Opera by You

The theme of the opera is announced!

The Savonlinna Opera Festival is launching an unprecented project in which anyone can contribute to the creation of an opera via Internet community. The community can help to write the libretto, compose the music, design the sets and costumes - from beginning to end.

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International Singing Competition

Pretty Yende and Michele Angelini are the winners of the Singing Competition! The third prize was won by Elena Guseva. Read more

According to the Chairman of the Jury, the Artistic Director of Savonlinna Opera Festival Jari Hämäläinen, the profile of this competition was very high and the Jury was very pleased with the competitors already from the preliminary rounds.

Get pre-order discount -10%

Now we offer possibility to get pre-order discount -10% for year 2011 tickets when purchasing in our online store. The offer is valid only when purchasing online in August and September 2010.

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Savonlinna Opera Festival ticket office will be closed between August 7th - September 5th 2010 due to the summer vacations.

2011 - two new productions

The Savonlinna Opera Festival will run next year from July 1 to 27. There will be two new productions: Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Wagner’s Lohengrin. Puccini’s Tosca will be back on the programme again. Star tenor José Cura will give a concert on July 17 and bass Carlo Colombara a recital on July 12. The concert on July 10 will be given jointly by Marjukka Tepponen (soprano) and Juha Uusitalo (bass). There will also be the Year 2011 Timo Mustakallio Competition. The visiting opera house is the Hungarian State Opera, presenting Verdi’s Don Carlos and a Hungarian evening consisting of Kodály’s oratorio Psalmus Hungaricus and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. Read more

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