Kortekangas, Olli - Messenius and Lucia - Opera in Two Acts (2 CD) - Niemelä, Hannu (baritone)

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World première recording - The opera was commissioned by the City of Oulu in northern Finland as part of its 400th anniversary and premiered there on September 16th, 2005. The recording features leading soloists from the Finnish National Opera, as well as the ensembles of the premiere performance. The libretto by Juha Seppälä combines true historical drama with a fictitious mismatched love story. The story, in two acts, traces the life of Swedish historian Johannes Messenius, a popular lecturer at the university of Upsala, who fell foul of powerful people and was sent into exile. Messenius and his wife Lucia spent twenty years as prisoners at Kajaani castle in eastern Finland, where he wrote his most lauded works. He died in Oulu less than a year after his release, in 1636.



This production is very much on the highest level, in terms of vocal performances, sound, and technique. (...) It aims at a general audience without being opportunistic.

- Michael Kube, FonoForum, October 2006, Music***** / Sound*****




Hannu Niemelä, baritone

Päivi Nisula, soprano

Essi Luttinen, mezzo-soprano

Niklas Spångberg, bass

Riku Pelo, baritone

Lassi Virtanen, tenor

Jouni Kokora, bass-baritone

Paula Etelävuori, contralto

Jaakko Kuusela, baritone

Kasper Parkkinen

Jani Posti

Elli Seeskorpi

Pertti Sveholm, spoken role

Oulu Chamber Choir,

Chorus master: Kari Kaarna

Boys' Choir Ynnin Pojat,

Chorus master: Mihkel Koldits

Oulu Symphony Orchestra

Arvo Volmer, conductor