# World live première of Einojuhani Rautavaara's first opera 'Kaivos'

> On 24 September 2010, the three-act opera Kaivos ("The Mine") - Einojuhani Rautavaara's first opera written during the years 1957-58 and 1960 - was finally…

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/news/world-live-premi-re-of-einojuhani-rautavaara-s-first-opera-kaivos

- **Category:** News
- **Date:** 27 September 2010
- **Publisher:** Ondine

On 24 September 2010, the three-act opera *Kaivos* ("The Mine") - [Einojuhani Rautavaara](http://ondine.net/?lid=en&cid=4.2&oid=622)'s first opera written during the years 1957-58 and 1960 - was finally given its live première in a concert performance at Tampere Hall in Finland. Hannu Lintu conducted the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, the specially assembled Kaivos Choir, and a cast of leading Finnish soloists (Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, Hannu Niemelä, Jorma Hynninen, Mati Turi, Jaakko Kortekangas, Tuomas Katajala, and Petri Pussila). The composer attended the performance. This production was also recorded in the studio for a CD release by Ondine in early 2011 ([ODE 1174-2](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1174-2)).

The work's underlying thematic allusions to the Hungarian uprising of 1956 impeded a staged production and live performance in Finland, a neighboring country of the then Soviet Union. Instead, a TV production by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) was broadcast first on 10 April 1963. Subsequent attempts of a live performance had remained unsuccessful, and the work is still awaiting its première in a staged production.

For more information, in Finnish, visit the website of the [Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra](http://www.tamperefilharmonia.fi/kaivos/).

## Related release

- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: Kaivos (The Mine) - Opera in Three Acts](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1174-2.md): Simon, Hannu Niemelä · Ira, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano · Commissar, Jorma Hynninen · Priest, Jaakko Kortekangas · Marko, Mati Turi · Vanha, Petri Pussila · A miner, Tuomas Katajala · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 1174-2, 2011)