Information on production

Premiere

Aug 11, 2017

Production type

• Concert

Performance duration

2 h 25 min

Number of intervals

1

Co-production

In collaboration with

Helsingin juhlaviikot

Dramatis personae

• Storyteller
• Soloist
• Cello

Additional information

Suomen kansallisoopperan orkesteri, kuoro ja lapsikuoro
Finnish National Opera Orchestra, Chorus and children's choir
Esa-Pekka Salonen, kapellimestari / conductor

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Le tombeau de Couperin (1917/19)

Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958-)
Sellokonsertto (ekS.) / Cello Concerto (Finnish premiere) (2017)

Nicolas Altstaedt, sello / cello
Ella Wahlström, äänisuunnittelija / sound designer

Väliaika / Intermission

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Perséphone (1934)

Andrew Staples, tenori / tenos
Pauline Cheviller, kertoja / narrator

Suora lähetys / Live broadcast: Yle Radio 1

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Finlands Nationaloperas orkester
Finlands Nationaloperans kör och barnkör

Produktion: Helsingfors festspel och Finlands nationalopera och -balett

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Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
Chorus and children’s choir of the Finnish National Opera

Production by Helsinki Festival and the Finnish National Opera