17.7.2025 | Culture
Summer Opera 2025
Text Stewart Johnson
Photo PLMF

From late July till mid-August, every Friday and Saturday night there will be an opera performance in Tallinn’s Town Hall, in the heart of the Old Town. All performances will be in full costume. Each individual concert will last for 60 minutes, and will have special stage designs.
All singers are professional operatic vocalists from various theatres. The lineup for the performances will be:
- Sopranos: Maria Listra, Kristina Vähi, Marion Melnik;
- Mezzo-sopranos: Karmen Puis (Vanemuine Theatre), Annaliisa Pillak, Sandra Laagus;
- Tenors: Rasmus Kull (Vanemuine Theatre), Filipp Varik;
- Baritone: Aare Saal;
- Bass: Pavlo Balakin;
- Pianists: Piia Paemurru, Siim Selis, and others.
All concerts will also feature arias, duets, and tercets, composed by world-famous composers, such as Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Kalman, Verdi, Strauss, Lehar, Bizet, Bernstein, Mascagni, Puccini, Offenbach, and Weber.
Concerts will take place on 25–26 July, 1–2 August, 8–9 August, and 15–16 August. Tickets for seating areas will cost €18 and €25. Tickets are available here, and more information is available here.
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