CircOpera
The show by international music and acrobatics stars makes for an ideal first experience of either art form. Naturally, there’s a story about looking for love, and finding it – we are at the opera, after all. Recroded at the Finnish National Opera on 30 September 2016.
CONDUCTOR Alberto Hold-Garrido
DIRECTOR Jere Erkkilä
CIRCUS CHOREOGRAPHY Sanna Silvennoinen
BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY Ville Valkonen
VISUAL DESIGN Mark Väisänen
LIGHTING DESIGN AND VIDEO DESIGN Kimmo Ruskela
SOLOISTS: soprano Hanna Rantala, tenor Mika Pohjonen, baritone Ville Rusanen, bass Koit Soasepp
CIRCUS: Pair acrobatics Victor Cathala and Kati Pikkarainen, Wheel of death Gengis van Gool, Acrobatics Mikko Karhu, Tightrope walking Sanja Kosonen, Mid-air acrobatics Aourell Krausse and Viivi Roiha, Juggling Wes Peden.
DANCERS: Ville Valkonen, Tuomas Hyvönen, Koichi Kamino, Inka Hulkko, Yuko Valkonen, Chigusa Fujiyoshi
MUSICIANS: piano Emil Holmström, violin Maija Linkola and Markku Sihvonen, harp Stefania Saglietti, saxophone Sikri Lehko, trombone John Kotka, tuba Simo Finni, percussion Jukka Koski, Virva Kuusi, Heikki Parviainen and Jerry Piipponen.
Finnish National Opera chorus
Finnish National Opera orchestra
Ballet Finland