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2021-06-01 00:00:01
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 Paavo […]
2020-10-14 16:06:00
Metropolitan Opera at Home - Wagner's Gotterdammerung. October 10, 2020.
Original Performance Date: April 21, 1990. Conductor - James Levine. Brunnhilde - Hildegard Behrens, Siegfried - Siegfried Jerusalem, Hagen - Matti Salminen, Waltrute - Christa Ludwig, Gutrune - Hanna Lisowska, Gunther - Anthony Raffell, Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Norns - Gweneth Bean, Joyce Castle, Andrea Gruber; Woglinde - Kaaren Erickson, Wallgunda - Diana Kesling, Flosshilde - Meredith Parsons. One reaction I didn't expect to have is that I prefer the 24-plank set to this one, described (somewhere) as the one truest to Wagner's original concept (at least until then, and who is to judge?). Behrens got hurt at the end of one of the Gotterdammerung Valhalla destruction scenes, and had to withdraw from the last cycle. Since she also sang in the April 26, 1990 Siegfried, one can assume it wasn't at this performance. She would die in her early 70s while traveling in Japan. The quality of the video was […]
2020-10-10 19:30:55
Götterdämmerung
Starring Hildegard Behrens, Christa Ludwig, Siegfried Jerusalem, and Matti Salminen, conducted by James Levine. From May 5, 1990.
2020-10-08 03:54:00
Metropolitan Opera at Home – Wagner’s Das Rheingold. October 7, 2020.
Original performance date – April 23, 1990. Conductor – James Levine; Freia – Mari-Anne Haggander, Fricka – Christa Ludwig, Erda – Birgitta Svenden, Loge – Siegfried Jerusalem, Mime – Heinz Zednik, Wotan – James Morris, Alberich – Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Fasolt – Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Fafner – Matti Salminen, Froh – Mark Baker, Donner – Alan Field, Woglinde – Kaaren Erickson, Wellgunde – Diane Kesling, Flosshilde – Meredith Parsons. Production – Otto Schenk, Set & Projection Design – Gunther Schneider-Siemssen Some literal screen shots taken of the TV.
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