Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir is one of the festival’s artistic building blocks, and time after time, music critics from all over the world have praised the chorus for its brilliant sound, effective singing, and powerful stage appearance.
The size of the choir varies annually according to the operas to be performed. This season’s composition is 80 singers. The members of the Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir are signed for one-year-contracts based on auditions, which are organized every year on September.
The choir rehearsals, which consist of 7 intensive weekends in Helsinki, take place in-between October and May. The festival season in Savonlinna is six weeks long, from the middle of June to the end of July, including the stage rehearsal period and the actual performances.
Nowadays, the choir consists of mainly professionals and music students, who are training to be professional singers, studying in music institutes in Finland or in other countries of Europe. For many of them, the Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir has been a good springboard for their career.
The choir is led by Chorus Master Jan Schweiger.
CHORUS AUDITION APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2023 FESTIVAL ARE OPEN
Opera Festival Choir 2023
Soprano
Ahola Hannele
Armillotta Victoria
Bertus Mariia
Hasu Hanna
Iisalo Heidi
Kajander Emma
Korpi Sanna
Kraav Merit
Laitinen Niina
Leppoja Maria
Pelo Riikka
Popova Alla
Rimkevitch Elisaveta
Takalo Johanna
Turtiainen Aleksiina
Tähtinen Stella
Vesa Satu-Kristina
Wreggelsworth Alexandria
Alto
Aine Outi
Hautala Karoliina
Hovsepyan Zhenya
Kõrnas Karmen
Larjamo Suvi
Lind Essi
Mäkelä Riikka
Paavola Tuula
Petsalo Elisabet
Sandström Amanda
Spångberg Adelia
Tammaru Kairi
Uludag Melike
Vinogradova Natalia
Välimäki Leni
Walsh Ann-Marie
Yli-Suutala Satu
Äikäs Pilvi
Tenor
Bergman David
Davidsson Gudmundur
Erkkilä Niilo
Haakana Matias
Hibberd Russell
Jurtšenko Indrek
Kroon Mart
Lasorla Eero
Mansikka Aarne
Nezu Hisatoshi
Odinsson Johann
Raffaele Allan
Saarela Aki
Sipilä Otso
Turunen Robin
Vallander Andreas
Vatjus Joonas
Vesa Petri
Wang Yixuan
Bass
Dimitriev Ilia
Eirola Sakari
Enckell Wille
Hosio Ari
Iivarinen Martin
Jussila Henri
Kivivuori Gabriel
Korpela Marko
Mähönen Antti
Pessi Johannes
Scott Luke
Šeljahhovski Stanislav
Sihvo Janne
Tikkanen Olli-Tapio
Topi Sakari
Uusitalo Henri
Vallinoja Veikko
