Opera
Production Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland
Premiere 13.8.2026, Almi Hall
Language English, translation in Finnish
Duration approx. 30 minutes / New Short Opera Works x 4
Director Anna-Maria Lipponen
Libretto Ilmari Nera
Music Miika Hyytiäinen
Conductor Kaapo Ijas
Video design Anna-Maria Lipponen, Petri Tuhkanen / Studio Total
Cinematography Petri Tuhkanen
Costume design Erika Turunen
Light design Jukka Niiranen
On stage Sirpa Nuuttila, Sam Taskinen, Júlia Arquillo, Riku Pelo, Joonatan Pyölkkönen
Emerge: Oops…life! is a black comedy about three women who witness a violent incident on the street, which forces them to confront traumas from their own lives.
The work is not a survival story, but above all an observation of how absurd life itself can be, and how lived experience is reflected in us—both in good ways and in bad. Suddenly, a small thing can also shatter a glass ceiling that has been built over many years.
Emerge: Oops…life! is inspired by post-Carmen. What kinds of stories do we want to tell on stage, and from whose perspective are they written?
This work offers a social commentary on womanhood from both the male gaze and the female gaze, combining episodic storytelling, time as both a musical and performative element, and cinematic video storytelling on the theatre stage.
https://oopperabaletti.fi/ohjelmisto/sokeritehdas-2026/
