Events
Ludens: Nocturnal Migrants
Luigi Dallapiccola “Piccola musica notturna”
György Ligeti Kammerkonzert
Madli Marje Gildemann “Nocturnal Migrants”
Philippe Hersant “Rondes de nuit”
Ludens sinfonietta
Il Trovatore
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Stage director: Neeme Kuningas
Costumes and design: Anna Kontek
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
Il Trovatore
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Stage director: Neeme Kuningas
Costumes and design: Anna Kontek
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
Anna Karenina
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreographer: Marina Kesler
Estonian National Opera ballet and orchestra
Madama Butterfly
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
International co-production with the participation of Fondazione del Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como – As.Li.Co., Fondazione Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, Fondazione Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli di Cremona, Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Estonian National Opera.
Premiere in Fondazione del Teatro Grande di Brescia on July 20, 2023
Premiere in the Estonian National Opera on May 24, 2024
Stage Director: Rodula Gaitanou (Greece)
Designer: Takis (Greece)
Lighting Designer: Fiammetta Baldiserri (Italy)
Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra
Madama Butterfly
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
International co-production with the participation of Fondazione del Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como – As.Li.Co., Fondazione Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, Fondazione Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli di Cremona, Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Estonian National Opera.
Stage Director: Rodula Gaitanou (Greece)
Designer: Takis (Greece)
Lighting Designer: Fiammetta Baldiserri (Italy)
Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra
Sleeping Beauty
Libretto by Marius Petipa and Ivan Vsevolozhsky based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tales
Premiere at the Estonian National Opera on November 14, 2014
Original choreography: Marius Petipa
Choreographer and Stage Director of the new redaction: Thomas Edur
Designer: Peter Docherty
Lighting Designer: Anton Kulagin
Estonian National Ballet and orchestra
Sleeping Beauty
Libretto by Marius Petipa and Ivan Vsevolozhsky based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tales
Premiere at the Estonian National Opera on November 14, 2014
Original choreography: Marius Petipa
Choreographer and Stage Director of the new redaction: Thomas Edur
Designer: Peter Docherty
Lighting Designer: Anton Kulagin
Estonian National Ballet and orchestra
Anna Karenina
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreographer: Marina Kesler
Estonian National Opera ballet and orchestra
Anna Karenina
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreographer: Marina Kesler
Estonian National Opera ballet and orchestra
Giovanna d'Arco
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
Giovanna d'Arco
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
La traviata
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Stage director: Neeme Kuningas
Designer: Anna Kontek
Lighting: Esko Suhonen
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
Giovanna d'Arco
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
Giovanna d'Arco
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
Lohengrin
Richard Wagner’s romantic opera (1850)
Stage director, set and lighting designer: Michiel Dijkema
Costume designer: Jula Reindell
Corby Welch, Armas Darashvili,Rauno Elp, Leonardo Neiva, Silja Aalto, Charlotte-Ann Shipley, Priit Volmer, Pavlo Balakin, Maria Berezovska, Helen Lepalaan, Helen Lokuta
Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra
Kaumann The Mall/Kaubamaja
A tragicomic opera in two acts by Tõnis Kaumann, libretto by Maarja Kangro
DIRECTOR: LIIS KOLLE
SCENOGRAPHER AND COSTUME DESIGNER: KALLE AASAMÄE
LIGHTING DESIGNER: IMBI MÄLK
CHOREOGRAPHER: MARIKA AIDLA
soloists, Vanemuine Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Lohengrin
Richard Wagner’s romantic opera (1850)
Stage director, set and lighting designer: Michiel Dijkema
Costume designer: Jula Reindell
Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra
Lohengrin
Richard Wagner’s romantic opera (1850)
Stage director, set and lighting designer: Michiel Dijkema
Costume designer: Jula Reindell
Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra
A Streetcar Named Desire
For the 65th anniversary year of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play (1947), Scottish Ballet presented a vibrant new take on “A Streetcar Named Desire”, collaborating with international choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and theatre and film director Nancy Meckler to create a powerful infusion of drama and dance with Estonian dancer Eve Mutso as one of the leading characters.
Director: Nancy Meckler
Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Peter Salem
Estonian National Ballet and orchestra
A Streetcar Named Desire
For the 65th anniversary year of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play (1947), Scottish Ballet presented a vibrant new take on “A Streetcar Named Desire”, collaborating with international choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and theatre and film director Nancy Meckler to create a powerful infusion of drama and dance with Estonian dancer Eve Mutso as one of the leading characters.
Director: Nancy Meckler
Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Peter Salem
Estonian National Ballet and orchestra
Cabaret
Musical by John Kander
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Stage Director: AnnaKarin Hirdwall (Sweden)
Designer: Caroline Romare (Sweden)
Lighting Designer: Peter Stockhaus (Sweden)
Choreographer: Adrienne Åbjörn (Sweden)
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
Cabaret
Musical by John Kander
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Stage Director: AnnaKarin Hirdwall (Sweden)
Designer: Caroline Romare (Sweden)
Lighting Designer: Peter Stockhaus (Sweden)
Choreographer: Adrienne Åbjörn (Sweden)
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
Cabaret PREMIÉRE
Musical by John Kander
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Stage Director: AnnaKarin Hirdwall (Sweden)
Designer: Caroline Romare (Sweden)
Lighting Designer: Peter Stockhaus (Sweden)
Choreographer: Adrienne Åbjörn (Sweden)
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
LUDENS
Debut concert of the new ensemble Ludens- an ensemble in various size for various music and genres, but mostly focusing on contemporary music. The debut concert pays an hommage to Arnold Schönberg, whose 150th birthday will be celebrated in 2024. Internationally celebrated Estonian jazzpianist and composer Kirka Karja has written a new piece especially for this occasion.
Kirke Karja new comission
Arnold Schönberg “Pierrot lunaire” op. 21
Aleksander Sprohgis (video and lights)
Tuuri Dede (mezzo-soprano)
Ludensemble: Kaija Lukas (violin, viola), Theodor Sink (cello), Maria Luisk (flute), Alexander Avramenko (clarinet), Kärt Ruubel (piano)
Don Pasquale
Comic opera by Gaetano Donizzetti, libretto by Giovanni Ruffini
Stage Director: Giorgio Bongiovanni
Set and Costume Designer: Carla Ricotti
Lighting Designer: Claudio de Pace
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
LUDENS
Debut concert of the new ensemble Ludens- an ensemble in various size for various music and genres, but mostly focusing on contemporary music. The debut concert pays an hommage to Arnold Schönberg, whose 150th birthday will be celebrated in 2024. Internationally celebrated Estonian jazzpianist and composer Kirka Karja has written a new piece especially for this occasion.
Kirke Karja new comission
Arnold Schönberg “Pierrot lunaire” op. 21
Aleksander Sprohgis (video and lights)
Tuuri Dede (mezzo-soprano)
Ludensemble: Kaija Lukas (violin, viola), Theodor Sink (cello), Maria Luisk (flute), Alexander Avramenko (clarinet), Kärt Ruubel (piano)
Don Pasquale
Comic opera by Gaetano Donizzetti, libretto by Giovanni Ruffini
Stage Director: Giorgio Bongiovanni
Set and Costume Designer: Carla Ricotti
Lighting Designer: Claudio de Pace
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
The Nutcracker
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
The Nutcracker
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
The Nutcracker
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
The New Year's Concert by Remy Martin and Eesti Kontsert
Berlioz, Campo, Ravel, Debussy, Fauré, Ibert
Carolina Eyck (theremin)
Mirjam Mesak (soprano)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
The New Year's Concert by Remy Martin and Eesti Kontsert
Berlioz, Campo, Ravel, Debussy, Fauré, Ibert
Carolina Eyck (theremin)
Mirjam Mesak (soprano)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Three Jolly Fellows
Opera by Tõnis Kaumann based on the childrens book “Naksitrallid” by Eno Raud.
Libretto and stage director: Vahur Keller
Set designs: Jaanus Laagriküll
Lighting: Margus Vaigur
Costumes: Gerly Tinn
Choreographer: Märt Agu
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
Mare Lacrimarum
Erkki-Sven Tüür “Mare Lacrimarum” (Estonian premiere)
Meelis Vind “Solar Winds” (premiere)
Tüür, arr. Vind “Päikesevene”
New Wind Jazz Orchestra, Yxus Ensemble, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Concert is organised by Jazzkaar and broadcasted by ERR: https://klassikaraadio.err.ee/1609177964/tana-kontserdisaalis-joulujazz-2023-erkki-sven-tuur-mare-lacrimarum
Three Jolly Fellows
Opera by Tõnis Kaumann based on the childrens book “Naksitrallid” by Eno Raud.
Libretto and stage director: Vahur Keller
Set designs: Jaanus Laagriküll
Lighting: Margus Vaigur
Costumes: Gerly Tinn
Choreographer: Märt Agu
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra
The Nutcracker
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
The Nutcracker
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
The Nutcracker (premiere)
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
Don Pasquale
Comic opera by Gaetano Donizzetti, libretto by Giovanni Ruffini
Stage Director: Giorgio Bongiovanni
Set and Costume Designer: Carla Ricotti
Lighting Designer: Claudio de Pace
Estonian National Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra