Ritarikatu 1 / pre-event at 6 pm
LES ARTS FLORISSANTS -OPERA
Earthly Angels & Friends
Kajsa Dahlbäck, Anna Ginström, Katariina Heikkilä, Anssi Koskela, Veikko Vallinoja (singers)
Mariette Reefman, Jani Sunnarborg (dancers)
Anthony Marini & Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin)
Heidi Peltoniemi (viola da gamba)
Eero Palviainen (lute)
Petteri Pitko (harpsichord)
For the first time, French Baroque opera at Helsinki Early Music Festival! Charpentier's miniature opera Les arts florissants will be performed alongside new music by Heta Aho (with lyrics by Edith Södergran). Jani Sunnarborg is the director and choreographer of the work. The performance is approximately one hour long.
Les arts florissants, "The Flourishing Arts," was composed in the 1680s, a period when Paris enjoyed a peaceful idyll and the arts could flourish with the generous support of Louis XIV. However, this peace is more of an illusion and a temporary one—perhaps even a travesty—as outside the city, religious wars rage, the world is a cold and muddy chaos, and people fall like hay. Discord (La Discorde) can raise its head from the ground at any moment.
Music journalist Risto Nordell will give a pre-concert talk at 6:00 PM, which will include an interview with violinist Anthony Marini.
Tickets 15/29/37/52 € (price according to the seat) including handling costs + 1,5 € delivery fee per order. Ticketmaster's points of purchase and ticketmaster.fi
Student tickets at the door 10 €.
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The House of Nobility is not fully accessible. There are steps at the entrance, and access from the lobby to the assembly hall, which serves as a concert venue on the second floor, is via stairs.
The accessible entrance is located at Hallituskatu 2 B. The doorman will open the door upon request. Please call him when you are at the door at +358 50 395 2349.
An accessible restroom is available on the second floor, next to the concert café area.
