Aino (opera)
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Aino is an opera by Erkki Melartin, composed in 1912 to a libretto by . The opera is based on the Kalevala, more specifically on the character of Aino. Its music shows the influence of Richard Wagner.
Synopsis[]
Väinö, a godly figure and the son of Luonnotar, wants to taste the pleasures of mortals. He does so with Aino who personifies nature. Väinö meets Aino and they agree to marry. Aino's brother Jouko opposes the match and challenges Väinö to a singing match which he loses. The second act traces the preparations for the wedding and the ceremony itself. Väinö fashions a kantele, a musical instrument, from a birch tree. Aino disappears and in the final ecstatic monologue dives into the sea against the aural tapestry of a chorus of water nymphs.
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- Finnish-language operas
- Operas based on the Kalevala
- Operas
- 1912 operas
- Operas by Erkki Melartin
- Operas set in fictional, mythological and folkloric settings
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