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A great summer of opera 2024 – Repertoire out now

School of Gaming and Savonlinna Opera Festival to Premiere Opera in Minecraft

Media accreditation is now open for summer 2023

Samu Haber and Katie Melua to perform at the Savonlinna Opera Festival 

Savonlinna Opera Festival shortlisted for an international award

Mika Nevalainen appointed commercial director of Savonlinna Opera Festival

Ville Matvejeff to take overall responsibility for the Savonlinna Opera Festival

3 highlights of the Savonlinna Opera Festival 2023

Ville Matvejeff to continue another term as the Artistic Director of the Savonlinna Opera Festival

Jan Schweiger appointed as the new chorus master

Olavinlinna’s revamped auditorium is better than ever before

The stars of opera will shine bright again – summer 2022

Opera performances postponed by another year – concerts and singing competition will go ahead this summer

Wardruna concert postponed by a year – additional seats available for summer 2022

Savonlinna Opera Festival prepares for next summer – safe distancing measures at Olavinlinna, with King Roger cancelled

Savonlinna Opera Festival postponed to summer 2021 following a government ruling – this summer’s ticket reservations automatically moved to next year

Nabucco

Nabucco

6.7. – 26.7.2024

This new production for the summer of 2024 is a powerful portrayal of the lust for power and lost freedom.

Lohengrin

Lohengrin

5.7. – 18.7.2024

Finally – here is Karita Mattila’s debut at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. She is a cunning sorceress and deep-voiced plotter in Wagner’s opulent Lohengrin.

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

10.7. – 25.7.2024

An exasperating showman, the quicksilver of eroticism, Don Giovanni promises women love, and here we go again.

Adriana Mater

Adriana Mater

2.8. – 4.8.2024

Kaija Saariaho’s acclaimed opera about war, violence, hope and love.

Káťa Kabanová  (CANCELLED)

Káťa Kabanová  (CANCELLED)

29.7. – 1.8.2024

Why can’t people fly like birds? The young Káťa is trapped in her own home. She longs for contact, but her husband is cold and her mother-in-law is cruel.

The Bartered Bride

The Bartered Bride

27.7. – 1.8.2024

Witty and sharp, expressive and danceable for the whole family, The Bartered Bride is a part of the Czech DNA.

Peter Bence

Peter Bence

What comes to mind when you think of a piano recital? This time it’s something completely different.