Jukka Linkola
Jukka Romu, papa
Toni Wahlström, The Bogeyman
Mari Palo, Miss Sips (The Maid in the Castle)
Juha Hostikka, The Pirate Chief
Petteri Falck, Count Vampire
Angelika Klas, Witch Snaggletooth (Countess Alma)
Leena Liimatainen, The Witch's Broom (Vampire Ally)
Sami Vartiainen, Mr. Clutterbuck
One Spooky Night Choir
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka Linkola, conductor
This DVD Video features the one-act family opera Hui kauhistus! ("One Spooky Night") by Finnish composer-conductor Jukka Linkola. The libretto by Sami Parkkinen is based on the same named children's book which Mauri Kunnas (official website) wrote in 1985. Mauri Kunnas's books have been translated into 23 languages with over 5,5 million copies sold.
This DVD recording was made from live performances in July 2007 at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where Hui kauhistus! had been premièred one year earlier to critical acclaim. Jukka Linkola conducts a cast of known Finnish actors and singers. The production is staged by Minna Vainikainen and designed by Tarja Väätänen (sets), Riitta Röpelinen (costumes) and Ville Konttinen (lighting).
This DVD release was made in co-production with the Savonlinna Opera Festival. It includes full English subtitles and booklet notes in English and Finnish.
1 DVD Video (PAL all regions; 16:9; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / 2.0 Stereo); menu in Finnish/English; subtitles in English; booklet with liner notes, written by the composer, and synopsis in Finnish and English
Mauri Kunnaksen Koiramäki-kirjoihin perustuva lastenoopperasarja on ollut Savonlinnan oopperajuhlille menestys. (...) Jukka Romu Pappana ja etenkin Toni Wahlström Mörkönä venyvät huimaan fyysiseen ilmaisuun, jossa jännitys ja huumori kohtaavat juuri niin kuin oopperan teemaan sopii. Erityisen hienoa oopperan kohdeyleisön kannalta on, että sanoista saa selvän, jolloin Sami Parkkisen libreton juonenkäänteet ja riimit pääsevät oikeuksiinsa. (...) Musiikkikasvatuksen näkökulmasta kyseessä on huippulaadukas, monipuolinen johdatus oopperaan.
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Mari Palo studied with Sirkka Haavisto at the Central Ostrobothnian Conservatoire and has been a pupil of Marjut Hannula at the Sibelius Academy from 1996-2003. She has also studied with Elisabeth Norberg-Schultz, and Lied with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hartmut Höll, Mitshuko Shirai and Ilmo Ranta. She won third prize and the special prize of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) in the Lappeenranta Singing Competition in 1999 and second prize in the Merikanto Competition in 2001. Since then she has appeared with many orchestras and given Lied recitals of her own in Finland, Denmark, France and Hungary. Her operatic roles include Michaela in Carmen, Regina von Emmeritz in Kuusisto's The Royal Ring, the Girl in Juha T. Koskinen's The Old Woman, and the Squirrel in Kirmo Lintinen's Nuts about Nosh.
Jaakko Kuusisto
Toni Wahlström, Lemminkäinen (a cat) · Jukka Romu, Väinämöinen (a dog) · Juha Hostikka, Ilmarinen (a dog) · Eija Ahvo, Lemminkäinen's mother · Tiina Sinkkonen, Louhi (a wolf) · Mari Palo, tytti · Sami Vartiainen, Mr. Clutterbuck · The Canine Kalevala Choir · Kuopio Symphony Orchestra · Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor · watch YouTube trailer
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