17.11.2026
Varkaus
18.11.2026
Kajaani
20.11.2026
Hattula
5.11.2026
Hämeenlinna
The second collaboration between the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and the Finnish National Opera brings Francesco Cavalli’s Baroque opera La Calisto to the stage, with 00100ENSEMBLE as a third creative partner. This multisensory, communal and spatial experience offers new perspectives on both opera and immersive performance art. The opera will be performed at the Museum of Technology. 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.