Starting today, tickets are on sale for all performances and concerts in the 121st season of the Estonian National Opera. To mark the occasion, we are clearing out our current ticket stock at a special price: out with the old, in with the new!

Buy tickets for the current season with a 30% discount, start planning your visits for the new season – or do both. The choice is yours. Discounted tickets are available from 6 to 13 May for all performances taking place in May and June, excluding premieres. The discount also applies to the educational projects “Ballet Story” and “The Carnival of the Animals”. Discounted tickets can be purchased at the Estonian National Opera box office or on our website by selecting the discount “Piletiladu”.

The new season will feature five new productions, concerts, a chamber music series, numerous events for children and young people, and much more. Audiences can look forward to productions by Vincent Boussard, Helen Veidebaum, Marta Aliide Jakovski (Tallinn City Theatre), Vilen Galstjan, Stephen Barlow.

In the 121st season, alongside established favourites, audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy the music of Giuseppe Verdi, Kaspar Jancis and Malle Maltis, Engelbert Humperdinck, Aram Khachaturian, Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Hector Berlioz, Maurice Ravel, Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler.

On 16 September, the Estonian National Opera celebrates its 120th anniversary. Over the course of almost a month, audiences will be invited to take part in special events that explore Estonia’s fascinating past and offer a glimpse into the creation of contemporary theatrical magic. The celebrations begin on 30 August with the season opening celebration and the “Estonia 120” concert at the theatre fair.

On 4 September, the Estonian National Opera will open its 121st season with the Baltic opera houses’ joint Vana Tallinn Gala, featuring leading soloists from the national operas of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The first premiere of the new season will take place on 25 September, when audiences will be able to experience one of the most powerful tragedies in opera history: Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello, directed by Vincent Boussard. The costume and set designers are Vincent Boussard and Domenico Franchi from Italy, the video designer is Nicolas Hurtevent from France, and the lighting designer is Rasmus Rembel.

On 11 November, audiences are invited to a symphony concert featuring the Estonian National Opera orchestra, boys’ choir and soloist Kristel Pärtna. The concert will be conducted by Chief Conductor Arvo Volmer.

On 27 November, Helen Veidebaum’s adventure ballet Captain Morten on the Ship of Fools, set to music by Kaspar Jancis and Malle Maltis, will premiere. The ballet is based on Kaspar Jancis’s children’s story of the same name. Kaspar Jancis is also the production’s set, costume and video designer. The musical director is Lauri Sirp.

This year, the Estonian National Opera’s New Year’s Eve Ball bears the subtitle “Blame It All on the Champagne!”. The production is directed by Oliver Reimann and hosted by Andrus Vaarik, Karis Trass and René Soom.

In January, director Marta Aliide Jakovski from Tallinn City Theatre, designer Lilja Blumenfeldt, choreographer Eve Mutso, lighting designer Rommi Ruttas and musical director Kaspar Mänd will bring Engelbert Humperdinck’s dark fantasy opera Hans and Grete to the stage. The Estonian National Opera boys’ choir and the ETV Girls’ Choir will also take part.

The symphony concert on 24 March will feature soloists Kadri Raalik and Kai Rüütel-Pajula, together with the Estonian National Opera chorus and orchestra. The concert will be conducted by Arvo Volmer.

On 2 April, Aram Khachaturian’s enchanting and richly colourful ballet Gayane will premiere. Speaking of freedom, the production is choreographed by Vilen Galstjan, with Davit Galstjan as choreographer-director, Minas Avetisian as set designer, Rubine Hovhannisyan as costume designer and Kaspar Mänd as musical director.

The culmination of the Estonian National Opera’s 121st season will be the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes on 28 May – a thriller as unpredictable as the sea itself. Considered one of the cornerstones of 20th-century English music theatre, the work will be brought to the stage by Australian director Stephen Barlow, designer Yannis Thavoris and lighting designer Jake Wiltshire from the United Kingdom. The musical director is Arvo Volmer.

See you at the Estonian National Opera!