Savonlinna Opera Festival
Festival Programme 2025
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ANNIVERSARY CONCERT - 550 YEARS
July 2025 - Olavinlinna Castle
July: 03 (7h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Aulis Sallinen/Antti Auvinen
ARTISTS:
Conductor: TBA
Performers: TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra/Choir/Children’s Choir
TURANDOT
July 2025 - Olavinlinna Castle
July: 05 (7h00 pm), 08 (7h00 pm), 10 (7h00 pm), 16 (7h00 pm), 18 (7h00 pm), 21 (7h00 pm), 23 (7h00 pm), 25 (7h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giacomo Puccini
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Yves Abel
Director: Pet Halmen
Cast: Ewa Płonka/Amadi Lagha/Tuuli Takala/Sonja Herranen/Petri Lindroos
Orchestra & Choir: Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra/Choir/Children’s Choir
THE LAST TEMPTATIONS
July 2025 - Olavinlinna Castle
July: 22 (7h00 pm), 26 (7h00 pm), 28 (7h00 pm), 30 (7h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Joonas Kokkonen
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Ville Matvejeff
Director: Mikko Kouk
Cast: Mika Kares/Silja Aalto/Johan Krogius/Petri Lindroos/Tuomas Miettola/Laura Malmivaara
Orchestra & Choir: Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra & Choir
CONCERT IL DILUVIO UNIVERSALE
August 2025 - Olavinlinna Castle
August: 01 (7h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Michelangelo Falvetti
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Aapo Häkkinen
Performers: TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir/Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
MACBETH
July 2025 - Olavinlinna Castle
July: 04 (7h00 pm), 07 (7h00 pm), 09 (7h00 pm), 12 (7h00 pm), 15 (7h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Director: Ralf Långbacka
Cast: Ludovic Tézier/Saioa Hernández/Goran Juric/Johan Krogius/Cassandre Berthon
Orchestra & Choir: Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra & Choir
BORIS GODUNOV
July 2025 - Olavinlinna Castle
July: 11 (7h00 pm), 14 (7h00 pm), 17 (7h00 pm), 19 (7h00 pm), 24 (7h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Modest Musorgski
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
Director: Nicola Raab
Cast: Mika Kares/Timo Riihonen/Olga Heikkilä/Arttu Kataja/Tuomas Katajala/Matti Turunen
Orchestra & Choir: Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra & Choir
THE FAIRY QUEEN
July - August 2025 - Olavinlinna Castle
July: 29 (7h00 pm), 31 (7h00 pm)
August: 02 (7h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Henry Purcell
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Dani Espasa
Director: Joan Anton Rechi
Cast: Xavier Sabata/Ana Quintans/Judit van Wanroij/Mark Milhofer/Thomas Walker/Nicolas Brooymans
Orchestra & Choir: O Vos Omnes Choir/Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
