Traditional season-opening gala concert of the Estonian National Opera

Highlights from operas by Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, Giordano, Korngold

Soloists: Beatriz Macias (flute), Mirjam Mesak, Elena Brazhnik, Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Heldur-Harry Põlda, Tamar Nugis, Dragutin Matic (Serbia)

Estonian National Opera Orchestra

The XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Celebration “Iseoma” (“Kinship”) will take place from July 3rd to 6th, 2025. It is a traditional national event that covers the whole of Estonia, featuring over 40,000 choir singers, orchestral musicians, folk dancers, and folk musicians. More than 100,000 spectators gather to witness three dance performances, one folk music concert, and two concerts of the song festival.

https://2025.laulupidu.ee/en/

Director: Nancy Meckler

Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Music: Peter Salem

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/tramm-nimega-iha/

Director: Nancy Meckler

Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Music: Peter Salem

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/tramm-nimega-iha/

Ballet by Lepo Sumera, Märt-Matis Lill and Marina Kesler
Choreographer and Stage Director: Marina Kesler
Designer: Reili Evart
Lighting Designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/sisalik/

Richard Wagner’s romantic opera (1850)

Stage director, set and lighting designer: Michiel Dijkema

Costume designer: Jula Reindell

Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/lohengrin/

Opera by Giacomo Puccini

Stage director: Robert Annus

Soloists: Tamara Kalinkina (Ukraine), Karmen Puis, Raimonds Bramanis (Latvian NO), Jānis Apeinis (Latvian NO)

Vanemuine opera chorus and orchestra

Ballet by Lepo Sumera, Märt-Matis Lill and Marina Kesler
Choreographer and Stage Director: Marina Kesler
Designer: Reili Evart
Lighting Designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/sisalik/

Pärt. “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
Britten. “Sinfonia da Requiem”
Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Requiem”

Maria Listra (soprano)
Heldur Harry Põlda (tenor, Estonian National Opera)
Tartu Boys Choir
Estonian National Opera Boys Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Kaspar Mänd

Pärt. “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
Britten. “Sinfonia da Requiem”
Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Requiem”

Maria Listra (soprano)
Heldur Harry Põlda (tenor, Estonian National Opera)
Tartu Boys Choir
Estonian National Opera Boys Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Kaspar Mänd

Pärt. “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
Britten. “Sinfonia da Requiem”
Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Requiem”

Maria Listra (soprano)
Heldur Harry Põlda (tenor, Estonian National Opera)
Tartu Boys Choir
Estonian National Opera Boys Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Kaspar Mänd

Director: Nancy Meckler

Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Music: Peter Salem

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/tramm-nimega-iha/

Ballet by Lepo Sumera, Märt-Matis Lill and Marina Kesler
Choreographer and Stage Director: Marina Kesler
Designer: Reili Evart
Lighting Designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Ballet by Lepo Sumera, Märt-Matis Lill and Marina Kesler
Choreographer and Stage Director: Marina Kesler
Designer: Reili Evart
Lighting Designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Dramma lyrico by Giuseppe Verdi (1854), libretto by Temistocle Solera based on “Die Jungfrau von Orléans” by Friedrich Schiller.

Stage director: Marco Gandini

Set designer: Italo Grassi

Costume designer: Anna Biagiotti

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

Dramma lyrico by Giuseppe Verdi (1854), libretto by Temistocle Solera based on “Die Jungfrau von Orléans” by Friedrich Schiller.

Stage director: Marco Gandini

Set designer: Italo Grassi

Costume designer: Anna Biagiotti

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

Dramma lyrico by Giuseppe Verdi (1854), libretto by Temistocle Solera based on “Die Jungfrau von Orléans” by Friedrich Schiller.

Stage director: Marco Gandini

Set designer: Italo Grassi

Costume designer: Anna Biagiotti

Lighting: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

Opera by W.A.Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Stage director: Vilppu Kiljunen

Designer: Kimmo Viskari

Lighting: Anton Kulagin

Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra

Opera by W.A.Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Stage director: Vilppu Kiljunen

Designer: Kimmo Viskari

Lighting: Anton Kulagin

Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra

Igor Stravinski “Pulcinella”

Maurice Ravel “L’heure espagnole”

Stage director: Guillaume Gallienne

Choreographer: Clairemarie Osta

Set designer: Sylvie Olive

Costume designer: Olivier Beriot

Lighting: John Torres

Estonian National Ballet, Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

Tõnu Kõrvits “Aroha”, double concerto for violin, piano and chamber orchestra (world premiere)

Haydn Symphony no. 64 “tempora mutantur”

Hans Christian Aavik (violin), Karolina Aavik (piano)

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Igor Stravinski “Pulcinella”

Maurice Ravel “L’heure espagnole”

Stage director: Guillaume Gallienne

Choreographer: Clairemarie Osta

Set designer: Sylvie Olive

Costume designer: Olivier Beriot

Lighting: John Torres

Estonian National Ballet, Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra

Ballet by P.I.Tchaikovsky, libretto by M.Petipa based on the fairy-tale by E.T.A.Hoffmann and A.Dumas

Choreographer and stage director: Gyla Harangozó

Designer: Kentaur

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Ballet by P.I.Tchaikovsky, libretto by M.Petipa based on the fairy-tale by E.T.A.Hoffmann and A.Dumas

Choreographer and stage director: Gyla Harangozó

Designer: Kentaur

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Ballet by P.I.Tchaikovsky, libretto by M.Petipa based on the fairy-tale by E.T.A.Hoffmann and A.Dumas

Choreographer and stage director: Gyla Harangozó

Designer: Kentaur

Estonian National Ballet and orchestra

Source: https://opera.ee/en/staging/pahklipureja-2/?show_id=1826

Choreographer: José Carlos Martinez

Set and costumes: Inaki Cobos

Lighting designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet

Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla

Choreographer: José Carlos Martinez

Set and costumes: Inaki Cobos

Lighting designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet

Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla

Choreographer: José Carlos Martinez

Set and costumes: Inaki Cobos

Lighting designer: Rasmus Rembel

Estonian National Ballet

Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla

Opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Stage director, set and costume designer: Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau

Lighting designer: Gilles Gentner

Estonian National Opera chorus, boys’ choir and orchestra

https://opera.ee/en/staging/carmen/

Opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Music director: Arvo Volmer

Stage director, set and costume designer: Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau

Lighting designer: Gilles Gentner

Estonian National Opera chorus, boys’ choir and orchestra

https://opera.ee/en/staging/carmen/