Vote a staging for opera
It is time to decide how the staging of the Free Will opera looks like.
Savonlinna Opera Festival launched Opera By You project in May 2010. In the project anyone can contribute to the creation of an opera. Hundreds of people around the world have participated in work and the project has thousands of followers. Samuli Laine works as a visual coordinator in the project.
- Now the opera’s final visual appearence will be decided. There are two options which have been issued by the thoughts and ideas of the online community, Laine tells.
Scenes take place in market square and political campaign offices
In the Free Will opera god has had enough of all the misery that people are suffering and decides to send a couple of dead genius back to Earth to make things better. They are supposed to make a huge difference in science and art and create world peace. Venues are hell, earth and heaven. Political campaign offices reflect hell and heaven. The earth scenes take place in market square.
There are two options for final staging. Vote can be cast in http://www.wreckamovie.com/tasks/show/2264. Voting is running until 31.8.2011.
All voters participate in a competition where the prize is an experience trip to Savonlinna Opera Festival. The trip includes return flights from the winners own country to Helsinki, Finland, the return journey Helsinki - Savonlinna - Helsinki, two nights accommodation in Savonlinna, a steamer cruise to Olavinlinna Castle and an opera ticket.
The Free Will opera world premiere is at the Savonlinna Opera Festival on 21st of July 2012.
Information:
Anyone can join in making an opera at wreckamovie.com/operabyyou
Press material at www.operabyyou.com and on request: Nina Pitkänen, Viestintä Oy Drum, +358 50 364 7567 or nina.pitkanen@drum.fi
Attachments:
- Images of the staging options.
Inquiries:
Samuli Laine
+358 44 351 1293
mail.me@samulilaine.com
The Savonlinna Opera Festival in brief
The Savonlinna Opera Festival is the Finnish cultural event best known internationally and a leading Finnish tourist attraction. It records an annual total audience of around 60,000, a good 10 per cent from abroad. The Savonlinna Opera Festival is a modern pioneer in the world of opera, presenting not only the classics but also new and innovative productions. A visit to the Savonlinna Opera Festival is an all-round experience made up of first-class opera performances and concerts, the unique atmosphere of a medieval castle and the beautiful town of Savonlinna in summer, set amid lakes and forests. The Festival gets about 70% of its funding from ticket revenue, the rest in the form of grants from the Ministry of Education and the town of Savonlinna, and partnership agreements.
www.operafestival.fi
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