SAAREMAA OPERA DAYS
July 19 - 24, 2010
www.concert.ee The first opera festival in Estonia was born in 1999 and is held at the Medieval Episcopal Castle of Kuressaare, capital of Estonia’s largest island Saaremaa. The Episcopal Castle, which holds as many as about a thousand spectators, has become one of the best-known West-Estonian tourist sites and the acoustics of the castle’s yard is more than ideal for romantic operas. The Kuressaare Opera Music Festival owes its existence greatly to Ludmilla Toon, a renowned choir conductor and music teacher in Saaremaa. By now the troupes of St Petersburg Maria Theatre, the Latvian National Opera, the Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre have performed here, in Saaremaa Oprera Day's, but also directors and soloists from the famous opera houses of Vienna, Moscow, the Nordic countries, Germany, Brazil, and others. The Festival collaborates with the Finnish National Opera and both Estonian opera theatres of Tallinn and Tartu. So far the Festival has offered Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin", Mozart’s "The Magic Flute", short operas of Estonian composers Timo Steiner and René Eespere, Olav Ehala's children’s musical, and many others. Since 2008 the festival was orgnized by Eesti Kontsert, and Artistic Director is Arne Mikk. | ||
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