I have heard many people wonder, how is it possible, that
Turku Music Festival somehow manages to year after year get big opera names to
its concerts. This year it was the turn of Kristine Opolais, who has been
performing for years now in the most famous opera houses, to give a concert in
Turku. The orchestra of the evening was the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
with its conductor Hannu Lintu.
First of all, I am compelled to say that I did not become an
Opolais fan after this concert. Yes, she did reach the notes and in the finest
high notes her voice was occasionally extremely beautiful, but in my opinion
her performance was without soul. And opera without soul is – well – notes. I
could not avoid thinking that the programme had been built to be as dramatic as
possible and the drama was built by wringing hands, which meant that the result
was forced.
As a whole the programme of the evening was, to say the
least, interesting. I thought a lot about the combining factor of the concert.
The arias sung by Opolais and the pieces played by the FRSO were quite
different in style and I was not always able to find any connection between
them. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely loved the FRSO pieces! Especially “Drifts”
by Sebastian Fagerlund and “Shadows” by Aulis Sallinen were fabulous and I truly
enjoyed listening to them. Great music and fascinating compositions.
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