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The New Finnish Opera Boom Opera has also spread beyond the stages of the established institutions such as the Finnish National Opera, and small ensembles are trying their wings. Although Finnish themes are still in favor, this second wave of Finnish opera represents a wide spectrum of styles, themes, and forms. A superficial reason for the opera boom may be the composers' wish to celebrate the new millennium with a work of opera, the king of music genres. www.musicfinland.com /classical/fmq/articles/opera.html   (1214 words)

FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA However, the centre of music art is in the capital of the country - Helsinki, where the building of the Finnish National Opera is situated. The present building of the Opera had been built almost for 20 years, since 1993 the National Opera is housed in a beautiful long building of glass, wood and white granite. The most important annual event in the life of Finnish opera is the Savonlinna Opera Festival held in the medieval Olavinlinna Castle in Eastern Finland. www.helsinki-hotels.net /opera.htm   (266 words)

Suomen Kansallisooppera Finnish opera is well represented in the repertoire otherwise too; for instance, in autumn 2004 the Finnish National Opera will be staging Kaija Saariaho’s internationally successful opera L’amour de loin. Regular opera performances began in Finland exactly 120 years before the completion of the new Opera House, with the founding of the Finnish Opera in connection with the Finnish Theatre by Kaarlo Bergbom in 1873. The year 1993 was a milestone in the history of Finnish opera, marking the completion of the new Opera House on Töölönlahti bay in Helsinki. www.operafin.fi /index.asp?polku=181;287;;2   (609 words)

Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music After Fo and Finnish National Opera director Erkki Korhonen saw a performance of the work in Pesaro, it somehow only made sense that Fo would be invited to direct (and design, it turns out) Viaggo at the FNO, and in January, his take on Viaggio was unveiled. Romances, jealousies, nationalism and lost luggage become the subject of the opera, and when it is discovered that no horses are, in fact, available, they all opt to go to Paris. With the permission of the Rossini Foundation, Fo has altered some of the libretto, most particularly in the songs of nationalism near the opera’s close. www.classicstoday.com /Classics/ConcertReview_ASPFiles/ViewConcertReview.asp?Action=User&ID=276   (823 words)

Opera. (from Music) --  Encyclopædia Britannica The twilight of opera seria and the advent of Romantic opera are epitomized by the emergence of the prima donna and the female conquest of the formerly castrato-dominated soprano region. Opera as known today is an Italian invention dating from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. In the early 18th century opera was merely a sophisticated kind of variety show. www.britannica.com /eb/article-232537?tocId=232537   (1014 words)

Resumé Pollione in the Finnish National Opera's reprise of Norma, a new He was the Finnish national champion four years in succession and went on to master several other instruments. Finnish tenor Raimo Sirkiä is one of the most interesting dramatic tenors on the international scene. www.saunalahti.fi /raimozz/Resume.htm   (378 words)

classical music - andante - finnish national opera backstage staff on strike Finnish National Opera's Web site indicates that next week's performances of Mozart's Die Entrührung aus dem Serail (9 and 12 March) will be semi-staged (using costumes and modified props but no scenery), while a triple-bill of ballets by George Balanchine and Jorma Elo scheduled for Monday 8 March has been postponed to 13 March. Finnish National Opera Set to Premiere Dario Fo's Version of Il viaggio a Reims [expired] Finnish National Opera Reports Profit from Dario Fo's Il viaggio a Reims www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=23344   (326 words)

Savonlinna Opera Festival - Matti Salminen, bass He made his debut at the Finnish National Opera in 1969 as Philip II in Don Carlos, a role later to be one of his most splendid. He was contracted to the Finnish National Opera 1969-72, and has since returned for guest appearances as Boris Godunov, Rocco in Fidelio and Hagen in Götterdämmerung - a role he has sung all over the world. During the past few years he has sung the title roles in two new Finnish operas at the Finnish National Opera: Aulis Sallinen's King Lear in 2000 and Einojuhani Rautavaara's Rasputin in 2003. www.operafestival.fi /en/operas/synopsis/cast/salminene.html   (247 words)

Finnish National Opera House: 10th Anniversary Gala Evening, 31st December 2003 (BK) Finnish National Opera was formed in 1956 and acquired its own orchestra in 1963, having relied previously on the Helsinki Philharmonic. FNO continues this tradition with an intention to produce at least one new Finnish opera each year, under the guidance of it current General Director Erkki Korhonen who is himself a distinguished pianist and conductor. The earliest amateur performance known was Il Barbiere di Siviglia given in 1849 and the first home-grown Finnish opera, The Hunt of King Charles (Kung Karls Jakt) was written by Fredrik Pacius to a Swedish libretto by Zachris Topelius and premiered in 1852. www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2004/Jan-Apr04/gala3112.htm   (1037 words)

Finnish Music Information Centre Joonas Kokkonen's "Viimeiset kiusaukset" was premiered at the Finnish National Opera in the same autumn, and with the premiere in 1978 of another opera commissioned from Aulis Sallinen, "Punainen viiva", the opera boom among the public at large was firmly established. Aulis Sallinen and the cornerstones of Finnish opera It was in the repertoire at the Savonlinna Opera Festival from 1977 to 1982. www.fimic.fi /fimic/fimic.nsf/82c219a4e9e6055e422566c0004a78d3/df32fc25116237be42256bd00040fc31!OpenDocument   (4128 words)

FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA PERFORMANCES DECEMBER The Finnish Opera House is situated on the edge of a reed fringed lake. The Opera House is on the west of the lake. All the operas will be surtitled in English. operasabroad.com /destinations/helsinki/summary.htm   (428 words)

Jorma Hynninen — Virtual Finland Hynninen was artistic director of the Finnish National Opera from 1984 to 1990, and became artistic director of the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 1991. Hynninen won the Lappeenranta song competition in 1969 and was engaged by the Finnish National Opera the following year. Hynninen has continued to make guest appearances at the Met and other important opera houses in the 1990s, but the patriotic baritone accords the greatest importance to his appearances in Finland. virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/hynninen.html   (613 words)

Kalevala: from myth to symbol — Virtual Finland Moreover, in the early years of the Grand Duchy their efforts met with tolerance, often support, from the imperial authorities in St Petersburg who saw an emerging Finnish national consciousness as a sure means of weakening age old and potentially dangerous links with Sweden. Fourteen years later, in 1849, Lönnrot published an enlarged version of Kalevala, the edition which has become known to the world as the Finnish national epic. In the remarkable flowering of Finnish art, music, writing, design and architecture that took place at the turn of the century, Kalevala became a source of inspiration, context and substance, as Finns sought for a Finnish form in which to express mainstream European art forms: realism, naturalism, expressionism, symbolism. virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/kalevala.html   (2575 words)

Eilana Lappalainen: The Elegance of Opera On the concert stage, Eilana Lappalainen has sung opera Galas with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (one of which was televised throughout Finland featuring scenes from Fidelio and Otello) and also toured Finland in Recital. In 2005, Eilana sang a Verdi Gala in Japan, an Opera Gala at the Piccolo La Scala in Syro's Greece and a recital for the Summer Festival Urkuyö ja Aaria in Espoo Finland. With Virginia Opera she performed the roles of Violetta in La Traviata, Micaela in Carmen and Liu in Turandot which she also later sang with the Arizona Opera. eilana.com /bio.htm   (1060 words)

G. Puccini, Turandot at the Finnish National Opera, April 16 2005 (GF) The FNO Orchestra was on top of their considerable form and Muhai Tang, who has sometimes been criticized for slackness, led his forces with unstinting precision, from the first heavy, ominous chords and all through the opera. There were many interesting features belonging in the grand opera tradition with processions, ballet, architectonical groupings and the choreography and virtuosity of the executioner’s handling of his sword was almost worth the price of the ticket alone. The chorus is in this opera a protagonist in the same way as the commenting chorus in a Greek drama, and also a dramatic force. www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2005/Jan-Jun05/turandot1604.htm   (962 words)

A d S - iniziative / conferenze Finnish National Opera dedicates the revival of Turandot April 16th 2005 to La Scala. We at the Finnish National Opera being over hundred years younger as an opera house can do nothing less but bow in front of the great legacy and present excellence of La Scala. This opera which is one of the most beloved ones made operatic legend in its première at La Scala 1926 with Arturo Toscanini. www.amicidellascala.it /ev_scala_dett.asp?offset=80&id_istituzione=84   (189 words)

Nordic Music, opera The Finnish National Opera was founded in Helsinki as The Domestic Opera 1911 and the Ballet in 1921. It has become an opera of top-class functionality and with a new kind of architecture wich is unpretentius and more concentrated. The Gothenburg Opera House was inagurated in October 1994 after many years of dreaming and planning. hem.passagen.se /jcb/normus.e.ope.html   (224 words)

New European Operas The main body of the opera is set in the Ethiopian desert and is, like "The Songlines," "an imaginary conversation on an imaginary journey." Roger Clarke's libretto, based on Chatwin's original conception, draws on Rimbaud's "A Season in Hell," which to some extent seems to prefigure Rimbaud's wanderings in Africa. Ultimately the opera conveys the ways in which such objectification and precise measuring miss the target, restoring the world to one determined by chance and true feeling, rather than planned exploitation and scientific self-advancement. The libretto in Finnish by Matti Rossi is based on a contemporary translation of the Shakespeare. www.schirmer.com /repertoire/european_opera_new.html   (1348 words)

Untitled Document The Finnish National Opera, founded in 1911, is known for its high quality. Being the only professional opera and ballet company in Finland, it has a challenging task: to uphold a strong classical tradition yet at the same time to promote the work of contemporary composers and choreographers. The great moment for Finns was our national hero Paavo Nurmi bringing the Olympic fire to the stadium: Nurmi, "the Flying Finn," had won 9 gold medals in 5,000 and 10,000-metre runs in the beginning of the 1900's. www.aktivist.fi /inenglish/o.html   (957 words)

Savonlinna Opera Festival - Juha Uusitalo, bassbaritone Juha Uusitalo began his musical career as a professional flautist in several Finnish orchestras, that of the Finnish National Opera included, and has been a vocal soloist at the National Opera since 2000. In 1999 he was awarded scholarships by both the Finnish Wagner Society and the Matti Salminen Fund, and he was the receiver of the Karita Mattila Prize in 2002. He made his Savonlinna Opera Festival debut in 2003 in the title role in The Flying Dutchman. www.operafestival.fi /en/operas/synopsis/cast/uusitaloe.html   (79 words)

The Advertiser: Opera takes a step into our personal space [26feb04] Finnish National Opera is planning a season with a Finnish cast later this year or early next year. Created and directed by Vanhakartano, it is a collaboration between State Opera, Finnish National Opera and the Adelaide Festival, and has a new score by Russian-born Sydney composer Elena Kats-Chernin and lyrics by Adelaide singer-songwriter Andrea rieniets. Finnish National Opera employs 700 people compared to State Opera, which operates with only a few. www.theadvertiser.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,8792049^30778,00.html   (761 words)

Season opera Resources at World Wide Arts Resources Eugene Opera - Porgy and Bess - 1998 Eugene Opera - Porgy and Bess - 1998 Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess is being by the Eugene Opera on April 1st and 2nd, 1998. Lyric Opera of Kansas City Lyric Opera of Kansas City The Lyric Opera of Kansas City is one of the nation's premiere regional opera companies, now in its 40th season of performances. The world premiere of this new bilingual opera, scheduled for February 28, is based on the Spanish version of the popular fairy tale. wwar.com /opera/auto/Season4.html   (1377 words)

Finnish Opera — Virtual Finland The opera boom eventually trickled beyond the Finnish National Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival; for example, the Ilmajoki Music Festival in Ostrobothnia in western Finland evolved into a major venue for folk operas with a regional flavour. Aho’s first opera, Avain (The Key, 1978), a dramatic monologue for baritone, is a landscape of the soul and environment of an anguished lonely man. It is illustrative of exclusion in modern society. Performed on a large outdoor stage, these operas connected with the summer theatre tradition, in addition to which their impact was heightened by the fact that their settings were familiar and authentic. virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26984   (468 words)

Suomen Kansallisooppera The Soloists of the Finnish National Opera 60th anniversary photo exhibition is on display in the main foyer of the Opera House. Exhibition of four major Finnish designers in the main foyer of the Finnish National Opera, November 3 to January 9. Light as Vienna, Arabella returns to the National Opera. www.ooppera.fi /etusivu.asp?kieli=2   (217 words)

Jorma Hynninen, baritone In the season 1999-2000 he was seen on the stage of Finnish National opera in the title role in Aulis Sallinen’s Kullervo and sang the role of Simon Boccanegra in Tampere, Finland. Since his debut with the Finnish National Opera in 1969, he has been a leading soloist, from 1984 to 1990 he signed as the Artistic Director of the company. The festival is famous for its prestigious opera and concert performances, held in a medieval castle. www.alsteartists.com /1hynnine1.htm   (554 words)

eskoo The Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera is the largest in Finland and was founded in 1963 with 47 members. The Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera has recorded most of the Finnish operas. Apart from its main function, playing in opera and ballet, the orchestra of the FNO has given a number of symphony and chamber concerts of its own, and it has always held a concert during tours to other countries. www.sinfoniaorkesterit.fi /engl/orchestras/eskoo.htm   (131 words)

Carol Castel Noted opera Coach and Director The summers of 2000 and 2001 she directed the "Opera Aegean" tour and summer program for young singers, and in 2002 and 2003 went to China with IVAI and Joan Dornemann to teach at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Currently she is general manager of the newly established "New York Opera Studio" an "open conservatory" dedicated to helping artists move from conventional voice education to the professional operatic stage. For nine years she held the position of Artistic Director for the Delaware Valley Opera Co. in Narrowsburg, New York where she supervised season planning, casting, lighting and costume design, fund raising, and budget administration in addition to stage direction. www.castelopera.com /carol.asp   (406 words)

Augsburg College - Augsburg Now Kari Tikka, a conductor with the Finnish National Opera, composed, conducts, and co-wrote the libretto for Luther. It is presented by Luther Seminary, Central Lutheran Church, Augsburg College, the Finnish National Opera, and Lutheran Brotherhood. Opera can touch the mind and soul in ways that words alone cannot. www.augsburg.edu /now/archives/fall01/luther.html   (525 words)

Dance Magazine: A new start for Finnish ballet: the new artistic director of Finnish National Ballet is building modern choreography on the foundation of the past - Jorma Uotinen The scene is the warm-reddish wooden amphitheater of Helsinki's splendid new Finnish National Opera House. The new artistic director of Finnish National Ballet is building modern choreography on the foundation of the past. In 1993, the ballet and the opera finally abandoned their old, cramped quarters in an 1879 Russian garrison theater in the heart of Helsinki, and took possession of a gorgeous new home of glass, marble, and wood on nearby Toolo Bay. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_n8_v72/ai_20986612   (1173 words)

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