Ballad composed by Fredrik Pacius for the Hunt of King Charles
Performed in 1929 by Aleks Wilkko on trumpet and Salonkiorkesteri Graco (2:45)
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Kung Karls jakt (English: King Charles' Hunt; Finnish: Kaarle-kuninkaan metsästys) is an opera with music by Fredrik Pacius and a libretto by Zacharias Topelius. It was the first opera to be composed in Finland. Kung Karls jakt was first performed in Helsinki on 24 March 1852. Although the text is in Swedish (Swedish and Finnish are both official languages in Finland) it concerns an event from Finnish history when Finland was a province of Sweden in the 17th century. The work takes the form of a Singspiel with spoken dialogue between the musical numbers (the king himself does not sing). The music is heavily influenced by contemporary German and Italian opera, with a few Finnish elements such as the use of a kantele in one scene.
Salonkiorkesteri Graco (2:45) Problems playing this file? See media help. KungKarlsjakt (English: King Charles' Hunt; Finnish: Kaarle-kuninkaan metsästys)...
Livonian ethnic anthem "Min izāmō, min sindimō". In 1852, he composed KungKarlsjakt (The Hunt of King Charles), which was the first Finnish opera, with...
March 24 – First performance of Fredrik Pacius' opera KungKarlsjakt, the first to be composed in Finland, in Helsinki with a Swedish language libretto...
nationalism) to the first Finnish opera: Kaarle-kuninkaan metsästys (KungKarlsjakt). Topelius initially thought of writing a trivial entertainment, but...
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arrived in 1919. The first notable Finnish opera was Fredrik Pacius's KungKarlsjakt (King Carl's Hunt) in 1852, after which followed a "long hiatus" until...
Pacius, two notable, Swedish-language operas: King Charles's Hunt (KungKarlsjakt, 1852) and The Princess of Cyprus (Princessan af Cypern, 1860). Success...
Finnish composers—for example, Fredrik Pacius's King Charles's Hunt (KungKarlsjakt, 1852) and Jean Sibelius's The Maiden in the Tower (Jungfrun i tornet...
first notable Finnish opera was Fredrik Pacius's King Carl's Hunt (KungKarlsjakt) in 1852, after which followed a "long hiatus" until the rise of the...
written by Finland. The first native works were written in Swedish: Kung Carls jakt (The Hunt for King Charles, 1880), by Fredrik Pacius; Jungfrun i tornet...
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