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Covid Fan Tutte
''Covid fan tutte'' is a 2020 comic opera created and produced by the Finnish National Opera. It is a comedic adaptation of Mozart's '' Così fan tutte'', depicting life in the spring of 2020 as disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The libretto is by Minna Lindgren, written to music by Mozart. The idea for the opera was conceived by conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and soprano Karita Mattila, after the pandemic caused the cancellation of Finnish National Opera's planned production of Wagner's ''Die Walküre''. A filmed performance of the work was available for streaming worldwide through March 2021. History The inception of ''Covid fan tutte'' came about when the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of Finnish National Opera's planned production of ''Die Walküre''. The idea was conceived by conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and soprano Karita Mattila, Finnish natives who both reside in the U.S. but flew to Finland when international borders began closing due to the pandemic, and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish National Opera
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet ( fi, Suomen Kansallisooppera ja -baletti; sv, Finlands Nationalopera och -balett) is a Finnish opera company and ballet company based in Helsinki. It is headquartered in the Opera House on the coast of the Töölönlahti bay in Töölö, which opened in 1993, and is state-owned through Senate Properties. The Opera House features two auditoriums, the main auditorium with 1,350, seats and a smaller studio auditorium with 300–500 seats. History Regular opera performances began in Finland in 1873 with the founding of the Finnish Opera by Kaarlo Bergbom. Prior to that, opera had been performed in Finland sporadically by touring companies, and on occasion by Finnish amateurs, the first such production being ''The Barber of Seville'' in 1849. However, the Finnish Opera company soon plunged into a financial crisis and folded in 1879. During its six years of operation, Bergbom's opera company had given 450 performances of a total of 26 operas, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |