Texten är hämtad från Estniska Nationaloperans hemsida:
"Several high acknowledgements to the people who brought on stage the opera "Wallenberg"
On the occasion of Independence Day and in order to acknowledge his services to the Estonian state, President of the Estonian Republic Toomas Hendrik Ilves decided to give the IV class medal of Maarjamaa Rist to Dmitri Bertman, a Russian stage director who in May 2007 brought on stage opera "Wallenberg" at the Estonian National Opera. For the year 2007 the Government of the Estonian Republic decided to give the state`s culture reward (with the monetary value of 150 000 EEK) to composer Erkki-Sven Tüür, stage director Dmitri Bertman, conductor Arvo Volmer, stage director Neeme Kuningas and designer Ene-Liis Semper for the production of a contemporary opera "Wallenberg" at the Estonian National Opera.
The artistic director and chief conductor Arvo Volmer is convinced that the year 2007 was good for the National Opera and for Estonian operatic art. „The staging of Erkki-Sven Tüür`s „Wallenberg” at the Estonian National Opera turned out to be a great noteworthy event of Estonian music and theatre life. It feels proud that an original of our composer addresses the audience with such great power. The Holocaust theme has not been much treated in Estonian art and its message has an explosive effect on both the makers and the audience. In 2008 another Estonian opera will come on stage, this time a world première for Mari Vihmandi`s "The Formula of Love". The Estonian music theatre and operatic art lives and evolves, exactly with the help of these works we are able to differ and to become renowned in both European and world dimensions,” says Arvo Volmer.
The staging of opera „Wallenberg” earned the widest attention of general public – it was reflected by both Estonian and international press. At the same time, in the autumn of 2007 the recording of this opera was carried out by the Estonian National Broadcasting, as a result of which a quality TV- and radio production as well as DVD should be completed in the current year."
Dessutom blev min kvinnliga motspelerska utnämnd till årets estniska sångare, bl a för rollen i Wallenberg.
Håll ögonen öppna för den kommande DVDn. Snart i var mans hem?
Ytterligare föreställningar spelas under Östersjöfestivalen i augusti. Wallenberg lever!
/ J
