Birgitta festival

Birgitta festival The first music theatre festival in the historical ruins of Pirita (Saint Birgitta) Convent was held in 2005. For today, the artistic ambitions of the festival reach to the praised status of the symbolic music event both in the cultural life of Tallinn and Baltic region. Festival focuses on the music theatre with program emphasising the spirituality of the historical convent. The festival has presented the performances of choirs, various ensembles and even puppet theatre, ballet performances, productions of Orff's "Carmina burana", Verdi's "Requiem", Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmelites", Gounod's "Faust", Britten's "Albert Herring", Weill's "Sieben Todsünden" to name but a few. The artistic director of the festival is Tonu Kaljuste. The festival program includes 5-6 productions, among them something from the world classics of opera, some of the most beloved and frequently performed large-scale works of symphonic music, presumably an opera by an Estonian author, and definitely a concert blending classical music with pop music Birgitta festival

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Birgitta festival

2.-11. August 2024 Tallinn, Pirita

The first music theatre festival in the historical ruins of Pirita (Saint Birgitta) Convent was held in 2005. For today, the artistic ambitions of the festival reach to the praised status of the symbolic music event both in the cultural life of Tallinn and Baltic region. Festival focuses on the music theatre with program emphasising the spirituality of the historical convent. The festival has presented the performances of choirs, various ensembles and even puppet theatre, ballet performances, productions of Orff's "Carmina burana", Verdi's "Requiem", Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmelites", Gounod's "Faust", Britten's "Albert Herring", Weill's "Sieben Todsünden" to name but a few.
The artistic director of the festival is Tonu Kaljuste.

Organised by Tallinn Philharmonic Society
Web: http://www.filharmoonia.ee/birgitta

Phone: (+372) 66 99 940

The Birgitta Festival 2024 will take place from August 2nd to 11th, 2024, in a temporary opera theater, specially built for this event, nestled among the ruins of the Pirita Monastery, with nearly 900 seating places. The festival program includes 5-6 productions, among them something from the world classics of opera, some of the most beloved and frequently performed large-scale works of symphonic music, presumably an opera by an Estonian author, and definitely a concert blending classical music with pop music.

	October 2024
E	T	K	N	R	L	P
	1	2 X 1. Tallinn International Organ Festival ''Reval'' The Reval Inter 2. Autumn Festival of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre T	3 X 1. Tallinn International Organ Festival ''Reval'' The Reval Inter 2. Autumn Festival of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre T	4 X 1. The international accordion festival ''Accordionf(est)'' The i 2. Tallinn International Organ Festival ''Reval'' The Reval Inter 3. Autumn Festival of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre T	5 X 1. The international accordion festival ''Accordionf(est)'' The i 2. Tallinn International Organ Festival ''Reval'' The Reval Inter 3. Autumn Festival of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre T	6 X 1. The international accordion festival ''Accordionf(est)'' The i 2. Tallinn International Organ Festival ''Reval'' The Reval Inter
7	8	9 X 1. Viljandi guitar festival The focus of the Viljandi Guitar Fest 2. The international accordion festival ''Accordionf(est)'' The i	10 X 1. Viljandi guitar festival The focus of the Viljandi Guitar Fest 2. The international accordion festival ''Accordionf(est)'' The i	11 X 1. Viljandi guitar festival The focus of the Viljandi Guitar Fest 2. The international accordion festival ''Accordionf(est)'' The i	12 X 1. Viljandi guitar festival The focus of the Viljandi Guitar Fest 2. The international accordion festival ''Accordionf(est)'' The i	13
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Birgitta festival

Organised by Tallinn Philharmonic Society Web: http://www filharmoonia The first music theatre festival in the historical ruins of Pirita (Saint Birgitta) Convent was held in 2005. For today, the artistic ambitions of the festival reach to the praised status of the symbolic music event both in the cultural life of Tallinn and Baltic region. Festival focuses on the music theatre with program emphasising the spirituality of the historical convent. The festival has presented the performances of choirs, various ensembles and even puppet theatre, ballet performances, productions of Orff's "Carmina burana", Verdi's "Requiem", Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmelites", Gounod's "Faust", Britten's "Albert Herring", Weill's "Sieben Todsünden" to name but a few.The artistic director of the festival is Tonu Kaljuste.