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The eight finalists of the Aria Borealis Baroque Singing Competition, to be held in October at the Helsinki Music Centre, have now been selected! Maija Rautasuo, Mari Aschehoug, Josefine Mindus, Antonia Ortner, Lucija Ercegovac, Virgile Pellerin, Martin Höhler, and Lucas Zuehl will all take part in both the chamber-music-style semi-final on 2 October and the semi-staged final on 4 October.
Baroque vocal music fans, take note: the autumn calendars of Ensemble Nylandia, Espoo Baroque and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra feature several major events with baroque singing. The international Aria Borealis Baroque Singing Competition takes place 2–4 October, while four different baroque opera productions run in September–October. Read more here.
Sieluttaret, performed at the Almi Hall of the Finnish National Opera from October 8–10, is based on Claudio Monteverdi’s works Il ballo delle ingrate and L’Arianna. The piece combines contemporary puppet theatre, electronic sound design, and Baroque imagery. Performers include Tuuli Lindeberg, Erica Back, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, as well as puppeteers Karoliina Illi, Eve Mäkitalo, and Tella Vahala. Read more here.