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Use the calendar to select a month, week or day to view the repertoire at that particular point of time.
Magnificent Eugene Onegin opens the autumn season at the Finnish National Opera with a lineup of top-quality soloists including Soile Isokoski, Tommi Hakala and Jorma Silvasti.
Upcoming performance: Thu 9/9 19:00 Main auditorium
The new production of Swan Lake by Kenneth Greve is a fresh yet tradition-conscious new interpretation.
Upcoming performance: Fri 9/10 19:00 Päänäyttämö
Party and dance at the Opera until dawn! Last year, this hugely popular event was sold out, so act quickly! This is an opportunity not to be missed! Age limit 18.
Upcoming performance: Sat 9/11 22:30 The Almi Hall
There is something for everyone in Mozart's The Magic Flute: entertainment, romance, excitement and comedy.
Upcoming performance: Wed 9/15 19:00 Main auditorium
Verdi's Aida is a magnificent and spectacular grand opera but also a sensitive and intimate tale of the forbidden love of an Egyptian military commander and an Ethiopian slave.
Upcoming performance: Fri 9/17 19:00 Main auditorium
The 40-year career of Jorma Uotinen, a living legend of dance, will be celebrated by the FNB with a triple bill of Uotinen choreographies. Black Water is performed by members of Skånes Dansteater from Sweden.
Upcoming performance: Tue 9/28 19:00 Main auditorium
Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore is a perennial favourite among comic operas. And no wonder: it is a happy blend of the mishaps of lovesick characters and suave Italian melodies.
Upcoming performance: Sat 10/2 14:00 Main auditorium
An absurd yet warm dance adventure Nimeni on Sormiradio (My name is Finger Radio) showing just how many things and feelings can be expressed through movement and how great the power of dance can be. Recommended for children over 4 years old.
Upcoming performance: Thu 10/7 11:00 Upper foyer
On the plains of Ostrobothnia, the dream of freedom is strong. This is truly a national opera and a piece of Finnish history too, besides being perhaps the most successful Finnish opera of all time.
Upcoming performance: Sat 10/9 15:00 Main auditorium
A swinging concert with the Opera Big Band will be conducted by Antti Sarpila.
Upcoming performance: Wed 10/20 19:00 Main foyer
Long ago, Cat Count Forelli lost his only son and much-missed fishing buddy. In his grief, the Count banned all singing and laughing in his village. Can we find the missing Oskari and the roll of sheet music tied up with red ribbon? We will find out in this new foyer opera for children aged 4 to 8.
Upcoming performance: Sat 10/23 13:00 Upper foyer
This double bill features works by two choreographers: the powerful Blood Wedding by British choreographer Cathy Marston, and Sheherazade, a new work by Kenneth Greve.
Upcoming performance: Fri 10/29 19:00 Main auditorium
Can we find the missing Oskari and the roll of sheet music tied up with red ribbon? We will find out in this new foyer opera for children aged 4 to 8 also in Imatra and in Savonlinna.
Upcoming performance: Tue 11/2 10:00 Kotka City Theatre
The music in Madama Butterfly is incredibly beautiful and heart-achingly poignant. Elisabet Strid and Judith Howarth appear as Cio-Cio-San.
Upcoming performance: Sat 11/6 14:00 Main auditorium
The new production of Swan Lake by Kenneth Greve is a fresh yet tradition-conscious new interpretation.
Upcoming performance: Fri 11/19 19:00
Visitors from Denmark will appear in Almi Hall in November with performances of a triple bill by Tim Rushton by the Danish Dance Theater, one of the leading contemporary dance companies in the Nordic countries.
Upcoming performance: Fri 11/19 19:30 The Almi Hall
Die tote Stadt is a fascinatingly decadent and dream-like opera with a great psychological impact. World-famous soprano Camilla Nylund appears in the main role.
Upcoming performance: Fri 11/26 19:00 Main auditorium
The Christmas favourite is here again! This Cracker is a treat for the whole family!
Upcoming performance: Sat 12/4 14:00 Main auditorium
A teenage Alice is the lead character in Alice in Wonderland, the new choreography by Marilena Fontoura. Inspired by the classic children's book written by Lewis Carroll, the work is a charming miniature ballet for children of school age.
Upcoming performance: Tue 12/14 15:00 The Almi Hall
If there were ever a competition for the world's most beautiful opera, La bohème would be a strong contender. Puccini wrote some of his finest arias and duets here. The performances will be conducted by maestro Leif Segerstam.
Upcoming performance: Fri 12/17 19:00 Main auditorium
The famous outlaw who lives in Sherwood Forest and is a virtuoso with bow and arrow takes to the main stage of the FNO in a brand new adventure opera for the whole family. The magical Robin Hood premieres in January!
Upcoming performance: Fri 1/14 19:00 Main auditorium
Faust, tired of his life, is prepared to sell his soul to the Devil to regain his youth.
Upcoming performance: Sat 1/22 19:00 Main auditorium
The music in The Merry Widow has everything that an operetta lover could possibly wish for: the wistful Vilia Song, the upbeat dance numbers, the lovely duet 'Love unspoken'...
Upcoming performance: Fri 2/4 19:00 Main auditorium
A triple bill of contemporary dance featuring three still active choreographers: William Forsythe, Johan Inger and Ohad Naharin.
Upcoming performance: Fri 2/11 19:00 Main auditorium
The opera Aleksis Kivi is an impressive portrayal of how a great mind crumbles in a world that does not understand it and includes some of the author's most beautiful poems.
Upcoming performance: Tue 2/15 19:30 The Almi Hall
Daddy's Girl illustrates the history of independent Finland through the life stories of a mother, a daughter and a grandmother.
Upcoming performance: Fri 2/18 19:00 Main auditorium
This tale of a young woman is better known from the opera Manon Lescaut. Manon by Sir Kenneth MacMillan has been described as one of the most sensuous ballets in the world.
Upcoming performance: Fri 3/11 19:00 Main auditorium
La Cenerentola, Cinderella, is one of Rossini's most popular operas. The story is the familiar one with the ugly sisters and the prince.
Upcoming performance: Fri 3/18 19:00 Main auditorium
This grand opera by Wagner is like a ritual in which the young Parsifal grows through self-denial and self-awareness into a saviour who liberates those condemned to suffer and becomes King of the Knights of the Grail. The production returns to the repertoire at Easter.
Upcoming performance: Sat 4/9 17:00 Main auditorium
Romeo and Juliet, in the lovely choreography by John Cranko, returns to the FNB after an absence of several years with performances beginning in April.
Upcoming performance: Fri 4/15 19:00 Main auditorium
A brilliant stage play and witty music, when properly matched, produce just such a breezy and intoxicatingly light-hearted opera. Performed in Finnish.
Upcoming performance: Thu 4/21 19:00 Main auditorium
Puccini's opera triptych consists of three very different yet mutually complementary elements.
Upcoming performance: Fri 5/13 19:00 Main auditorium
This triple bill by Finnish woman choreographers features three world premieres.
Upcoming performance: Thu 5/19 19:30 The Almi Hall