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 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.
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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.**
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.
Join the Bravo Club by emailing us at bravo[at]opera.fi. We will send you a confirmation of your membership and an invoice.
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The new season of the Bravo Club gets off to a festive start with Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Artist-in- Association of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, and Lilli Paasikivi, the Artistic Director of the Opera. As well as giving a talk in anticipation of his 60th birthday concert, Salonen will provide details about the upcoming production of the Ring cycle, which will premiere at the Finnish National Opera in autumn 2019.***
Experience the ambiance of a ballet rehearsal two and a half weeks before the premiere. The second club event of the autumn allows us to follow a rehearsal of Suite en blanc in an authentic ballet rehearsal room. We will watch the rehearsal from 4 to 5pm, after which there will be a talk with Madeleine Onne, the new Artistic Director of the Ballet.
Serge Lifar’s Suite en blanc is part of the production A French soirée, which will premiere on 28 September.***
We will follow the polishing rehearsal of The Tales of Hoffmann on the Main Stage on 11 October from 11am to 2pm. In this rehearsal, the director, choreographer and rest of the creative team are still fine tuning the performance for the premiere, with repeated takes of each act when necessary. The music will either be a recording or played by the rehearsal pianist.***
On 23 November from 4pm to 6pm, club members will get to follow the rehearsal of Cinderella, which premieres on 23 November. After the visit to the ballet rehearsal room, Artistic Administrator Sampo Kivelä will explain the various stages of the artistic process and how to adapt it in the event of unexpected changes. Some dancers of the Finnish National Ballet may also be present.***
The world premiere of the Finnish opera Ice, based on the bestselling novel by Ulla-Lena Lundberg, will take place on 25 January. Bravo Club members will have a unique opportunity to meet the artists of this brand new production in an intimate event. The event will be attended by composer Jaakko Kuusisto, librettist Juhani Koivisto, director Anna Kelo and soprano Marjukka Tepponen, who will also sing an extract from the opera.***
***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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