Birgitta Festival: Joanna Tentata & Carmina Burana

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The Birgitta Festival of the Tallinn Philharmonic Society combines the dark charm of a medieval convent in Tallinn, Estonia with the latest in modern musical theatre in all its variety and richness.

The Birgitta Festival presents a special evening of dance and music, with two dynamic and colourful works.

E. Tamberg’s ballet Joanna Tentata
Stage Director – Choreographer Teet Kask
Soloists from Germany
Orchestra of Moscow Novaya Opera
Stage Designer, Kisa Kawakami Japan/UK
Lighting Designer, Margus Vaigur

C. Orff's Carmina Burana
Marion Melnik, soprano
Lauri Vasar, tenor
Orchestra and Choir of Moscow Novaya Opera
Tallinn Boys Choir
Dance Thatre Fine 5
Conductor, Eri Klas
Choreography by Rene Nommik and Tiina Ollesk

In 1935 Carl Orff took the 250 poems of the 13th century Carmina Burana manuscript and made use of some two dozen secular texts with new melodies to create a popular 20th century classical work. The music has a here‐and‐now quality that captures the attention of modern audiences.

Carmina Burana does not paint the pious and holy picture that the religious leaders of the time may have wanted to pass on. The poetry is simple, resonant and inherent to the life led by the pagan and lower class people of the time. It expresses their true joys and loves in a clear, understandable fashion.

Carmina Burana is a valuable look into our bawdy past and perhaps a looking glass for our own time…