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Programme / Operas
Opera Festival season 2009
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Madama ButterflyOne of the most popular tales and the most often performed works in operatic literature. The new Savonlinna project for the 2009 season tells the heart-rending tale of a Geisha who falls in love with an American Lieutenant. Read more |
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Mefistofele
This rare and enchanting four-act opera operates over different levels and eras, weaving together the tale of Mefistofele and a cabaret milieu. The Arrigo Boito masterpiece in which the great Savonlinna chorus truly comes into its own.
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Turandot
Striving to win the love of cruel Princess Turandot is reckless Prince Calaf, who in turn is adored by Liù the slave girl in the fabled Peking of legend. Puccini’s musically most powerful opera in a production rich in colour.
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Lucia di LammermoorCritics and audiences alike all loved it in summer 2007. Mostly major-key music and bel canto singing blend with tragic melodies and themes. Jealousy, madness and murder on the Scottish moors. Eglise Gutiérrez in the title role, of course
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Cavalleria rusticana & Pajatso
Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s Cavalleria rusticana is an evergreen favourite, while Pagliacci is Pietro Mascagni’s most successful work. A double billing of two national Italian gems by the Teatro Massimo di Palermo.
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I puritani (The Puritans)A death sentence, love and mad scenes served up with a political message by the Teatro Massimo di Palermo in Bellini’s finest music and most fascinating plot. Read more
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