Saaremaa Opera Festival 2008
21 July Kuressaare Castle Chapter Hall
CHAMBER CONCERT
Ooperiaariad ja soololaulud
Tommi Hakala (baritone, Finland), Kristian Attila (piano, Finland)
22 July Kuressaare Castle Chapter Hall
CHAMBER CONCERT
Ooperiaariad ja soololaulud
Ain Anger (bass), Ralf Taal (piano)
22 and 23 July Kuressaare City Theatre
BATHSHEBA OF SAAREMAA
Aino Kallas/Tauno Pylkkänen
I – the drama by Aino Kallas in I act, starring: Leila Säälik, Pirek Rauk, Margus Prangel
II – the opera by Tauno Pylkkänen in I act, soloists of the Estonian National Opera Juuli Lill, Helen Lokuta, Rene Soom, Tarmo Eespere on the piano
Director Carmen Tabor, Designer Liina Unt
23–27 July Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall
PORGY AND BESS
G. Gershwin
Black American Opera Company, Broadway
25 July Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall
OPERA GALA
Anna Aglatova (soprano) ja Mihhail Diakov (baritone) The Bolshoi Theatre, Esin Talinli (soprano) ja Senol Talinli (tenor) Ankara State Opera and Ballet, Andres Köster (tenor), Heli Veskus (soprano), Rauno Elp (baritone), Helen Lokuta (mezzosoprano) Estonian National Opera, Ain Anger (bass), Estonian National Male Choir, Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, Conductors Eri Klas and Carlos Spierer (Germany)
26 July Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN
J. Offenbach
Theatre Vanemuine, Conductor Mihkel Kütson
26 July Kuressaare Sound Chamber
ESTONIAN NATIONAL MALE CHOIR
Featuring Saaremaa Men’s Choir SÜM, Conductors Kuno Areng and Olev Oja
26 July Kuressaare St Laurence Church
MESSA DI GLORIA
G. Puccini
Senol Talinli (tenor, Ankara State Opera and Ballet), Aare Saal (baritone, Estonian National Opera), the symphony orchestra and opera chorus of the Theatre Vanemuine, Conductor Mihkel Kütson