Jukka Linkola
Hui kauhistus! (One Spooky Night) - A Family Opera in One Act
Hui kauhistus! (One Spooky Night) - A Family Opera in One Act
Hui Kauhistus Choir
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka Linkola, conductor
Petteri Falck, baritone
Juha Hostikka, tenor
Angelika Klas, vocalist
Leena Liimatainen, soprano
Mari Palo, soprano
Jukka Romu, bass
Sami Vartiainen, vocalist
Toni Wahlström, vocalist
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka Linkola, conductor
Petteri Falck, baritone
Juha Hostikka, tenor
Angelika Klas, vocalist
Leena Liimatainen, soprano
Mari Palo, soprano
Jukka Romu, bass
Sami Vartiainen, vocalist
Toni Wahlström, vocalist
Opera
Children
Children
1 DVD Video (PAL all regions; 16:9; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / 2.0 Stereo); menu in Finnish/English; subtitles in English; booklet with liner notes, written by the composer, and synopsis in Finnish and English
Format:
DVD Video
Released:
July 2009
Catalogue No.:
ODV 4006
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195040065
DVD Video
Released:
July 2009
Catalogue No.:
ODV 4006
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195040065
83:04
Hui Kauhistus! (One Spooky Night) - A Family Opera in One Act
1
Overture & Scene 1: Evening
18:11
2
Scene 2: On the Heath
10:34
3
Scene 3: The Dream
12:13
4
Scene 4: The Cave of Fears
4:32
5
Scene 5: Count Vampire's Castle
19:04
6
Scene 6: Miss Sips
10:18
7
Scene 7: Morning
5:50
8
Credits
2:16
Mauri Kunnaksen Koiramäki-kirjoihin perustuva lastenoopperasarja on ollut Savonlinnan oopperajuhlille menestys. (...) Jukka Romu Pappana ja etenkin Toni Wahlström Mörkönä venyvät huimaan fyysiseen ilmaisuun, jossa jännitys ja huumori kohtaavat juuri niin kuin oopperan teemaan sopii. Erityisen hienoa oopperan kohdeyleisön kannalta on, että sanoista saa selvän, jolloin Sami Parkkisen libreton juonenkäänteet ja riimit pääsevät oikeuksiinsa. (...) Musiikkikasvatuksen näkökulmasta kyseessä on huippulaadukas, monipuolinen johdatus oopperaan.
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This DVD Video features the one-act family opera Hui kauhistus! ("One Spooky Night") by Finnish composer-conductor Jukka Linkola. The libretto by Sami Parkkinen is based on the same named children's book which Mauri Kunnas (official website) wrote in 1985. Mauri Kunnas's books have been translated into 23 languages with over 5,5 million copies sold.
This DVD recording was made from live performances in July 2007 at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where Hui kauhistus! had been premièred one year earlier to critical acclaim. Jukka Linkola conducts a cast of known Finnish actors and singers. The production is staged by Minna Vainikainen and designed by Tarja Väätänen (sets), Riitta Röpelinen (costumes) and Ville Konttinen (lighting).
This DVD release was made in co-production with the Savonlinna Opera Festival. It includes full English subtitles and booklet notes in English and Finnish.