World Class Opera in the heart of Lakeland Saimaa
The City of Savonlinna is located
in the middle of scenic lake district of Saimaa in eastern Finland. Saimaa is a
labyrinth of blue lakes and green islands that forms the largest lake district
in Europe. It is a breathtakingly beautiful destination for truly unforgettable
opera visit.
In addtion to the stunning natural environment, you have a possibility to enjoy
world class opera inside the walls of the medieval castle of Olavinlinna.
Olavinlinna Castle is famous for it's amazing, natural acoustics. Come and
experience the world's most beautiful lake district, medieval castle and world
class opera - Savonlinna Opera Festival.
The Savonlinna Opera
Festival 2012
July 5 – August 4
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.
The increasingly international scope of the Savonlinna Opera Festival will
be concretised in both world premieres: Kimmo Hakola’s opera will be sung in
Italian and Free Will, to a libretto in English, is per se the most
international production in operatic history.
The season begins with a grand gala,
the programme for which spans the entire 100-year history of the Savonlinna
Opera Festival. Performing at this gala will be leading soloists of the 2012
season, the Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra and Choir.
The other two concerts for the season will likewise be a blend of Finnish
and international at their very finest: soprano Karita Mattila – today’s Aino Ackté – and the Apocalyptica cello ensemble will further enrich the
varied programme, as befits a 100th anniversary.
Another highlight of the jubilee year is the Savonlinna Opera Festival’s
secondInternational Singing Competition, bringing the world’s
most talented young singers, the stars of the future, to the town of Savonlinna
in July.
The guest opera house in the jubilee season comes from Oslo and is one of
the most interesting opera companies in all Europe at the moment. The
magnificent modern opera house to which the Norwegian
National Opera & Ballet moved a couple of years ago has been a
tremendous source of artistic and operational inspiration. Britten’s Peter Grimes and Kverndokk’s The fourth Watch of the Night(Den
fjerde nattevakt) will provide the perfect ending to a Savonlinna Opera
Festival season featuring repertoire of unprecedented richness and variety.
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