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3:
Juha Opera in three acts
Music by Aarre Merikanto Libretto by AINO ACKTE
(sung in Finnish): records
Marja, trapped in marriage to the older Juha, runs away with Shemeikka. She bears his child, but when she learns that she is just another in a long string of conquests, she returns to Juha. When they go to collect her child the truth that she really hates her husband comes out. Juha kills himself. with JORMA FALCK (bass)
TAPANI VALTASAARI (baritone) MAIJU KUUSOJA (contralto) ULLA MAIJALA (soprano) HARM NIKKONEN (bass)
KAARINA SYKARI (SOpranO)
MARGOT EHNSTROM (contralto) RAIJA MAATTANEN-FALCK (mezzo-soprano)
FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA/ULF SODERBLOM Act

Contributors

Unknown:
Juha Opera
Music By:
Aarre Merikanto
Bass:
Jorma Falck
Baritone:
Tapani Valtasaari
Contralto:
Maiju Kuusoja
Soprano:
Ulla Maijala
Bass:
Harm Nikkonen
Soprano:
Kaarina Sykari
Contralto:
Margot Ehnstrom
Mezzo-Soprano:
Raija Maattanen-Falck
Source: Radio Times

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