| Savonlinna Festival - Savonlinna | 17 April 2024 |
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Die Zauberflöte
Carmen
Aida
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Rigoletto
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Roméo et JulietteSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette: an unremarkable work at a remarkable festival |
 22 Jul 23 / Reaction |
Gianni SchicchiSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
A bold and brilliant operatic double bill |
| 13 Aug 22 / Reaction |
ArlecchinoSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
A bold and brilliant operatic double bill |
| 13 Aug 22 / Reaction |
I MasnadieriSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Les Brigands de Verdi en haut de l’échelle : La Scala triomphe à Savonlinna |
| 6 Aug 19 / Olyrix |
RigolettoSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Fort en émotion |
| 6 Aug 19 / Olyrix |
FaustSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Satan, sex, blood and redemption |
| 13 Jul 18 / Bachtrack |
The Queen of SpadesSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Staging, spectacle, singing: three-card trick at Savonlinna's new Queen of Spades |
| 12 Jul 18 / Bachtrack |
Madama ButterflySavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Butterfly's castle: Puccini soars at Savonlinna |
| 11 Jul 18 / Bachtrack |
RigolettoSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
McVicar’s enchanting but caliginous Rigoletto at Olavinlinna |
| 19 Jul 17 / Opera Today |
McVicar brings his inimitable vision of Rigoletto to the Savonlinna Festival |
| 13 Jul 17 / Bachtrack |
KullervoSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Two productions at this year’s festival offer characteristically high standards |
| 14 Jul 17 / Financial Times |
An ill-rocked cradle, a cursed life |
| 11 Jul 17 / Bachtrack |
Die Entführung aus dem SerailSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Two productions at this year’s festival offer characteristically high standards |
| 14 Jul 17 / Financial Times |
Similarities overcome divisions in Savonlinna's Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| 11 Jul 17 / Bachtrack |
Castle in the WaterSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
World Premiere of Aulis Sallinen’s Castle in the Water |
| 12 Jul 17 / Opera Today |
A sensational new work from Aulis Sallinen at the Savonlinna Festival |
| 11 Jul 17 / Bachtrack |
Boris GodunovSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Macht im goldenen Käfig |
| 31 Jul 15 / Opernnetz |
A Finnish swan song: Salminen stars in Boris Godunov at Savonlinna |
| 24 Jul 15 / Bachtrack |
The staging is somewhat dull — but the musical drama is riveting |
| 17 Jul 15 / Financial Times |
ToscaSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
A Tosca to set the nerves jangling in Savonlinna |
| 23 Jul 15 / Bachtrack |
KullervoSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
A large-scale 20th-century Finnish classic, superbly sung and beautifully played |
| 23 Jul 14 / Financial Times |
MacbethSavonlinna FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Macbethin loistelias paluu |
| 13 Aug 13 / Itä-Savo |
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”Modernisoitujen oopperoiden aika on ohi”
”Modernisoitujen oopperoiden aika on ohi”
”Paras Macbeth-ohjaus kautta aikojen”
Italialaisbasso Carlo Colombara ylistää Långbackan viisasta ohjausta. Hän itse on Macbethin Banquo ja sunnuntaina Verdin Requiemin solisti.
Italialaisbasso Carlo Colombara ylistää Långbackan viisasta ohjausta. Hän itse on Macbethin Banquo ja sunnuntaina Verdin Requiemin solisti.
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News & Articles
| Salmon, saunas & sopranos: Finland’s opera festival with a difference |
Each July Savonlinna’s 15th-century fortress rings with song as music fans descend on this beautiful, lake-filled corner of south-east Finland. |
| 11 Jul 2023 / The Guardian |
| Savonlinna Opera Festival 2022 |
The Savonlinna Opera Festival has announced its 2022 festival, which will feature five operas and several concerts. |
| 1 Jun 2021 / OperaWire |
| Savonlinna Opera Festival cancels opera performances for 2021 |
In a press release, the festival said, “the pandemic outlook for this July in Finland is still so uncertain that opera performances and the orchestral galas with Karita Mattila will be canceled.” |
| 15 May 2021 / OperaWire |
| Savonlinna Opera Festival announces its 2021 season |
Karita Mattila and Annalisa Stroppa lead Savonlinna Opera Festival 2021. |
| 10 Dec 2020 / OperaWire |
| Savonlinna Opera Festival announces new summer program |
Karita Mattila and Soile Isokoski headline Savonlinna Opera Festival’s new summer program. |
| 17 Jun 2020 / OperaWire |
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