Savonlinna Opera Festival 2012
Savonlinna Opera Festival 5 July - 4 August 2012
The Savonlinna Opera Festival
Location: Savonlinna, Finland
Date: 2012 July 5 – August 4
The year 2012 is one for great celebration at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. For 100 years will have passed since Aino Ackté, the most illustrious Finnish soprano of her day and a fervent patriot, arranged the first opera festival in what were then still the “ruins” of Olavinlinna Castle. Now, a century later, the Castle has been restored and transformed into one of the most unique opera stages in the world, and one in which the unsurpassed atmosphere, first-class performances and magnificent acoustics guarantee an opera experience to remember for ever after.
The programme for the jubilee 2012 season is an interesting mixture of new and traditional, Finnish and international. Representing tradition are three of the most legendary and most popular productions in the Savonlinna Festival’s history: August Everding’s direction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Ilkka Bäckman’s version of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, and András Mikó’s vision of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. These three classics will be matched with two world premieres: Kimmo Hakola’s La Fenice and the first ever opera born on the Internet and created by an online community: Free Will. The online community is devising the libretto, writing the music in collaboration with Finnish composer Markus Fagerudd and designing the sets and costumes.
Programme
Savonlinna Opera Festival programme July 5 - August 4, 2012
5 July 2012, Thursday
100th anniversary gala Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
6 July 2012, Friday
Kimmo Hakola: La Fenice, world premiere Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
7 July 2012, Saturday
Verdi:Aida, premiere Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
8 July 2012, Sunday
Concert: Apocalyptica Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
9 July 2012, Monday
Mozart: The Magic Flute, premiere Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
10 July 2012, Tuesday
Kimmo Hakola: La Fenice Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
11 July 2012, Wednesday
Verdi: Aida Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
12 July 2012, Thursday
Mozart: The Magic Flute Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
13 July 2012, Friday
Verdi: Aida Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
14 July 2012, Saturday
Kimmo Hakola: La Fenice Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
15 July 2012, Sunday
Recital: Karita Mattila, soprano; Martin Katz, piano Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
16 July 2012, Monday
Mozart: The Magic Flute Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
17 July 2012, Tuesday
Verdi : Aida Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
18 July 2012, Wednesday
Mozart: The Magic Flute Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
19 July 2012, Thursday
Verdi: Aida Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
20 July 2012, Friday
Artist of the Year 2012: Gala concert "Towards a New Era"
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, premiere
Savonlinna Hall at 15.00
Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
21 July 2012, Saturday
Opera by You: Free Will, world premiere Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
22 July 2012, Sunday
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23 July 2012, Monday
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
24 July 2012, Tuesday
International Singing Competition, round I Savonlinna Hall at 15.00
Mozart: The Magic Flute Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
25 July 2012, Wednesday
International Singing Competition, round II Savonlinna Hall at 15.00
Verdi:Aida Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
26 July 2012, Thursday
International Singing Competition, round III Savonlinna Hall at 15.00
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
27 July 2012, Friday
Mozart: The Magic Flute Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
28 July 2012, Saturday
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
29 July 2012, Sunday
International Singing Competition,finals Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
Guest performances by the Norwegian Opera and Ballet (Den Norske Opera & Ballett)
30 July 2012, Monday
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31 July 2012, Tuesday
Britten: Peter Grimes, premiere Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
1 August 2012, Wednesday
Kverndokk: Den fjerde nattevakt (The fourth Watch of the Night), premiere Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
2 August 2012, Thursday
Britten: Peter Grimes Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
3 August 2012, Friday
Kverndokk: Den fjerde nattevakt (The fourth Watch of the Night) Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
4 August 2012, Saturday
Britten: Peter Grimes Olavinlinna Castle at 19.00
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