Events
The XXVIII Song Celebration "Iseoma"
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.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Director: Nancy Meckler
Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Peter Salem
Estonian National Ballet and orchestra
A Streetcar Named Desire
Director: Nancy Meckler
Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Peter Salem
Estonian National Ballet and orchestra
The Lizard
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
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
Madama Butterfly
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
The Lizard
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
Webber Requiem
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
Webber Requiem
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
Webber Requiem
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
A Streetcar Named Desire
Director: Nancy Meckler
Coreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Peter Salem
Estonian National Ballet and orchestra
The Lizard
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
The Lizard (world premiere)
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
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
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
Die Zauberflöte
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
Die Zauberflöte
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
Pulcinella.L'Heure espagnole
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
Duo Aavik/TKO
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
Pulcinella. L'Heure espagnole
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
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
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
Le Corsaire in Seville
Choreographer: José Carlos Martinez
Set and costumes: Inaki Cobos
Lighting designer: Rasmus Rembel
Estonian National Ballet
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
Le Corsaire in Seville
Choreographer: José Carlos Martinez
Set and costumes: Inaki Cobos
Lighting designer: Rasmus Rembel
Estonian National Ballet
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
Le Corsaire in Seville
Choreographer: José Carlos Martinez
Set and costumes: Inaki Cobos
Lighting designer: Rasmus Rembel
Estonian National Ballet
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
Carmen
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
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
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
ZAPPA!
Vaiko Eplik, Valter Soosalu
Ludensemble XL, conductor Kaspar Mänd
Concert is organised by Jazzkaar