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Purge - The Opera
I practically never dream of anything I've seen on TV, stage, or screen, but last night I dreamt of the opera Purge (Puhdistus), and now I notice that the composer's, Jüri Reinvere's, blog starts wi...
04.05.2012 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Different Experiences at the Opera
In February I saw Händel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto (here known as Julius Caesar), and yesterday Coppélia. Both were in their ways enjoyable - but what a difference! Giulio Cesare appears to be enjoyin...
16.03.2012 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Opera Centennial
To continue my "opera reviews," Tuesday last week I saw an old Finnish opera for a change, Juha by Aarre Merikanto (1922), based on a novel by Juhani Aho written in 1911, the year Finnish National Ope...
20.12.2011 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Doctor Atomic
A rent-an-opera again (from Saarbrücken this time), but what an opera! The libretto of Doctor Atomic by Peter Sellars, copy-pasted from documents, interviews and poems was mesmerizing. Especially the ...
18.11.2011 | Kommentteja 0 |
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A New Cinderella
There's a new long ballet: Cinderella - A Tragic Tale by Terence Kohler with music by the Russian born composer etc. Lera Auerbach. The Helsingin Sanomat review was bad, but otherwise I've heard only ...
28.10.2011 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Musical of the Year in Lahti - Cabaret
I wonder when Cabaret was selected for this year's musical in Lahti City Theatre: before or after the general election? Quite topical - maybe even pointing with a finger a bit too much? Jorma Uotinen...
13.09.2011 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Two Words about The Triptych
Yesterday I saw Puccini's Il trittico which is being performed for the first time in the Finnish National Opera. Each part has a different director, and they are very different indeed. The order of pe...
20.05.2011 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Wins, wins not...
The TV watchers' super weekend is over. Paradise Oskar didn't win the Eurovision Song Contest, which surprised and disappointed some. A cute boy with a nice song, but so what? I was more surprised th...
16.05.2011 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Opera for Boys, and Girls...
There is again a new Finnish opera, Robin Hood; this time intended to attract a supposedly impossible audience to the opera: boys. It is full of activity and colour, showy fighting and pyrotechnics, a...
27.01.2011 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Past Season at the Opera
In short, the past opera and ballet season has been forgettable. The only performance I could remember without checking the calendar was Jorma Uotinen's Black Water. Obviously I still remember Die tot...
17.12.2010 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Uotinen
I'm fortunate to be one of the people who have had the chance to see one of the four performances celebrating Jorma Uotinen's 40 year career at the opera. The ballets shown were Ballet Pathétique (Fin...
01.10.2010 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Suddenly, in the Theatre
My mother had expressed interest in seeing the musical Queen of the Gypsies in Lahti City Theatre. Last Friday I checked the availability of tickets, realized I had better act quickly, and bought tick...
20.09.2010 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Un Ballo in Maschera Mediatico
The new Un Ballo in Maschera production by Vilppu Kiljunen in the Finnish National Opera takes place in the world of reality TV, a truly brilliant idea. It's a practically seamless fit with its Lo S...
24.05.2010 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Ballet at Spring
Yesterday was a ballet night. Beneath the Dancing Sky included Cornered by Niccolo Fonte, workwithinwork by William Forsythe, and Minus 7 by Ohad Naharin. In Cornered I kept watching interesting shado...
18.05.2010 | Kommentteja 0 |
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A Weirdish Incident
Yesterday evening I saw Gounod's Faust, set in 18th century Finland, and why not? A pleasant experience, only the pious ending jarred slightly. The conductor was Kari Tikka. At the gate outside the op...
26.02.2010 | Kommentteja 0 |
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