Jubilee 2012 Season
The year 2012 is one for great celebration at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. For 100 years will have passed since Aino Ackté, the most illustrious Finnish soprano of her day and a fervent patriot, arranged the first opera festival in what were then still the “ruins” of Olavinlinna Castle. Now, a century later, the Castle has been restored and transformed into one of the most unique opera stages in the world, and one in which the unsurpassed atmosphere, first-class performances and magnificent acoustics guarantee an opera experience to remember for ever after.
The programme for the jubilee 2012 season is an interesting mixture of new and traditional, Finnish and international. Representing tradition are three of the most legendary and most popular productions in the Savonlinna Festival’s history: August Everding’s direction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Ilkka Bäckman’s version of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, and András Mikó’s vision of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. These three classics will be matched with two world premieres: Kimmo Hakola’s La Fenice and the first ever opera born on the Internet and created by an online community: Free Will. The online community is devising the libretto, writing the music in collaboration with Finnish composer Markus Fagerudd and designing the sets and costumes.
Savonlinna Opera Festival Programme July 5 - August 4, 2012
5.7. Thursday 100th anniversary gala, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
6.7. Friday Kimmo Hakola: La Fenice, world premiere, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
7.7. Saturday Verdi: Aida, premiere, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
8.7. Sunday Concert: Apocalyptica, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
9.7. Monday Mozart: The Magic Flute, premiere, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
10.7. Tuesday Kimmo Hakola: La Fenice, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
11.7. Wednesday Verdi: Aida, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
12.7. Thursday Mozart: The Magic Flute, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
13.7. Friday Verdi: Aida, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
14.7. Saturday Kimmo Hakola: La Fenice, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
15.7. Sunday Recital: Karita Mattila, soprano; Martin Katz, piano Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
16.7. Monday Mozart: The Magic Flute, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
17.7. Tuesday Verdi: Aida, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
18.7. Wednesday Mozart: The Magic Flute, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
19.7. Thursaday Verdi: Aida, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
20.7. Friday Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, premiere, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
21.7. Saturday Opera By You: Free Will , world premiere, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
22.7. Sunday ---
23.7. Monday Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
24.7. Tuesday International Singing Competition, round I, Savonlinna Hall at 15.00
Mozart: The Magic Flute, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
25.7. Wednesday International Singing Competition, round II, Savonlinna Hall at 15.00
Verdi: Aida, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
26.7. Thursday International Singing Competition, round III, Savonlinna Hall at 15.00
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
27.7. Friday Mozart: The Magic Flute, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
28.7. Saturday Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
29.7. Sunday International Singing Competition, finals, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
30.7. Monday ---
Guest performances by the Norwegian Opera and Ballet (Den Norske Opera & Ballett):
31.7. Tuesday Britten: Peter Grimes, premiere, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
1.8. Wednesday Kverndokk: Den fjerde nattevakt (The Fourth Night Watch), premiere,
Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
2.8. Thursday Britten: Peter Grimes, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
3.8. Friday Kverndokk: Den fjerde nattevakt (The Fourth Night Watch),
Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
4.8. Saturday Britten: Peter Grimes, Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
17.6.2011/Alterations possible.
Alterations possible.
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