On February 5th the performance of "La Cenerentola" will be replaced with "The Love for Three Oranges". Tickets will be refunded or exchanged within three days starting from the day of the performance.
On January 28, ETV will make a live broadcast of the premiere of The Love for Three Oranges, the stage production of the Estonian National Opera, which is regarded as one of the most important cultural events of the year. At the same time, ETV2 will provide a live coverage of the events that take place backstage. This is the very first live broadcast of an opera premiere in the history of Estonian television. The live broadcast on ETV will start at 19.00, an hour before the opera will begin. Three hosts — Ruth Alaküla, Marko Reikop and Anatoli Tafitšuk — will take the viewer from the theatre hall to the backstage, where the last hectic preparations are made. According to the production team, the highly informational live programme that, once the opera has started, continues on ETV2 may even be spiced with humour. The backstage live coverage will be broadcast on ETV2 from 19.55 till 22.30.
Based on "Purge", the bestselling novel by Sofi Oksanen, who was chosen the person of the year by newspaper Postimees, an opera will be produced by the year of the title of the Capital of Culture, Tallinn.
On December 16, Olga Malinovskaja will debut in the role of Odette/Ottilie and Artjom Maksakov in the role of the Prince in the ballet "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky.
December 21 marks the 75th anniversary of the legendary tenor Hendrik Krumm. The Estonian National Opera dedicates the performance of "La traviata" on December 19 to the beloved singer, and there is an exhibition "You sing as long as you are young" dedicated to Hendrik Krumm open in the audience rooms of the theatre.
Three different modern short ballets will be brought to the stage tomorrow within the ballet evening taking place at the Estonian National Opera: Uwe Scholz’ "Second Symphony", Tiit Härm’s "Pelleas and Melisande" and Nils Christie’s "Before Nightfall".
Estonian National Ballet Audition
