Name: FNO–Musica nova–Taite ry
Start: 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Almi Hall

Organization

Stage director

Johanna Freundlich

Lighting designer

Janne Teivainen

Video designer

Singer

Baritone

Ville Rusanen

Denis

Mezzo-soprano

Mari Palo

Katya

Finnish National Opera

Fionlainnis

FNO–Musica nova–Taite ry

Helsinki

Finland

Almi Hall

Public

Denis and Katya

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Tenor

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Denis & Katya tells the heart-wrenching true story of a teenage couple. The tragic chain of events makes us consider both how we tell stories and how these stories may become distorted over the internet.

This affecting production had its world premiere at Opera Philadelphia in autumn 2019 and has since been performed to critical acclaim at opera companies around the world. It won the Fedora Generali Prize for Opera in 2019 and the Ivor Novello Award in 2020.

In November 2016 Denis Murayov and Katya Vlasova started a broadcast on the Periscope live streaming app, which showed the harrowing final days of the teenage couple. As the hours passed, Denis and Katya continued their broadcast, reaching an ever bigger audience, and speculation on the internet became increasingly rampant.
An opera that poses difficult questions
”The British composer Philip Venables and the American librettist Ted Huffman have created a unique work with a striking dramaturgy,” says Johanna Freundlich, who has directed and translated the opera for the Finnish stage. “It poses questions about humanity, which are often not easy. What effect does our gaze have? Where do you draw the line on voyeurism? How can we really see someone before it’s too late? Despite its distressing subject matter, the work has a remarkable sense of documentary and respects the integrity of its characters.

English

FNO–Musica nova–Taite ry by Venables, Sat 11 Márt 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Faoi stiúir Johanna Freundlich,, Almi Hall, Helsinki, Finland

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid