Category: News

Summer 2024 performances of Káťa Kabanová cancelled and The Bartered Bride on 3 August moved to a new date

Karita Mattila and the Prague National Theatre will perform together at the Savonlinna Opera Festival next summer

Savonlinna Opera Festival Awarded the Sustainable Travel Finland Mark

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.

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.

Adriana Mater

Adriana Mater

2.8. – 4.8.2024

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

The Prague National Theatre & Karita Mattila

The Prague National Theatre & Karita Mattila

The ensemble of the National Theatre Opera, Prague, Národní divadlo, will be magnificently complemented by Karita Mattila, one of the most important Janáček sopranos of her generation, singing the dramatic role of Kostelnička Buryjovka in Jenůfa for the first time in Finland.

Peter Bence

Peter Bence

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