The Sibelius Academy Opera: Così fan tutte
In spring 2026, the Sibelius Academy Opera will once again bring W. A. Mozart’s masterpiece Così fan tutte to the stage.
The full title of the work, Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, translates as “Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers.” This time, the School for Lovers would be set in an American high school, with teenage first crushes and secrets behind locker doors.
The opera is directed by the internationally acclaimed, visionary Noa Naamat, who has already established herself among the most significant opera makers of the new generation. Naamat has directed for, among others, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, Staatsoperette Dresden and Royal Danish Opera. She is known for her innovative storytelling and her ability to make classical works deeply captivating and relevant for today’s audiences. Her sold-out production of The Marriage of Figaro at the Sibelius Academy Opera in spring 2024 delighted audiences with its fresh and insightful approach.
Creative team
Director: Noa Naamat
Conductor: Tatu Erkkilä
Assistant director: Marianna Metsälampi
Set design: Noa Naamat & Mikko Elonen
Costume design: Pia Lasonen
Light design : Essi Santala
Makeup design: Tuija Luukkainen
Student conductor: Mikael Loponen
On stage
Fiordiligi: Iida Nummela, Iirisilona Segerstam
Dorabella: Riikka Mäkelä, Marion Jegou
Despina: Tanja Niemelä, Grace Collivet, Ilona Tiira
Ferrando: Eetu Joukainen, Joonatan Pylkkönen
Guglielmo: Ervinas Jasevičius, Klaudijus Šimkus
Don Alfonso: Joona Juntunen, Henri Jussila
Orchestra
Sibelius Academy Opera Orchestra.
Muut tiedot
Performance language Italian, the opera is surtitled in Finnish.
More information: Anna Rombach, anna.rombach@uniarts.fi
Opera studies at the Sibelius Academy
Opera students at the Sibelius Academy perform in four full-scale productions in the course of their studies and in one dramatised concert with piano accompaniment. The opera productions are staged with the assistance of Finnish and foreign professionals of opera and of the stage.
The full title of the work, Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, translates as “Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers.” This time, the School for Lovers would be set in an American high school, with teenage first crushes and secrets behind locker doors.
The opera is directed by the internationally acclaimed, visionary Noa Naamat, who has already established herself among the most significant opera makers of the new generation. Naamat has directed for, among others, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, Staatsoperette Dresden and Royal Danish Opera. She is known for her innovative storytelling and her ability to make classical works deeply captivating and relevant for today’s audiences. Her sold-out production of The Marriage of Figaro at the Sibelius Academy Opera in spring 2024 delighted audiences with its fresh and insightful approach.
Creative team
Director: Noa Naamat
Conductor: Tatu Erkkilä
Assistant director: Marianna Metsälampi
Set design: Noa Naamat & Mikko Elonen
Costume design: Pia Lasonen
Light design : Essi Santala
Makeup design: Tuija Luukkainen
Student conductor: Mikael Loponen
On stage
Fiordiligi: Iida Nummela, Iirisilona Segerstam
Dorabella: Riikka Mäkelä, Marion Jegou
Despina: Tanja Niemelä, Grace Collivet, Ilona Tiira
Ferrando: Eetu Joukainen, Joonatan Pylkkönen
Guglielmo: Ervinas Jasevičius, Klaudijus Šimkus
Don Alfonso: Joona Juntunen, Henri Jussila
Orchestra
Sibelius Academy Opera Orchestra.
Muut tiedot
Performance language Italian, the opera is surtitled in Finnish.
More information: Anna Rombach, anna.rombach@uniarts.fi
Opera studies at the Sibelius Academy
Opera students at the Sibelius Academy perform in four full-scale productions in the course of their studies and in one dramatised concert with piano accompaniment. The opera productions are staged with the assistance of Finnish and foreign professionals of opera and of the stage.