# Tauno Pylkkänen: Mare and her Son - Opera in Three Acts

> Tauno Pylkkänen: Mare and her Son - Opera in Three Acts – Kirsi Tiihonen, Raimo Sirkiä, Esa Ruuttunen. Ondine ODE 1055-2D, CD, released April 2005.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1055-2d

- **Composer:** Tauno Pylkkänen
- **Work(s):** Mare and her Son - Opera in Three Acts
- **Performers:** Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano; Raimo Sirkiä, tenor; Esa Ruuttunen, baritone; Juha Uusitalo, baritone; Estonian National Opera Chorus; Estonian National Opera Orchestra; Hannu Lintu, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1055-2D
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 April 2005
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195105528
- **Tracks:** 2, total 138:08
- **Genres:** Opera

## Track listing

### CD1

**Tauno Pylkkänen**

- *Mare and Her Son - Opera in Three Acts*
1. Act I, Act II (66:07)

### CD2

**Tauno Pylkkänen**

- *Mare and Her Son - Opera in Three Acts*
1. Act III (72:01)

## Features

2 CDs; booklet with liner notes and synopsis in English, German, French and Finnish, and the libretto in the original Finnish and in English

## Press

Expressive melodies dominate that are never schmaltzy, but make Pylkkänen appear to be a true "Puccini of the North".

Klaus Kalchschmid, Opernwelt 12/2005

## Buy or stream

- [Buy](https://Ondine.lnk.to/ODE10552DOW)

## Related pages

- [Tauno Pylkkänen (1918–1980)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/pylkk-nen-tauno.md)
- [Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/tiihonen-kirsi.md)
- [Raimo Sirkiä, tenor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/sirki-raimo.md)
- [Esa Ruuttunen, baritone](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/ruuttunen-esa.md)
- [Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/uusitalo-juha.md)
- [Estonian National Opera Chorus, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/estonian-national-opera-chorus.md)
- [Estonian National Opera Orchestra, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/estonian-national-opera-orchestra.md)
- [Hannu Lintu, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/lintu-hannu.md)