FULL Silmänkääntäjä (Hannu Sinnemäki) Helsinki 1997 Ilkka Hämäläinen, Katriina Kerppola, Jaakko Hietikko

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Silmänkääntäjä   
• Composer: Sinnemäki Hannu  
• Libretto: Pietari Hannikainen    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Alminsal of the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland, Suomalainen Kamariooppera  
• Recorded: December 3, 1997
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Ilkka Hämäläinen, Katriina Kerppola, Jaakko Hietikko, Niina Ahola, Helinä Siltanen, Helena Tenhunen, Ulla Raiskio, Harri Kaitila, Petri Ratilainen, Petri Lindroos
• Conductor: Jyri Nissilä  
• Orchestra: Suomalaisen Kamarioopperan orkesteri  
• Stage Director: Timo Paavola  
• Stage Designer: Tiina Makkonen  
• Costume Designer:   
• Lighting Designer: Juha Westman  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Hannu Sinnemäki  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 2 Audio:2
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Composer’s characterization of the composition of his work:
Beginning: Introduction of leading themes and backwater sections.
Final part: Interweaving of leading themes as backwater episodes gradually recede.

The work contains three complete musical quotations: “Varpusen polska” from the 18th century Ostrobothnia/ “Rahalla saa” as an instrumental version from the Lapua songbook/ Four Hungarian salon dances from the 18th century.