MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR RISTO JOOST
CONDUCTORS TAAVI KULL, MARTIN SILDOS
DIRECTOR ELMO NÜGANEN
SET DESIGNER KRISTJAN SUITS (TALLINN CITY THEATRE)
COSTUME DESIGNER KRISTINE PASTERNAKA (LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA)
LIGHTING DESIGNER RENE LIIVAMÄGI
SINGERS’ REPETITOR TOOMAS KALDARU
DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT MERLE JALAKAS

CAST: MARTIN KARU (GUEST) OR SANDRA LAAGUS (GUEST), MÄRT JAKOBSON (GUEST) OR KRISTJAN HÄGGBLOM, KARMEN PUIS OR TUURI DEDE (GUEST), OLIVER KUUSIK (GUEST) OR RASMUS KULL, PIRJO JONAS OR MARIA LISTRA (GUEST), IVO POSTI (GUEST) OR ANNALIISA PILLAK (GUEST), SIMO BREEDE OR TAAVI TAMPUU (GUEST), KA BO CHAN (GUEST) OR KARIS TRASS (RO ESTONIA)

VANEMUINE OPERA CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Exact cast TBA

MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR RISTO JOOST
CONDUCTORS TAAVI KULL, MARTIN SILDOS
DIRECTOR ELMO NÜGANEN
SET DESIGNER KRISTJAN SUITS (TALLINN CITY THEATRE)
COSTUME DESIGNER KRISTINE PASTERNAKA (LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA)
LIGHTING DESIGNER RENE LIIVAMÄGI
SINGERS’ REPETITOR TOOMAS KALDARU
DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT MERLE JALAKAS

CAST: MARTIN KARU (GUEST) OR SANDRA LAAGUS (GUEST), MÄRT JAKOBSON (GUEST) OR KRISTJAN HÄGGBLOM, KARMEN PUIS OR TUURI DEDE (GUEST), OLIVER KUUSIK (GUEST) OR RASMUS KULL, PIRJO JONAS OR MARIA LISTRA (GUEST), IVO POSTI (GUEST) OR ANNALIISA PILLAK (GUEST), SIMO BREEDE OR TAAVI TAMPUU (GUEST), KA BO CHAN (GUEST) OR KARIS TRASS (RO ESTONIA)

VANEMUINE OPERA CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Exact cast TBA

MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR RISTO JOOST
CONDUCTORS TAAVI KULL, MARTIN SILDOS
DIRECTOR ELMO NÜGANEN
SET DESIGNER KRISTJAN SUITS (TALLINN CITY THEATRE)
COSTUME DESIGNER KRISTINE PASTERNAKA (LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA)
LIGHTING DESIGNER RENE LIIVAMÄGI
SINGERS’ REPETITOR TOOMAS KALDARU
DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT MERLE JALAKAS

CAST: MARTIN KARU (GUEST) OR SANDRA LAAGUS (GUEST), MÄRT JAKOBSON (GUEST) OR KRISTJAN HÄGGBLOM, KARMEN PUIS OR TUURI DEDE (GUEST), OLIVER KUUSIK (GUEST) OR RASMUS KULL, PIRJO JONAS OR MARIA LISTRA (GUEST), IVO POSTI (GUEST) OR ANNALIISA PILLAK (GUEST), SIMO BREEDE OR TAAVI TAMPUU (GUEST), KA BO CHAN (GUEST) OR KARIS TRASS (RO ESTONIA)

VANEMUINE OPERA CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Exact cast TBA

E. Humperdinck “Hänsel und Gretel” (short version).

Piip&Tuut Theatre

Maris Liloson, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Siim Selis, piano

Haide Männamäe — director and actress

Toomas Tross — director and actor

E. Humperdinck “Hänsel und Gretel” (short version).

Piip&Tuut Theatre

Maris Liloson, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Siim Selis, piano

Haide Männamäe — director and actress

Toomas Tross — director and actor

E. Humperdinck “Hänsel und Gretel” (short version).

Piip&Tuut Theatre

Maris Liloson, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Siim Selis, piano

Haide Männamäe — director and actress

Toomas Tross — director and actor

E. Humperdinck “Hänsel und Gretel” (short version).

Piip&Tuut Theatre

Maris Liloson, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Siim Selis, piano

Haide Männamäe — director and actress

Toomas Tross — director and actor

E. Humperdinck “Hänsel und Gretel” (short version).

Piip&Tuut Theatre

Maris Liloson, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Siim Selis, piano

Haide Männamäe — director and actress

Toomas Tross — director and actor

Tuuri Dede and Peter Spissky will bring you a delicious baroque program, accompanied by ensemble Floridante.

MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR RISTO JOOST
CONDUCTORS TAAVI KULL, MARTIN SILDOS
DIRECTOR ELMO NÜGANEN
SET DESIGNER KRISTJAN SUITS (TALLINN CITY THEATRE)
COSTUME DESIGNER KRISTINE PASTERNAKA (LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA)
LIGHTING DESIGNER RENE LIIVAMÄGI
SINGERS’ REPETITOR TOOMAS KALDARU
DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT MERLE JALAKAS

CAST: MARTIN KARU (GUEST) OR SANDRA LAAGUS (GUEST), MÄRT JAKOBSON (GUEST) OR KRISTJAN HÄGGBLOM, KARMEN PUIS OR TUURI DEDE (GUEST), OLIVER KUUSIK (GUEST) OR RASMUS KULL, PIRJO JONAS OR MARIA LISTRA (GUEST), IVO POSTI (GUEST) OR ANNALIISA PILLAK (GUEST), SIMO BREEDE OR TAAVI TAMPUU (GUEST), KA BO CHAN (GUEST) OR KARIS TRASS (RO ESTONIA)

VANEMUINE OPERA CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Exact cast TBA

MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR RISTO JOOST
CONDUCTORS TAAVI KULL, MARTIN SILDOS
DIRECTOR ELMO NÜGANEN
SET DESIGNER KRISTJAN SUITS (TALLINN CITY THEATRE)
COSTUME DESIGNER KRISTINE PASTERNAKA (LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA)
LIGHTING DESIGNER RENE LIIVAMÄGI
SINGERS’ REPETITOR TOOMAS KALDARU
DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT MERLE JALAKAS

CAST: MARTIN KARU (GUEST) OR SANDRA LAAGUS (GUEST), MÄRT JAKOBSON (GUEST) OR KRISTJAN HÄGGBLOM, KARMEN PUIS OR TUURI DEDE (GUEST), OLIVER KUUSIK (GUEST) OR RASMUS KULL, PIRJO JONAS OR MARIA LISTRA (GUEST), IVO POSTI (GUEST) OR ANNALIISA PILLAK (GUEST), SIMO BREEDE OR TAAVI TAMPUU (GUEST), KA BO CHAN (GUEST) OR KARIS TRASS (RO ESTONIA)

VANEMUINE OPERA CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Exact cast TBA

Mirjam Mesak, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

State Choir Latvija

Neeme Järvi, conductor

Mirjam Mesak, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

State Choir Latvija

Neeme Järvi, conductor

August 26, 2023 in the Estonian National Opera

Conductor: Arvo Volmer

Soloists: Ani Yorentz (soprano), Annabel Soode (soprano), Kadri Kõrvek (soprano), Tuuri Dede (mezzo-soprano), Samy Camps (tenor), Yixuan Wang (tenor), chorus and orchestra of the Estonian National Opera.

This year Estonian National Opera will pay homage to one of the most beloved Italian composers and masters of bel canto, Gioachino Rossini, the year 2023 marking the passing of 155 years from his death. A prolific author of 39 operas, he has created masterpieces both in the genre of comic and serious opera. Who would not know a melody from “The Barber of Seville” or “Cinderella” or would not recognise the overture to “William Tell”? Vana Tallinn Gala features delicious moments from Rossini’s music and brings to you fresh young Estonian voices who excelled in various competitions in previous years: Annabel Soode (winner of the 4th State Vocalists Competition, 3rd place at the Vello Jürna Vocalists Competition), Tuuri Dede (3rd place at the Vello Jürna Vocalists Competition) and the Estonian National Opera chorus soloists, soprano Kadri Kõrvek (2nd place and Vanemuine Theatre special prize at the Vello Jürna Vocal Competition) and tenor Yixuan Wang (2nd place at the 4th State Vocalists Competition, winner of the Vello Jürna Vocalists Competition). Guest soloists include Samy Camps (France), a brilliant Alfredo in Verdi’s “La traviata” and Ani Yorentz (Armenia) who charmed the audiences with Mrs. Ford in the concert performances of Verdi’s “Falstaff” last season.

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Kaija Lukas, violin

Maria Luisk, flute

Aleksandr Avramenko, clarinet

Theodor Sink, cello

Kristi Kapten, piano

Ivo Lain, percussion

Kaspar Mänd, conductor

Kruusmaa, Hartke, Schönberg, Strauss

Yena Choi, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Danila Frantou, tenor

Ott Kask, bass

Taavi Esko, conductor

Triin-Eliis Süld, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Mati Turi, tenor

Atlan Karp, baritone

Lehari Kaustel, conductor

Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano

Sten Heinoja, piano

Music by Mart Saar

Oedipus — Mati Turi

Jocasta — Tuuri Dede

Creon — Pavlo Balakin

Tiresias — Pavlo Balakin

Shepherd — Yixuan Wang

Messenger — Janari Jorro

Narrator — Karol Kuntsel

Director Ott Aardam

Set designer Kristjan Suits

Estonian National Male Choir

Narva City Orchestra

Conductor Anatoli Štšura

Tuuri Tede (mezzosopran)

Triin Ruubel-Lilleberg (violin)

Maano Männi (violin)
Andres Kaljuste (viola)

Johanna Vahermägi (viola)

Indrek Leivategija (cello),
Heili Rosin-Leivategija (flute)

Soo Young Lee (clarinet)

Lily-Marlene Puusepp (harp)

Ravel, Debussy, Grigorjeva

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano

Kadri- Ann Sumera, piano

Wolf “Spanisches Liederbuch” & Brahms op 43

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano

Kadri- Ann Sumera, piano

Wolf “Spanisches Liederbuch” & Brahms op 43

Copenhagen Philharmonics
Conductor Audrey Saint-Gil

Kristin Lewis, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano

Anders Kampmann, tenor

Nicolai Elsberg, bass

Choirs: Universitetskoret Lille Muko / Kammerkoret Camerata / Kammerkoret Hymnia

Tuuri Dede´s first doctoral concert “Give Me a Few Words for a Woman” is a journey of womanhood that starts with first love and ends in a painful loss. The ride of 19.- 21. century lied music runs its course through first kiss, first heartbreak, parties, establishment, new love, marriage, children and ends in the latter´s death.

Tuuri Dede, mezzo- soprano
Kadri- Ann Sumera, piano

Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius, Britten, Poulenc, Ravel, Berio, Larsen.

May 19 at 19.00 Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Great Hall. Free admission.

Modest Mussorgsky
“Night on the Bare Mountain” (“Ночь на Лысой горе”)    ~10’

Ondřej Adámek
“The Noon Witch” (“Polednice”)     ~20’

Rudolf Tobias
“Walpurg Burlesque” (arr. by Eduard Tubin)    ~6’

Felix Mendelssohn
“The First Walpurgis Night” (“Die erste Walpurgisnacht”)    ~30’

TUURI DEDE mezzo-soprano
JUHAN TRALLA tenor
TAMAR NUGIS baritone (Estonian National Opera)
HENRY TIISMA bass
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor OLARI ELTS

Vivier “Wo Bist Du Licht”

Haydn Symphony no 26

Vivier “Lonely Child”

Busoni “Berceuse élégiaque”

Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Barbara Hannigan

Vivier “Wo Bist Du Licht”

Haydn Symphony no 26

Vivier “Lonely Child”

Busoni “Berceuse élégiaque”

Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Barbara Hannigan

Vivier “Wo Bist Du Licht”

Haydn Symphony no 26

Vivier “Lonely Child”

Busoni “Berceuse élégiaque”

Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Barbara Hannigan

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano
James Way, tenor
Sam Carl, bass


Copenhagen Philharmonics

Barbara Hannigan, conductor

Tuuri Dede, mezzo soprano

Kadri- Ann Sumera, piano

Wolf, Brahms, Mahler