Events

Mar
1

Die Zauberflöte

Opera by W.A.Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Stage director: Vilppu Kiljunen

Designer: Kimmo Viskari

Lighting: Anton Kulagin

Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra

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Mar
7

Giovanna d'Arco

Dramma lyrico by Giuseppe Verdi (1854), libretto by Temistocle Solera based on “Die Jungfrau von Orléans” by Friedrich Schiller.

Stage director: Marco Gandini

Set designer: Italo Grassi

Costume designer: Anna Biagiotti

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

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Mar
13

Giovanna d'Arco

Dramma lyrico by Giuseppe Verdi (1854), libretto by Temistocle Solera based on “Die Jungfrau von Orléans” by Friedrich Schiller.

Stage director: Marco Gandini

Set designer: Italo Grassi

Costume designer: Anna Biagiotti

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

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Mar
23

Giovanna d'Arco

Dramma lyrico by Giuseppe Verdi (1854), libretto by Temistocle Solera based on “Die Jungfrau von Orléans” by Friedrich Schiller.

Stage director: Marco Gandini

Set designer: Italo Grassi

Costume designer: Anna Biagiotti

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

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Mar
28

The Lizard (world premiere)

Ballet by Lepo Sumera, Märt-Matis Lill and Marina Kesler
Choreographer and Stage Director: Marina Kesler
Designer: Reili Evart
Lighting Designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

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Mar
30

The Lizard

Ballet by Lepo Sumera, Märt-Matis Lill and Marina Kesler
Choreographer and Stage Director: Marina Kesler
Designer: Reili Evart
Lighting Designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

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Apr
17

Webber Requiem

Pärt. “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
Britten. “Sinfonia da Requiem”
Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Requiem”

Maria Listra (soprano)
Heldur Harry Põlda (tenor, Estonian National Opera)
Tartu Boys Choir
Estonian National Opera Boys Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Kaspar Mänd

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Apr
18

Webber Requiem

Pärt. “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
Britten. “Sinfonia da Requiem”
Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Requiem”

Maria Listra (soprano)
Heldur Harry Põlda (tenor, Estonian National Opera)
Tartu Boys Choir
Estonian National Opera Boys Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Kaspar Mänd

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Apr
19

Webber Requiem

Pärt. “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
Britten. “Sinfonia da Requiem”
Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Requiem”

Maria Listra (soprano)
Heldur Harry Põlda (tenor, Estonian National Opera)
Tartu Boys Choir
Estonian National Opera Boys Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Kaspar Mänd

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May
11

Madama Butterfly

Opera by Giacomo Puccini

Stage director: Robert Annus

Soloists: Tamara Kalinkina (Ukraine), Karmen Puis, Raimonds Bramanis (Latvian NO), Jānis Apeinis (Latvian NO)

Vanemuine opera chorus and orchestra

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Feb
19

Die Zauberflöte

Opera by W.A.Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Stage director: Vilppu Kiljunen

Designer: Kimmo Viskari

Lighting: Anton Kulagin

Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra

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Feb
16

Pulcinella.L'Heure espagnole

Igor Stravinski “Pulcinella”

Maurice Ravel “L’heure espagnole”

Stage director: Guillaume Gallienne

Choreographer: Clairemarie Osta

Set designer: Sylvie Olive

Costume designer: Olivier Beriot

Lighting: John Torres

Estonian National Ballet, Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

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Feb
15

Duo Aavik/TKO

Tõnu Kõrvits “Aroha”, double concerto for violin, piano and chamber orchestra (world premiere)

Haydn Symphony no. 64 “tempora mutantur”

Hans Christian Aavik (violin), Karolina Aavik (piano)

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

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Feb
14

Pulcinella. L'Heure espagnole

Igor Stravinski “Pulcinella”

Maurice Ravel “L’heure espagnole”

Stage director: Guillaume Gallienne

Choreographer: Clairemarie Osta

Set designer: Sylvie Olive

Costume designer: Olivier Beriot

Lighting: John Torres

Estonian National Ballet, Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

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Jan
18

The Nutcracker

Ballet by P.I.Tchaikovsky, libretto by M.Petipa based on the fairy-tale by E.T.A.Hoffmann and A.Dumas

Choreographer and stage director: Gyla Harangozó

Designer: Kentaur

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

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Jan
18

The Nutcracker

Ballet by P.I.Tchaikovsky, libretto by M.Petipa based on the fairy-tale by E.T.A.Hoffmann and A.Dumas

Choreographer and stage director: Gyla Harangozó

Designer: Kentaur

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

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Dec
20

Carmen

Opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Music director: Arvo Volmer

Stage director, set and costume designer: Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau

Lighting designer: Gilles Gentner

Estonian National Opera chorus, boys’ choir and orchestra

https://opera.ee/en/staging/carmen/

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Dec
11

Le Corsaire

Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo

Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier based on a poem “The Corsair” by Lord Byron

Choreographer and stage director: José Carlos Martinez

Designer: Inaki Cobos

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and Orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/korsaar/?show_id=1779

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Light from the End of The World (world premiere)
Nov
29

Light from the End of The World (world premiere)

New ballet by Alisson Kruusmaa and Jevgeni Grib. “Light from the End of the World” tells a story about the creation of the world, the birth of mankind, the loss of harmony, the greed, the destruction of the old world – and the possibility of a new world.

Choreographer: Jevgeni Grib

Composer: Alisson Kruusmaa

Librettist: Eero Epner

Set Designer: Kristjan Suits

Costumes Designer: Tanel Veenre

Lighting Designer: Priidu Adlas

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

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Nov
16

Le Corsaire

Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo

Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier based on a poem “The Corsair” by Lord Byron

Choreographer and stage director: José Carlos Martinez

Designer: Inaki Cobos

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and Orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/korsaar/?show_id=1779

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Oct
31

Madama Butterfly

Opera by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

International co-production with the participation of Fondazione del Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como – As.Li.Co., Fondazione Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, Fondazione Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli di Cremona, Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Estonian National Opera.

Premiere in Fondazione del Teatro Grande di Brescia on July 20, 2023
Premiere in the Estonian National Opera on May 24, 2024
Stage Director: Rodula Gaitanou
(Greece)
Designer: Takis (Greece)
Lighting Designer: Fiammetta Baldiserri (Italy)

Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra

https://opera.ee/en/staging/madama-butterfly/

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