Kaivos (The Mine) (complete opera)
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RAUTAVAARA
Kaivos (The Mine) (complete opera)
Hannu Niemelä / Johanna RusanenKartano / Jorma Hynninen / Jaakko Kortekangas / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Hannu Lintu
[ Ondine / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 June 2011
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"The Mine of the title is a microcosm of both society and the individual soul - and its inhabitants are cast from strength. The great Jorma Hynninen is in untarnished voice as the dictator figure, The Commissar; the bass Hannu Niemala is a dark Simon...and the mezzo-tinted soprano Johanna Rusanen-Kartano a powerful Ira, his compromised lover."
(BBC Music Magazine)
"Any cast willing to take on this dauntingly unglamorous music, and able to do so with such authority, commands rather more than respect. There is certainly some strain in the singing but also a compelling quota of dramatic truth and passion. Hannu Lintu's belief in the work shines through and he brings the Tampere Philharmonic with him undaunted...The recording fills a major gap in the Ruatavaara discography and fills it with distinction."
(Gramophone)
"The Mine of the title is a microcosm of both society and the individual soul - and its inhabitants are cast from strength. The great Jorma Hynninen is in untarnished voice as the dictator figure, The Commissar; the bass Hannu Niemala is a dark Simon...and the mezzo-tinted soprano Johanna Rusanen-Kartano a powerful Ira, his compromised lover."
(BBC Music Magazine)
