They’re finally available: tickets for season 2019–2020 performances. If you haven’t looked into our impressive repertoire, do it now. We promise you a fantastic feast of performance arts, including premieres that blow your mind.
Embrace beauty
Company Wayne McGregor & Jlin – Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones
Flow X Opera
7.8.2019 – 8.8.2019
Flow Festival’s art program expanding to FNO
Contemporary dance, electronic music and audiovisual art take over the Finnish National Opera’s Almi Hall the Wednesday and Thursday preceding Flow Festival the 7th and 8th of August.
Georges Bizet
Carmen
6.9.2019 – 3.10.2019
Destined for unchained love
Carmen is the world’s most popular opera thanks to its compelling story, memorable tunes and fiery Spanish rhythms. Hit after hit outline the doomed love story, which in this production is set in the restless Spain of the 1930s. The dazzlingly visual production proceeds with a cinematic drive.
Jorma Elo – Joseph Haydn, G. F. Händel, Gottfried Stölzel
Alice in Wonderland
23.8.2019 – 28.5.2020
Fall into a fairy-tale world
With brilliantly beautiful classical ballet, mesmerizing music, and sets and costumes fit for a fairy tale, Alice in Wonderland is a ballet sure to charm visitors of all ages.
McGregor – Balanchine – Robbins
Triple Bill
27.9.2019 – 12.10.2019
Three dance works in one evening
British Wayne McGregor is one of today’s most internationally respected choreographers, while George Balanchine has been styled as the father of American ballet. In addition to his dance works, Jerome Robbins’s merits include creating the choreography for the film West Side Story.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die tote Stadt
5.10.2019 – 18.10.2019
When words are not enough, you need opera
Tickets sold out for the first round of performances, but this season provides five new opportunities to experience Die tote Stadt and its world-class cast. Thanks to the breathtaking sets, this production directed by Kasper Holten is also one of the most visually striking performances of all time at the FNO.
Kenneth Greve – Tuomas Kantelinen
The Snow Queen
19.10.2019 – 9.11.2019
Return of the smash hit ballet
Based on the story by H.C. Andersen, The Snow Queen is a ballet for the whole family, a huge hit and critical success that has sold out every performance including extra ones in the past three years.
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Flow X Opera
Wed 7.8.2019 at 19:30 -
Flow X Opera
Thu 8.8.2019 at 19:30 -
Alice in Wonderland
Fri 23.8.2019 at 19:00 -
Alice in Wonderland
Sat 24.8.2019 at 14:00 -
Opera & Ballet in Action
Mon 26.8.2019 at 15:00 -
Alice in Wonderland
Thu 29.8.2019 at 19:00 -
Alice in Wonderland
Sat 31.8.2019 at 14:00 -
Alice in Wonderland
Wed 4.9.2019 at 19:00 -
Carmen
Fri 6.9.2019 at 19:00 -
Carmen
Wed 11.9.2019 at 19:00 -
Carmen
Fri 13.9.2019 at 19:00 -
Carmen
Sat 21.9.2019 at 19:00
The epic saga begins
The crown jewel of season 2019–2020 will be the Finnish version of Richard Wagner’s monumental achievement, the four-part Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelungs). The coming season will comprise the first two parts of the tetralogy, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre.
A season ticket will ensure you’ll have a seat for all four Ring operas. Individual tickets for Das Rheingold and Die Walküre can be purchased from 5 August.
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Main Stage and Almi Hall.
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