Crowne Plaza & Opera package fr. 106 €
Crowne Opera! packages
Bajadeeri
Julius Caesar
Lännen tyttö
Pelleas ja Melisande
Rankanen-Elo-Saarinen
Coppelia
Matka Reimsiin
Don Quijote
Rusalka
Pähkinänsärkijä ja Hiirikuningas
Puhdistus
La rondine
A quality cultural experience. The Finnish National Opera, located opposite the Crowne Plaza, fullfills and satisfies your needs for culture. Opera Package including:
one night accommodation in a double room (two persons in a room)
a generous buffet breakfast
a ticket (stalls) to the opera or ballet performance
use of the gym, sauna and swimming pool in the Forever Gym & Day Spa
These prices are valid on weekends (Fri–Sun). Limited availability on specially priced products.
Reservations directly from the hotel, tel. +358 9 2521 0000 or helsinki.cph@restel.fi.
The programme for spring 2012 includes, among others:
| DAY | DATE | TIME | PRODUCTION |
| JANUARY | |||
| Friday | 6.1. | 14.00 | Pähkinänsärkijä ja Hiirikuningas |
| Saturday | 7.1. | 19:00 | Il viaggio a Reims |
| Friday | 13.1. | 19:00 | La rondine |
| Saturday | 14.1. | 19:00 | Il viaggio a Reims |
| Saturday | 21.1. | 19:00 | Il viaggio a Reims |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Friday | 3.2. | 19:00 | Julius Caesar |
| Saturday | 4.2. | 19:00 | La fanciulla del west |
| Saturday | 11.2. | 19:00 | Don Quixote |
| Friday | 17.2. | 19:00 | La fanciulla del west |
| Saturday | 18.2. | 19:00 | Julius Caesar |
| Saturday | 25.2. | 19:00 | Coppélia |
| MARCH | |||
| Friday | 2.3. | 19:00 | Coppélia |
| Saturday | 3.3. | 19:00 | Rusalka |
| Friday | 9.3. | 19:00 | Coppélia |
| Saturday | 10.3. | 19:00 | Rusalka |
| Friday | 16.3 | 19:00 | Rusalka |
| Saturday | 17.3. | 19:00 | Coppélia |
| Saturday | 24.3. | 13.00 | Coppélia |
| Friday | 30.3. | 19:00 | La Bayadère |
| Saturday | 31.3. | 19:00 | La Bayadère |
| APRIL | |||
| Friday | 13.4. | 19:00 | Pelléas and Mélisande |
| Saturday | 14.4. | 19:00 | La Bayadère |
| Saturday | 21.4. | 19:00 | Pelléas and Mélisande |
| Friday | 27.4. | 19:00 | La Bayadère |
| Saturday | 28.4. | 19:00 | Pelléas and Mélisande |
| MAY | |||
| Saturday | 5.5. | 19:00 | Purge |
| Saturday | 12.5. | 14.00 | Purge |
| Friday | 18.5. | 19:00 | Rankanen-Elo-Saarinen |
| Saturday | 19.5. | 19:00 | Purge |
| Friday | 25.5. | 19:00 | Purge |
| Saturday | 26.5. | 19:00 | Rankanen-Elo-Saarinen |
Productions and calendar www.opera.fi
La Bayadère from 120 € / person
Set in mythical India, La bayadère is one of the masterpieces of 19th-century Russian ballet, a brilliant example of a grand spectacular production with huge crowd scenes, colourful costumes and handsome sets.
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Julius Caesar from 130 € / person
Passion runs deep when Giulio Cesare arrives in Egypt and encounters the beautiful Cleopatra for the first time. In 1724, the German composer Georg Friedrich Händel fashioned a popular opera around this fateful meeting; his brilliant music complementing a strong dramatic storyline.
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La fanciulla del west from 120 € / person
During the gold rush in California in 1849, everything was expensive - but human life was cheap. Minnie, living in a world of tough men, has to do all she can to save Dick Johnson from the pursuing sheriff, Jack Rance.
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Pelléas and Mélisande from 134 € / person
Claude Debussy's dreamy and shimmering Symbolist opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, was last performed at the Finnish National Opera over 60 years ago. Now the enchanting impressionist opera appears again, in a stunningly lush production from Marco Arturo Marell featuring moonlit wells in the brooding darkness.
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Rankanen-Elo-Saarinen from 106 € / person
The premiere talents of Finnish contemporary dance join forces on the Finnish National Opera's Main Stage in a triple bill of dance. The names of the choreographers are synonymous with bold creativity and electrifying new experiences. These works by Jorma Elo and Tero Saarinen will be seen at Finnish National Ballet first time. Work by Mammu Rankanen was introduced in the Almi Hall last season.
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Coppélia from 130 € / person
Marc Ribaud has choreographed a new interpretation of the 1870 ballet classic Coppélia, transferring the setting to the fantastical world of the famous French filmmaker Georges Méliès.
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Il viaggio a Reims from 120 € / person
Dario Fo is a legend in Italian theatre. His production of Il viaggio a Reims is a colourful satire levelled at Europe in our times too.
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Rusalka from 120 € / person
Director Richard Jones' reading of Dvořak's best-known opera is rugged and human: the water-nymph Rusalka who aspires to become human learns about the dark side of humanity too. Rusalka eventually gains human form, but happiness only lasts for a moment.
Don Quixote from 120 € / person
Don Quixote is one of the major works in classical ballet. This upbeat version by Patrice Bart is based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa.
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Purge from 134 €/ person
Finnish author Sofi Oksanen's Purge has earned overwhelming international success as both a novel and play. Next we will see how this moving story about the painful episodes in Estonian history looks and sounds as an opera.
La rondine from 120 € / person
Magda, a kept woman in high society, disguises herself as a wanton working-class girl and falls in love with a callow youth. He asks her to marry him, but Magda cannot escape her past.