This spring, anything goes expect love. The productions of the spring season take you from one extreme to the other, featuring great classics as well as modern interpretations and topical themes. One common thread throughout, however, is the agony of forbidden love. All this, of course, is accompanied by ravishing music and incredible dance feats.
Choose your favorites of the spring season’s repertoire and get your tickets soon.
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.
In 2015, the Chorus of the FNO celebrated its 70th anniversary with a spectacular gala event. The concert was such a success that it’s making a comeback in spring 2019. The fast-paced and emotional show is an ideal first dip into the world of opera.
The school opera Djurens planet is about the relationship between humans and animals. The planet belongs to both, and we all have the right to live here – but where do our rights end and the rights of animals begin?
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet’s Summer Intensive course will be held from 15.–27.7.2019. The Summer Intensive is for students aged 12–22 years.
We offer a program consisting of Classical Ballet, Repertoire, Contemporary, Character Dance and for the older students a Contemporary Repertoire Workshop focusing on the repertoire of Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen.
All classes will be held in the ballet studios of the Finnish National Ballet, located in the Finnish National Opera House in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.
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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