The best time of the year is about to begin. Who cares about the dark nights when the Opera House is aglow with the festive season? Packed with glamour, captivating stories and rapturous music, it will elevate your everyday and make each moment shine.
Choose your favorites of the festive season’s repertoire and get your tickets soon.
The Little Mermaid whisks the audience into a different world. Kenneth Greve’s hit production is both an enthralling spectacle and a touching story about the pursuit of dreams and the power of love. It’s no wonder this ballet has only been performed to full houses.
Ulla-Lena Lundberg’s novel Ice was awarded the Finlandia prize, Finland’s most prestigious literary award, in 2012. The libretto follows the key events and characters of the rich novel, with music that rings with the changing seasons and the ever-present threat of ice.
A fascinating story of the contradiction between earthly and heavenly love meets the rapturous splendour of Jules Massenet’s music. In the end, who is the sinner and who is the saint? Along with profound questions about humanity, Thaïs offers a spectacle of unparalleled brilliance.
John Neumeier’s version of Sylvia deals with themes that are acutely familiar to today’s women, too. Sylvia tries to find a balance between power and vulnerability, aggression and spirituality, and the repression and embrace of emotions. The ballet’s story is weaved around music composed by Léo Delibes that is considered one of the world’s most accomplished ballet scores.
Wozzeck is a story about an oppressed soldier, his mental breakdown and his final desperate act. The interpretation of Sir David Vicar, one of today’s most notable opera directors, has been praised from Chicago to Geneva. In Spring 2019, the powerful production will arrive at the Finnish National Opera.
This season, Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel will be seen as a heart-wrenching ballet. The relentlessly gripping plot moves towards inevitable tragedy as steadily as a steam train. Get ready to experience truly tear-jerking beauty.
Love for Aida leads Radamès, Captain of the Egyptian Guard, to betray his country. The lovers are only united in death. The critically-acclaimed production of the Finnish National Opera alludes not only to the reign of the pharaohs, but also to the conflicts of the modern world.
K.V.G. proudly presents three highly renowned choreographers at different stages of their careers. Jiří Kylián is one of the legendary choreographers of our time. Marco Goecke, 45, has been building a notable international career for some time. The young Jeroen Verbruggen is a rising star whose imaginative work has attracted well-deserved attention.
Mélisande, who has been found in a forest, ends up in a mysterious castle as the wife of Golaud, but her love for the young Pelléas leads to a tragedy. The meditative opera is conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Lucky Dip is a great value ticket, especially if you’re not that fussy about where in the auditorium you’re seated.
You can buy your Lucky Dip at any time online, but you will only find out your seat on the day of the performance. Lucky Dips are exchanged for actual tickets at the Customer Service desk starting from 12 pm on the day of the performance. Seats for Lucky Dips are allocated in order of purchase from the best available seats selected by the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, primarily in the stalls. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee seats together for customers who buy two Lucky Dips.
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