N! – Naisen rakkautta ja elämää

(Woman’s Love and Life)

text in Finnish by Tua Forsström (transl. Caj Westerberg), Mirkka Rekola, Riina Katajavuori, Johanna Venho, Arja Tiainen and Sirkka Turkka

stage work also contains Robert Schumann’s song cycle Frauenliebe und -Leben (partly arranged for the ensemble)

commissioned by Helsinki Festival

premier August 23, 2003, Helsinki Festival

Piia Komsi, Tanja Kauppinen-Savijoki, Riikka Rantanen, Tuija Hakkila, piano

Avanti! cond. Pietari Inkinen

produced by Taite ry: Ville Sandqvist (director), Carolus Enckell (set design), Jaana Kurttila (costumes), Janne Teivainen (lighting), Erik Söderblom (translations of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso)

N! Kvindens Liv og Kaerlighed

(2. production in Danish – transl. Helene Idström)

Den Anden Opera, Copenhagen, premier September 10, 2005

Eir Inderhaug, Signe Asmussen, Tuva Semmingsen, ensemble cond. Thomas Söndergård

Stina Ancker (director), Helene Billgren (set design and costumes), Mikkel Jensen (lighting)

Kvinnoliv & Kärlek

(3. production in Swedish – transl. Lars Zilliacus)

Strindbergs Intima teater, premier March, 10, 2006

Anette Stridh, Angela Wannbäck, Ulrika Precht, Kammarensemblen cond. Sonny Jansson

Stina Ancker (director), Helene Billgren (set design and costumes), Tove Björling (lighting)

available at Music Finland:

https://core.musicfinland.fi/works/naisen-rakkautta-ja-elamaa-c04048c2-d0a6-49db-aac8-b5634df317ac