Partners of the project XTREME (Mixed Reality Environment for Immersive Experience of Art and Culture) includes among other the MUNCH museum in Oslo as well as the Finnish National Opera and Ballet.
The award, given every other year, is awarded to a young dancer of the Finnish National Ballet.
Behind this full-length ballet production are the British choreographer David Bintley and the composer Sally Beamish.
The current Opera House by the Töölönlahti bay was inaugurated on 30 November 1993. To mark its 30th anniversary, the house has undergone extensive refurbishments, and was closed to visitors from May to August.
The Opera House celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the building will be renovated and closed to visitors from 1 May to 31 August. Our customer service point will open 4 September at 12 p.m.
The Finnish and global music community has suffered an irreplaceable loss with the passing of composer and Academician of Arts Kaija Saariaho in Paris on June 2, 2023. She was 70 years old.
Director of the Finnish National Opera and mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi has been appointed as the Artistic Director and CEO of the acclaimed Bregenz Festival in Austria. She will start in her new role in Bregenz on 1 October 2024.
The Board of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet Foundation made a unanimous decision about the appointment in a meeting on Tuesday 11 October 2022. From the many candidates, opera director Thomas de Mallet Burgess was the one who best fulfilled the criteria of the international recruitment process.
The Board of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet Foundation decided to recommend Mr. de Mallet Burgess in a meeting on Thursday 27 September 2022. “As an Artistic Director, Thomas brings a combination of experience and creativity that would boldly develop the future of opera at the Finnish National Opera”, says General Director Gita Kadambi.
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet’s XR Stage Project has received the international FEDORA Next Stage Grant of €60,000. The XR Stage Project is part of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet’s Opera Beyond project. The grant recipients were announced on 17 June at The Opera Europa Spring Conference in Prague.
