This Ondine Release Marks the World Premiere Recording of Veli-Matti Puumala's (B. 1965) Opera Anna Liisa, Based on a Popular 19th C. Finnish Play Concerning the Tragedy of the Protagonist Caught Between the Norms of the Surrounding Society and Her Own Moral Conscience. The Music Is Characterized By a Clash of Intense and Energetic Textures with Quiet Landscapes with a Quite Different Timescale. In Addition to Jan Soderblom Conducting the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Opera Features Several Well-Known Finnish Opera Artists. Mr. Puumala Is Prof. Of Composition at the Sibelius Academy.
