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Oliver! in Lahti
Last Saturday afternoon my mother and I saw Oliver! in the concrete construction that is Lahti City Theatre. I had bought the tickets in November to cheer her up, but this was the first possible show ...
15.02.2010 | Kommentteja 0 |
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The Second Swan Lake
...this year, is of course the new Kenneth Greve choreography - one of the best in my opinion - that I saw yesterday, actually my fifth... The obvious novelties were the scene from the prince's childh...
30.10.2009 | Kommentteja 0 |
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A Tourist in St. Petersburg
Earlier this month I was in the rainy St. Petersburg on a short bus trip organized and subsidized by the Union of Museum Professionals (MAL). The travel programme: 3.9....
07.09.2009 | Kommentteja 0 |
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A Night at the Ballet
It looked good to start with, Lost Symphony, including three ballets: Le tableau perdu by Christian Spuck, Hohto/Shine by Kenneth Kvarnström, Seventh Symphony by Uwe Scholz, and I can't complain about...
06.03.2009 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Notes on Dance
In recent years I've noticed that I tend to prefer contemporary dance to classical ballet, which often irritates or bores me, although good music may salvage much, as in Swan Lake. Taking only the dan...
27.11.2008 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Devil's Mercenary - a few words
Devil's Mercenary is the English name of the new Finnish language version of Der Freischütz. It takes place in Hol(l)ywood where a film based on the opera is being made... It may seem like an artifici...
03.10.2008 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Fireworks
Finnish Fireworks Championships 2008 were held last Friday at Töölö Bay, but also Tokoi Shore was recommended as a good place for watching, and that's where I was. However, no "Music for the Commo...
08.09.2008 | Kommentteja 0 |
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The Merry Widow - Opera seria?
I hadn't intended to write about The Merry Widow, but seeing it yesterday provoked the question of the headline, and my answer is: Apparently yes, to judge by this year's production at the Finnish Nat...
23.05.2008 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Kallio in Bloom 08
Coming home from my usual Sunday walk I passed Vaasa Square just as the district festival parade was about to start. I rushed home for my camera. Beneath some of the results - the showiest, of course:...
18.05.2008 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Dressing Up
Yesterday was again my night for opera or ballet - this time ballet, A Night with the Masters. *** I started the preparations at 4 p.m. First a shower, then basic skin creams, perfume (Estée Lauder ...
18.04.2008 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Opera, again
A night at the opera again yesterday: Kaija Saariaho's latest, Adriana Mater. The story is very simple. It is war. Adriana is raped by a fighter supposedly defending her, becomes pregnant. The child ...
07.03.2008 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Carmen
Yesterday evening I saw Carmen, a season ticket performance - otherwise I definitely wouldn't have bothered to go. It must be the most worn opera of all times, and I've seen it in several versions bot...
16.11.2007 | Kommentteja 0 |
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ESC Fever: Start to Finish
I've always thought that I don't catch public moods. This is the story of my fall. On my way home past Narinkkatori on Thursday the 3rd of May I saw that the building of Eurovision Village had star...
14.05.2007 | Kommentteja 0 |
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The Oldest Finnish Opera
Last Friday I saw The Hunt of King Charles, "the first Finnish opera ever", "a historical monument" according to the programme. It starts in a contemporary museum - at one time with notes projected o...
12.02.2007 | Kommentteja 0 |
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Too Close
I saw with misgivings last spring that the opera season ticket this autumn included Eugene Onegin. I even considered selling the ticket, but then I thought it couldn't be that bad at this late stage. ...
14.12.2006 | Kommentteja 0 |
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