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i Finland between 1873 and 1879.Bergbom 1872/1960. Kaarlo Bergbom: Kaarlo Bergbom ja Suomalaisen teatterin synty. Kaarlo Bergbomin kirjoitukset teatterioloistamme 1872. Johdannon kirjoittanut Eino Kauppinen. Otava. Helsinki. It was a pioneer institution as the first Finnish language opera and as such plays an important role in Finnish cultural history.

History

At the time of its foundation, both opera and dramatic theatre had until then been performed in the Swedish language in Finland, since that was the traditional language of the aristocracy. The Finnish Opera was the lyric eqvivalent of the Finnish National Theatre, another pioneer institution which had been founded a year prior, and the two pioneering institutions used the same building, but they were managed as two separate institutions. The Finnish language theatre was to become permanent. However, although the Opera did achieve artistic success, it was not economically successful, and it was dissolved in 1879. No new opera was to be established in Finland until the foundation of the

Finnish National Opera and Ballet The Finnish National Opera and Ballet ( fi, Suomen Kansallisooppera ja -baletti; sv, Finlands Nationalopera och -balett) is a Finnish opera company and ballet company based in Helsinki. It is headquartered in the Opera House on the coast of the T ...

in 1910.

References

1873 establishments in Finland Organizations established in 1873 Opera houses in Finland 19th century in Helsinki