The Estonian-American singer Sirje Viise performs famous operas, all by herself, on the smallest stage of the festival while enlisting the help of dozens of Barbie dolls and a GI Joe. Viisse herself does all the voices, roles, instruments, sets, costumes, videos, and interviews. DOLLS is a performance that reduces the absurdity of grandiose opera to a scale of 1:6. The satirical and feminist performance is a reaction to drastic cutbacks. With a sixth of the money and effort, you can still enjoy a full opera. You’ll also be delighted to discover that you only need a sixth of your usual attention span.

Every festival day, a different opera will be parodied in DOLLS. Allow yourself to be surprised!

“Sirje boldly makes fun of opera traditions as she finds new angles in a stylishly satirical manner. O. is lucky to have her!” – Tobias Kokkelmans (dramaturgy O.

The operas per day:
23 aug: 16:30 Zauberflöte
24 aug: 19:30 & 21:30 Lucia1
25 aug: 19:30 & 21:30 La Wally
26 aug: 16:00, 19:30 & 21:30 Entführung
27 aug: 16:00, 19:30 & 21:30 La Bohème
28 aug: 16:00, 19:30 & 21:30 War and Peace
29 Aug: 11:00, 16:00 Traviata  & 19:30 Messiah