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Rautavaara: The Gift of the Magi
Pia Freund, Jaakko Kortekangas
Veräjäpelto Choir, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Petri Sakari
Rautavaara: Aleksis Kivi
Jorma Hynninen (Aleksis Kivi), Janne Reinikainen (August Ahlqvist), Riikka Rantanen (Charlotta), Pauliina Linnosaari (Hilda), Ville Rusanen (Young Alexis) & Tobias Zilliacus (J.L. Runeberg)
Finnish National Opera Orchestra, Mikko Franck (conductor) & Pekka Milonoff (stage director)
Rautavaara: Rasputin
Finnish National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Mikko Franck
The Finnish National Opera staging is top-notch, with opulent, authentically period-looking costumes and sets, and wholly believable acting. …the neo-Romantic language Rautavaara has evolved... — More…