The FNO presents Shostakovich’s revolutionary opera The Nose and the new opera Indigo by members of the Apocalyptica heavy metal band

The Nose, a biting satire about human beings and society set as an opera by Dimitri Shostakovich, will be presented by the Finnish National Opera in a production directed by legendary director Peter Stein in November. The year 2016 will begin with Indigo, an opera written by Perttu Kivilaakso and Eicca Toppinen, better known as members of the heavy metal cello band Apocalyptica.A disembodied nose wandering around St Petersburg and an ardent young genius composer: this combination produced an opera that remains one of the most extravagant and strangest musical theatre creations of the 20th