, Korsholm, Solf centre, Västersolfvägen, Solf, Korsholm, Finland Thursday 1-Aug-13 09:00pm Irina Zahharenkova, Rastrelli Cello Quartet Tickets €20 and 17
Bus transportation at 20.00 from Vaasa City Hall | ||
| Friday 2-Aug-13 01:00pm |
The Baptist Church, Korsholm Artende Quartet, Tina Brännkärr Korsholm Music Festival |
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| The Baptist Church, Korsholm, Raastuvankatu 44, Korsholm 65100 Vaasa, Finland Friday 2-Aug-13 01:00pm Artende Quartet, Tina Brännkärr Tickets €20 and 17. | ||
| Friday 2-Aug-13 06:00pm |
Vaasa City Hall: Grand Hall Wagner, Berg, Schönberg Korsholm Music Festival |
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| Vaasa City Hall: Grand Hall, Senaatinkatu 1, Vaasa, Finland Friday 2-Aug-13 06:00pm Wagner, Berg, Schönberg Tickets €20 and 17. | ||
| Friday 2-Aug-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Un ballo in maschera Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Mikhailovsky Opera |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 2-Aug-13 07:00pm Completing the Verdi jubilee at the Savonlinna Opera Festival is one of the two works chosen by the visiting opera house, the Mikhailovsky Theatre from St. Petersburg. An opera seized in its day by the censor because of its delicate subject, A Masked Ball has since proved to be one of Verdi’s most popular operas. It has been in the repertoire of a guest opera house at the Festival twice before.
The fictive love story built round the assassination of the enlightened King Gustavus III of Sweden is the libretto’s main plot. The king’s secretary, appalled by the sovereign’s treachery, joins the conspirators against the monarchy and gets a chance to seek revenge at a big masked ball held at court. | ||
