- The young dancer Septentrion, a shooting star of AntipolisOn the occasion of the premiere of the opera Frozen Flames, Sébastien Cagnoli offers here an illuminating text on the historical context of this work and its protagonist, Septentrion. A writer and translator (recipient of the Finnish State Prize for Translation, 2025), as well as a researcher in Finno-Ugric and… Read more: The young dancer Septentrion, a shooting star of Antipolis
- LAUNIS’ FORGOTTEN OPERA FINALLY STAGEDAt the beginning of July, the Organ Night and Arias Festival will offer the world premiere of the TV ballet opera Frozen Flames, sixty years after Armas Launis composed it, in 1957. The last opera of the Finnish composer Armas Launis (1884-1959), Frozen Flames, sheds light on the artist’s inner… Read more: LAUNIS’ FORGOTTEN OPERA FINALLY STAGED
- PREMIERE OF ARMAS LAUNIS’ S OPERAFROZEN FLAMES JÄISET LIEKIT July 2, 2026 Tapiola Church – Kirkkopolku 6 Espoo – Uusimaa The Helsinki Chamber Choir and soloists, under the musical direction of Nils Schweckendiek, with Valtteri Raekallio and Thomas Freundlich (stage direction and video design), will stage Launis’s last opera, Frozen Flames, to the public for… Read more: PREMIERE OF ARMAS LAUNIS’ S OPERA
