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The red line

Title
  1. The red line [videorecording] / Aulis Sallinen ; libretto, Aulis Sallinen, based on the novel by Ilmari Kianto ; co-production The Finnish National Opera, YLE, Ondine, Inc.
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  1. [Helsinki] : Ondine, p2010.

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Additional authors
  1. Sallinen, Aulis.
  2. Kianto, Ilmari, 1874-1970.
  3. Hynninen, Jorma, 1941-
  4. Nisula, Päivi.
  5. Alamikkotervo, Aki.
  6. Forsberg, Hannu.
  7. Franck, Mikko, 1979-
  8. Milonoff, Pekka.
  9. Ijäs, Eeva, 1952-
  10. Turunen, Erika.
  11. Westman, Juha, 1961-
  12. Numminen, Ari.
  13. Cronvall, Aarno.
  14. Suomen kansallisooppera. prf
  15. Tanssiryhmä Tsuumi. prf
  16. Suomen kansallisooppera.
  17. Yleisradio Oy.
  18. Ondine Inc.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (159 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. "Set in 1907, the year of the first election under universal suffrage in Finland. Topi, a poor crofter (baritone), with his wife Riika (soprano) and children, is struggling to eke out a miserable livelihood in the bleak north Finnish backwoods. A marauding bear has killed their last remaining sheep; the Church coldly rejects appeals for help. Topi goes off to sell some game he has caught, and in the meantime a wandering pedlar turns up. He entertains the children with a ballad. Soon afterwards a professional socialist agitator appears in the village. If only the poor peasants and their wives will draw a red line on the ballot paper, their oppression will be at an end, and a new era of justice and prosperity will dawn. However, for Topi and Riika the agitator's promises turn out to be hollow"--Erkki Arni, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
Subject
  1. Peasants > Finland > Drama
  2. Suffrage > Finland > Drama
  3. Filmed operas
  4. Elections > Finland > Drama
  5. Operas
Genre/Form
  1. Filmed operas.
Note
  1. Opera in 2 acts, op. 46.
  2. Program notes and synopsis in English and Finnish (23 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) in container.
  3. Bonus: interviews with Aulis Sallinen, Pekka Milonoff, Mikko, Franck and Jorma Hynninen (44 min.)
Credits (note)
  1. Stage director, Pekka Milonoff ; set designer, Eeva Ijäs ; costume designer, Erika Turunen ; lighting designer, Juha Westman ; choreographer, Ari Numminen ; director of photography, Teuvo Karhu ; directed for video by Aarno Cronvall.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded in performance in May 2008 at the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki.
System details (note)
  1. DVD, NTSC, all regions; soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
Language (note)
  1. Sung in Finnish, with optional Finnish and English subtitles; DVD menus in English and Finnish.