Creme de la creme in 2013

Ohessa hyvin persoonallinen lista vuoden 2013 parhaista esityksistä, konserteista, näyttelyistä ym. kulttuurin saralla kuluneena vuonna. Listaus perustuu luonnollisesti omaan makuuni sekä siihen rajoitettuun määrään, joka minulla on ollut mahdollista kuulla, nähdä ja kokea tämän vuoden aikana. Osa valinnoista on arvioitu ja esitely blogissani www.rajalinjalla.blogspot.fi
At the end of the year it is common to list best experiences during the past year. My list includes the best in classical music, arts, opera and theatre that I have been able to see, hear and experience. Due to personal situation I have not been able to see as many exhibitions and experienced as many opera performances as I have done in the past. So the following list is stricktly personal and limited to what I have been able to see and hear. The list is also limited mainly to Finland as I have not been able to travel. Some of the listed perfomances and exhibitions have been reviewed in my blog: www.rajalinjalla.blogspot.fi
Creme de la creme 2013 - Vuoden parhaat 2013
Best opera live performance: Erich Wolfgang Konrgold: Die tote Stadt. The Finnish National Opera. Kasper Holten, Mikko Franck, Camilla Nylund and Klaus Florian Vogt.
Best concert: Richard Strauss: Daphne. Concertante performamce at the Helsinki Music Centre, the Orchestra and Choir of the Finnish National Opera, Susanna Mälkki, Soile Isokoski, Lilli Paasikivi, Jyrki Korhonen et al.
Best opera, stream broadcast: Richard Strauss: Elektra. Aix-en-Provence. Patrice Chèreau, Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Maier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko et al.
Best recording: Jonas Kaufmann: Wagner.
Best movie: Michael Haneke: L'Amour.
Best theatre play: Esa Leskinen and Sami Keski-Vähälä: Neljäs tie. Suomen Kansallisteatteri/ Finnish National Theatre.
Best chamber theatre play: Edward Albee: Vem är rädd för Virginia Woolf. Svenska teatern, Helsinki.
Best international theatre play: Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky/ Frank Castorf: Der Spieler (Pelurit). Volksbühne Berlin at the Finnish National Theatre.
Best art gallery: Ama Gallery, Helsinki
Best art exhibition: Pekka Pitkänen: Rautakausi, Forum Box, Helsinki
Best book (fiction): Kari Hotakainen: Luonnon laki.