The stars of opera will shine bright again

Savonlinna Opera Festival 2022

See the repertoire

Opera performances postponed to next year

Concerts and singing competition take place in July 2021.

Marjukka Tepponen, Waltteri Torikka & Jukka Nykänen

14.7.2021

This feelgood concert will feature at least the timeless ”Speak Softly, Love” and the moving widow’s song from the opera Porgy and Bess. The array of opera, operetta, musical and film tune.

YL Male Voice Choir

16.7.2021

The concert by Finland’s most famous male voice choir, the YL Male Voice Choir, brings two quintessentially Finnish musical artists together in a completely new way.

Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition

18.7. – 18.7.2021

The national competition showcases rising Finnish singing talent.

Karita Mattila & Ville Matvejeff

24.7. – 26.7.2021

The forever dazzling Karita Mattila will shine her light on a summer’s evening at Kerimäki Church, performing together with Savonlinna Opera Festival’s Artistic Director, pianist Ville Matvejeff.

Aida

1.7. – 23.7.2022

”Aida must be retold, because the world has changed irrevocably.” The new Aida directed by Philipp Himmelmann is both intimate and visually spectacular, and realistic yet mythical.

Tosca

7.7. – 15.7.2022

Ludovic Tézier’s Scarpia should not be missed if you get a chance ever to see him in the theatre.”

Carmen

2.7. – 21.7.2022

Return of the favorite. Carmen is about burning lust, jealousy and fatalism of an untamed woman.

Giulio Cesare

26.7. – 30.7.2022

Händel’s finest baroque opera for the first time at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

The stars of opera will shine bright again – a new, spectacular Aida and the world-class baritone Ludovic Tézier in 2022

”After two silent summers, we want to offer our audience the very best”, says Artistic Director Ville Matvejeff.

Summer of Concerts

In July, Karita Mattila and YL Male Voice Choir will perform in Kerimäki Church, one of the world’s largest wooden churches. See here, how we’ll delight you with concerts this summer.

Opera performances postponed until summer 2022 – information about tickets

Opere performances will be moved to summer 2022 due to the uncertain pandemic situation. Concerts and a singing competition will take place this summer. Read more here.