The origins of Finnish opera can be traced to the late 18th or 19th century, when the first opera performances were staged in Finland. It is generally assumed that the first opera performance in Finland took place in 1768 in Turku, when the troupe of Carl Gottlieb Seuerling presented the opera Adam und Eva by Johann Theile.[1] However, other sources state that there was no orchestra at this performance.[2]
Opera house in Helsinki.Macbeth applause at Savonlinna Opera festival in 2007.
The first opera performance in the Finnish language is supposed to be Lucia di Lammermoor presented by the Finnish National Theatre in 1873. There were 25-30 operas in the repertoire of the company.[4]
The Domestic Opera established by Aino Ackté and Edvard Fazer gave its first performance 2 October 1911. It later became the Finnish National Opera.[5]
After Finland gained independence in 1917, Russian-owned Alexander Theatre become property of Finland. It was given "temporarily" for the Finnish Opera, which used it for 70 years while waiting for the purpose-built opera house to be constructed.[5]
Finnish opera got international reputation in the 1970s with works by Joonas Kokkonen and Aulis Sallinen. Kokkonen's opera The Last Temptations (1975) was staged in Metropolitan in New York in 1983 and received over 500 performances worldwide.[7]
In the 21st century, Kaija Saariaho's works have become the most performed operas.[10]
Referencesedit
^Olli Alho; et al. (1999). Finlande: une approche culturelle. Helsinki: Société de littérature finnoise. p. 256. ISBN9789517460316.
^Silja Geisler-Baum (2004). Die Loreley in Finnland: zur Entstehung, Aufführung und Rezeption der Oper von Fredrik Pacius und Emanuel Geibel. Mainz: Are Musik. p. 14. ISBN978-3-924522-19-3.
^Ruth-Esther Hillila and Barbara Blanchard Hong: Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland (Greenwood, 1997) p.293
^ ab"Century of dance and song". National Opera. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^. Savonlinna Opera Festival. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^Wright, David (1998). (PDF). Wright Music. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^"Faktaa Suomesta - Facts about Finland | Kielet | Oppiminen". yle.fi. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
^"Are these the 20 best sopranos of the recorded era?". The Guardian. 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^"Kaija Saariaho gets lots of love for Love from Afar". Toronto Star.
January 01, 1970
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