# Leevi Madetoja: Juha - Opera in Six Tableaux

> Leevi Madetoja: Juha - Opera in Six Tableaux – Jorma Hynninen, Maija Lokka, Eero Erkkilä. Ondine ODE 714-2, CD, released May 1988.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-714-2

- **Composer:** Leevi Madetoja
- **Work(s):** Juha - Opera in Six Tableaux
- **Performers:** Jorma Hynninen, juha; Maija Lokka, marja; Eero Erkkilä, shemeikka; Finnish Radio Youth Choir; Finnish RSO; Jussi Jalas, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 714-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 May 1988
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195071427
- **Tracks:** 2, total 98:59
- **Genres:** Opera

## Track listing

### CD 1

**Leevi Madetoja**

- *Juha - Opera in Six Tableaux*
1. Tableaux I-III (57:58)

### CD 2

**Leevi Madetoja**

- *Juha - Opera in Six Tableaux*
1. Tableaux IV-VI (41:01)

## About this recording

This double CD contains one of the great Finnish national operas, Juha, composed by Leevi Madetoja in 1934. The libretto by Aino Ackté and Leevi Madetoja is based on the novel of the same name by Juhani Aho. The realistic and psychological drama centres on a couple living in the eastern part of Finland, Juha and Marja, the latter of whom gets seduced by the wayfaring trader Shemeikka.

The recording was originally produced by the Finnish Broadcasting Company, TV 1 in 1977. Ondine released this digital remix in 1988.

The cast includes

Jorma Hynninen: Juha

Maija Lokka: Marja, Juha's young wife

Eero Erkkilä: Shemeikka, a prosperous Karelian peddler

Anita Välkki: Juha's mother

Margareta Haverinen: a hired girl on Juha's farm

Tapani Valtassari: the vicar

Merja Wirkkala: Shemeikka's summer sweetheart

Maaria Mestomäki: Maiden I

Kristina Haartti: Maiden II

Kai Airinen: Man I

Kalevi Olli: Man II

## Features

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

## Buy or stream

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## Related pages

- [Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/madetoja-leevi.md)
- [Jorma Hynninen, baritone](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/hynninen-jorma.md)
- [Maija Lokka, soprano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/lokka-maija.md)
- [Eero Erkkilä, tenor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/erkkil-eero.md)
- [Finnish Radio Youth Choir, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/finnish-radio-youth-choir.md)
- [Jussi Jalas, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/jalas-jussi.md)

## Also recommended

- [Leevi Madetoja: Complete Lieder Vol. 2](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-995-2.md): Helena Juntunen, soprano · Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano (ODE 995-2, 2003)
- [Leevi Madetoja: Complete Lieder Vol. 1](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-996-2.md): Gabriel Suovanen, baritone · Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano (ODE 996-2, 2002)