25.10.2026
Helsinki
17.11.2026
Varkaus
30.10.–1.11.2026
Helsinki
30.10.2026
Helsinki
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.
Yle Radio 1 recorded the final of the Aria Borealis competition and it will be broadcast on Yle Radio 1 October 9 at 7.02 pm. The concert will be available to listen to on Yle Areena from 9 October onwards. The final featured a programme comprising excerpts from several works by Händel, devised by Aleksi Barrière, Emma Kirkby and Irma Niskanen specifically for the singers taking part in this competition. The programme can be found here.
The international Aria Borealis Baroque Singing Competition was held at Musiikkitalo in Helsinki on 2 October (the chamber-music semi-final) and 4 October (the semi-staged final). All singers selected for the live rounds were already winners and received a prize. Additional prizes were awarded after the final. The jury awarded first place to soprano Josefine Mindus.