Total Karita

6 performances
18.5.2022 – 2.6.2022
Operas
Main Stage
Total duration 2 h 10 min
Total duration 2 h 10 min
1 intermission (35 min)
6 performances
18.5.2022 – 2.6.2022
Operas
Main Stage
tickets
20-129 €

A performance packed with drama and glamour

Experience Finland’s most famous opera diva’s incredible versatility in one evening! In Total Karita, powerful drama meets extravagant, exhilarating spectacle.

The two parts of the evening showcase two opposite extremes of emotions. First off, Poulenc’s powerful La voix humaine (The Human Voice) tells the heartbreaking story of an abandoned woman. The opera monologue of approximately 45 minutes is performed in melodramatic film noir style. 

After the interval the atmosphere changes dramatically, turning into a raucous show of beloved musical classics, popular music, and more. The event of musical fireworks, put together specifically for Karita Mattila, is directed by Jussi Nikkilä and conducted by Dalia Stasevska.

Suggested age guidance 12+.

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We recommend everyone who visits the Opera House to wear a face mask. We kindly ask you to arrive at the performance in good time and only when you are not feeling ill. Our personnel are happy to help you whenever necessary.

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Subtitles in Finnish, Swedish and English before the intermission and in Finnish and Swedish after the intermission.

Tickets & Performances

2 h 10 min
1 intermission (35 min)
6 performances
18.5.2022 – 2.6.2022
Operas
Main Stage
tickets
20-129 €
Wed 18.5.2022
at 19:00
Sat 21.5.2022
at 19:00
Tue 24.5.2022
at 19:00
Fri 27.5.2022
at 19:00
Mon 30.5.2022
at 19:00
Thu 2.6.2022
at 19:00

Creative team

Director
Jussi Nikkilä
Sets
takis
Costumes
Erika Turunen
Lighting and projection design
Mikko Linnavuori
Choreography
Antton Laine
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Film noir-video

Actors on the film noir video
Karita Mattila
Tommi Korpela
Kristiina Halttu

Cameraman Raimo Uunila
Assistant cameraman Max Kujala, Atte Henriksson
Lighting technician Timo Haapasaari
Assistant lighting technician Vladimir Krestjanoff

Watch the recording on Stage24

Watch the recording of Total Karita from the premiere on 18 May. The recording is also available on Opera Vision.

Watch the recording Opera Vision

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Karita Mattila is one of today’s most radiant sopranos. Her unique voice and charismatic interpretations dazzle audiences time after time on opera and concert stages around the world.

Read Karita's interview

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