Historic Anniversary Gala

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The Estonian National Opera celebrates its 100th anniversary!

The historic opening gala of the festival will take us one‐hundred years back in time – the guests will arrive in horsecarts, ladies wear lace gloves, gentlemen top hats and Hamlet recites his monologue on the stage.

The rising of the theatre house from the depths of the stage will provide a uniquely beautiful spectacle, taking us through a century of beauty and struggle. Singing will alternate with dance, bringing to stage the founders of professional theatre Paul Pinna and Theodor Altermann, among others. Weitzenberg’s statues, Dusk and Dawn, will spring to life, just like in the fairy tale, and find their home in the White Hall. The gala will end with a vision of a dreamy opera house.

The program features excerpts from Gustav Suits’ “Prologue”, written for the opening of the house, Eino Tamberg’s “Opening Fanfares”, fragments from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, a ballet scene from “The Dream in the Sculptor’s Workshop”, soldiers’ chorus from Evald Aav’s “Vikerlased”, scenes from Eduard Tubin’s ballet “The Goblin” and Gustav Ernesaks’ opera “The Coast of Storms”, Verdi’s “Aida”, and Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake”.

The gala in the theatre hall is followed by a banquet in the Estonia Concert Hall in good and merry company with many surprises.

Stage Director: Arne Mikk

Conductors: Vello Pähn, Eri Klas

Designer: Liina Keevallik

Choreographers: Thomas Edur, Marina Kesler

Guest performers: Alo Kõrve, Indrek Ojari, Mart Toome (Tallinn City Theatre), Koit Soasepp (Finnish National Opera), Estonian National Male Choir

Estonian National Opera Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra, Boys’s Choir and the Estonian National Ballet

Dinner

Hot smoked eel mousse on a spoon
Baked pork fillet on Estonian barley bread with wild mushroom salad

Appetizer
Salted, smoked and baked Baltic Sea herring trio

Main Course
Baked pork fillet in juniper‐herb marinade, mashed potato cake with pot barley and smoked lard, black sausage cream, cinnamon aromatised pumpkin purée, broth

Dessert
Pear sautéed with saffron and dark chocolate dessert in phyllo package, Vana Tallinn liquer and clove flavored panna cotta, wild raspberry dressing

Drinks
Water
Estonia Theatre and Concert House 100 jubilee wine Chardonnay
Estonia Theatre and Concert House 100 jubilee wine Cabernet Sauvignon
Estonia Theatre and Concert House 100 jubilee brandy
Coffee, tea

Important information
The Estonia Concert Hall is located directly next to the Estonian National Opera House.