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Finnish opera singer and voice teacher (1926-2011)
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Aulis Sallinen: Six Operas and One Chronicle - Okko Kamu & Ulf Soderblom
Aulis Sallinen - The Horseman 'Ratsumies'. Opera in 3 acts (1975) 1.01. - 1.08. Act I. Easter in Novgorod [41'50]1.09. - 1,13 / 2.01. - 2.03. Act II, Law court in Olavinlinna [41'41]2.04. - 2.11. Act III, The Attack [43'05]Antti. The Horseman 'Ratsumies' - Matti Salminen- bass-baritone;Anna. His wife - Taru Valjakka- soprano;Merchant of Novgorod - Eero Erkkila- tenor;Merchant's Wife - Anita Valkki- alto;Judge - Martti Wallen- bass; Woman - Tuula Nieminen- mezzo;Yeoman - Usko Viitanen- baritone; Matti Puikkanan - Heikki Toivanen- bass;Savonlinna Opera Festival Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Ulf Soderblom Finlandia FACD101 [recorded by Finnish Broadcasting Company at the world premiere given in Savonlinna, Finland on 17 July 1975][CD-rip; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans] The Horseman was premiered at the Savonlinna Opera Festival on 17 June 1975 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Olavinlinna castle and is the first of Sallinen's operas. Its libretto is by […]
2016-10-25 15:45:29
The boy friend
On this day in 1995 Victor/Victoria opened at the Marquis Theatre, to play 734 performances. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds5Y1liaVeI Born on this day in 1824 librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2OK2sl7BuA Born on this day in 1825 composer Johann Strauss Jr. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWlqi2gChRY Born on this day in 1838 composer Georges Bizet. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOpFj602Bk Born on this day in 1891 conductor Karl Elmendorff. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wikvYYrsyU Born on this day in 1926 soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0FfhPfMpo Born on this day in 1926 soprano Anita Välkki (singing Amneris). //www.youtube.com/watch?v=faB8VXtmaa4 Born on this day in 1940 soprano Hana Janku. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjoMIbuscLE Happy 74th birthday contralto Ortrun Wenkel. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5qv0VliMPo Born on this day in 1943 tenor Giuliano Ciannella. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDizxMO0oI0
2015-10-25 18:02:48
Do I detect the smell of burning martyr?
On this day in 1415 Henry V‘s forces defeated the larger French army at the Battle of Agincourt. Born on this day in 1824 librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlmzuimL-Yk Born on this day in 1825 composer Johann Strauss Jr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWlqi2gChRY Born on this day in 1838 composer Georges Bizet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOpFj602Bk Born on this day in 1891 conductor Karl Elmendorff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wikvYYrsyU Born on this day in 1926 soprano Galina Vishnevskaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0FfhPfMpo Born on this day in 1926 soprano Anita Välkki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb2KaRyWE2U Born on this day in 1940 soprano Hana Janku http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjoMIbuscLE Happy 73rd birthday contralto Ortrun Wenkel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5qv0VliMPo Born on this day in 1943 tenor Giuliano Ciannella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDizxMO0oI0
2015-09-27 04:00:00
Man Explained - Wagner's Ring
[…] Schlosser, Helga Dernesch, Brigitte Fassbaender, Helen Watts, Berit Lindholm, Vera Little, Marilyn Tyler, Claudia Hellmann Wiener Philharmoniker Georg Solti Decca 414 105-2 (1966) Richard Wagner Siegfried Wolfgang Windgassen, Gerhard Stolze, Hans Hotter, Gustav Neidlinger, Kurt Böhme, Marga Höffgen, Birgit Nilsson, Joan Sutherland Wiener Philharmoniker Georg Solti Decca 414 110-2 (1963) Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung Wolfgang Windgassen, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick, Gustav Neidlinger, Birgit Nilsson, Claire Watson, Christa Ludwig, Helen Watts, Grace Hoffman, Anita Välkki, Lucia Popp, Gwyneth Jones, Maureen Guy Wiener Staatsopernchor & Philharmoniker Georg Solti Decca 414 115-2 (1965) Richard Wagner Das Rheingold Donald McIntyre, Martin Egel, Siegfried Jerusalem, Heinz Zednik, Hermann Becht, Helmut Pampuch, Matti Salminen, Fritz Hübner, Hanna Schwarz, Carmen Reppel, Ortrun Wenkel, Norma Sharp, Ilse Gramatzki, Marga Schiml Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Pierre Boulez Philips 434 421-2 (1981) - Courtesy of MIMIC Member Cecco Richard Wagner Die Walküre Peter Hofmann, Matti […]
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