(Credit: © Ilkka Saastamoinen) Sebastian Fagerlund‘s new opera, based on Karl Ove Knausgård’s novel “Morgenstjernen” in Swedish or “The Morning Star” in English, inhabits that rare territory where literature, music, and visual spectacle converge to create something genuinely original — unsettling and beautiful at the same time. Gunilla Hemming’s libretto doesn’t so much adapt Knausgård’s labyrinthine 666-page narrative as distill {…}
(Photo Credit: -(c)-JEAN-LOUIS-FERDINANDEZ) The Adelaide Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” is set to make its Australian debut conducted by Clément Mao-Takacs and directed by Simon Stone. Performance Dates: Feb. 28-March 5, 2025 Jess Hitchcock & Penny Quartet perform 11 Australian composers, each commissioned to take one of Hitchcock’s {…}
(Image Provided by Savonlinna Opera Festival) The Savonlinna Opera Festival has announced that it will broadcast Karita Mattila’s recital to homes around the world starting on July 1, 2020. The broadcast will be made in collaboration with Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle. ”I’m really looking forward to singing at the castle and performing with Ville the program we specifically put together {…}
Credit: Emelie-Kroon/Timo-Mokkila The Finnish National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring the continuation of the New Ring Cycle. Operas (in Alphabetical Order) The Finnish Opera will showcase a production of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci“ directed by Damiano Michieletto. “Cavalleria” is heading by Niina Keitel, Eduardo Aladren, Ángel Ódena, and Merle Silmato while “Pagliacci” stars Marjukka Tepponen, Mika Pohjonen, and {…}
