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Content: Leevi Madetoja Artists: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Finnish Radio Youth Choir Jussi Jalas, conductor Kai Airinen, tenor Eero Erkkilä, tenor Kristina Haartti, alto Margareta Haverinen, soprano Jorma Hynninen, baritone Maija Lokka, soprano Maaria Metsomäki, soprano Kalevi Olli, bass Tapani Valtasaari, bass Anita Välkki, alto Merja Wirkkala, soprano Genres: Opera Features: 2 CDs; booklet with liner notes and synopsis in English and Finnish, and the libretto in the original Finnish and in English |
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Format: CD Released: May 1988 Catalogue No.: ODE 714-2 EAN/UPC Code: 0761195071427 |
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This double CD contains one of the great Finnish national operas, Juha, composed by Leevi Madetoja in 1934. The libretto by Aino Ackté and Leevi Madetoja is based on the novel of the same name by Juhani Aho. The realistic and psychological drama centres on a couple living in the eastern part of Finland, Juha and Marja, the latter of whom gets seduced by the wayfaring trader Shemeikka.
The recording was originally produced by the Finnish Broadcasting Company, TV 1 in 1977. Ondine released this digital remix in 1988.
The cast includes
Jorma Hynninen: Juha
Maija Lokka: Marja, Juha's young wife
Eero Erkkilä: Shemeikka, a prosperous Karelian peddler
Anita Välkki: Juha's mother
Margareta Haverinen: a hired girl on Juha's farm
Tapani Valtassari: the vicar
Merja Wirkkala: Shemeikka's summer sweetheart
Maaria Mestomäki: Maiden I
Kristina Haartti: Maiden II
Kai Airinen: Man I
Kalevi Olli: Man II