Bravo Club, a community for the most passionate friends of opera and ballet, is an enchanting opportunity to get closer to art and artists in exclusive member events. A Bravo Club membership not only enriches your opera and ballet experiences, but also allows you to support the arts that are close to your heart.
The program for season 2019–2020 will be published latest in May.
The annual membership fee is 1 000 euros and the membership is valid for one season. Club activities take place between August and May. If you join on January 1st or later, the membership fee for the remainder of the season is 50% of the full amount.
The proceeds from the Bravo Club will be used to support artistic work at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. A more specific objective is set annually. In 2017 – 2018 the proceeds supported the Finnish National Ballet’s Youth Company.
A minimum of four member events are organised each year. These events are an opportunity to meet the artists and hear their thoughts on their work and upcoming productions. You will also have the chance to observe the rehearsals of different productions during member events.
*Read more about buying tickets further down on this page.
A small quota of tickets for premieres and the memorable private premiere parties of the Finnish National Opera is reserved exclusively for Bravo Club members and their guests. The private parties are a wonderful opportunity to mingle with artists and other people behind our spectacular productions. The Bravo Club members’ ticket quota is available for purchase for a limited time, as detailed below.**
In addition to the premieres, we have been able to secure a small ticket quota available for purchase (avec) for one performance of the Pelléas and Mélisande opera: Wednesday, 29 May. The opera is conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. The tickets are available for purchase on 21 January – 28 March).
Booking enquiries: bravo[at]opera.fi
**Season ticket holders: To attend the premiere events, you must be a Bravo Club member and have a ticket for the premiere. If you have another season ticket type than the Premiere Ticket, you can exchange your ticket for the premiere at an extra cost. As a Bravo Club member, you can also buy additional tickets to premieres. Please note, however, that ticket availability is limited for premieres and the private premiere parties.
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Satu Ristlakki, the principal of the Ballet School of the Finnish National Ballet, will start the event at 5:30 p.m. with a talk about how the Ballet School operates. Next, at 6:30 p.m., we will adjourn to Almi Hall to watch a workshop performance by the Ballet School, in which vocational education students will be showing their choreographer skills at a workshop performance featuring a dozen modern and Neo-Classical choreographies, most of them premieres.
The students have named this year’s workshop Back to Black Box.
The event is free for club members with one guest of their choice. Please enrol by 24 January at bravo@opera.fi.***
We’ll have the chance to attend the polishing rehearsal of Sylvia, choreographed by John Neumeier who has headed the Hamburg Ballet for half a century. Come and see how the ballet, which will premiere on 1 March, is fine-tuned on the Main Stage on 20 February from 6:30 pm. You are welcome to bring one non-member with you to the event.
Sylvia’s world premiere took place in 1876. The ballet was an important work in its time, as it paints a ground-breaking, powerful picture of women. Instead of the ethereal female characters of romantic ballets, it presented the masculine huntress, Sylvia.
Sylvia’s music by Léo Delibes, considered one of the world’s best ballet scores, was influenced by Richard Wagner.***
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, which will premiere on 22 March, has been called the roughest opera experience of the year. Wozzeck is the story of an oppressed soldier, his mental breakdown and his eventual desperate act. Its interpretation by Sir David McVicar, one of today’s leading opera directors, has garnered acclaim from Chicago to Geneva. The rehearsal is also a wonderful opportunity to observe the conducting of Hannu Lintu. Unlike most rehearsals, this event takes place on a Saturday, so we hope many of you can make it. As usual, you’re welcome to bring one non-member with you.***
The Artistic Director of the Opera, Lilli Paasikivi, and the Artistic Director of the Ballet, Madeleine Onne, will present the coming season to Bravo Club members on 21 March. The new season will be officially announced on 26 March. The event will include a tour of the set design department, during which our professionals will share their insights into the preparation for new productions. You are welcome to bring one non-member with you.***
Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida is returning to our repertoire, and Bravo Club members are invited to attend its polishing rehearsal on 2 April at 6 p.m. This time, the role of Aida will be sung by the visiting soprano Veronika Dzhioeva.***
Did you know that the Finnish National Opera and Ballet has stored approximately 80 opera and ballet productions for future performances? Our storage facilities are located in Nurmijärvi, where we will pay a visit together. We’ll also discover more about the planning and production process. The date will be confirmed as soon as possible. You can bring one non-member with you to the event.***
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet is all geared up for August, when Das Rheingold, the first opera of the Ring tetralogy directed by Esa-Pekka Salonen, will see its premiere. How does the approach of his first Ring production feel to Salonen? What should we expect of his interpretation of the four-part masterpiece? And, what else is Salonen working on at the moment? The date will be confirmed as soon as possible. You can bring one non-member with you to the event.***
***This programme is subject to change.
Harri and Sultana Rehnberg, Bravo Club members
Bravo Club members Harri and Sultana Rehnberg attend the first club event of the season with their daughter in August 2017. At the event, the star of the opera Höstsonaten – Autumn Sonata, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter described her preparation for the upcoming world premiere.
Photographer: Heikki Tuuli
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