Ah, La Grande Madame Anna-Kristiina Kaappola. Once upon a time, she was one of the most famous Queens of the Night not only throughout Europe but the world. Nowadays that she bade farewell to the coloratura

Last night's performance of Die Zauberflöte, or in Finnish Taikahuilu, was greeted by a veritable constellation of the finest singing actors the Finnish National Opera had to offer. Enjoy the review and

The festive season continues and this time we are traveling back to the 1920's with a surreal, vivid, magnificent, and amusing production of Mozart's final opera The Magic Flute, which is, in turn, a grand