Leevi Madetoja: The Ostrobothnians

Leevi Madetoja: The Ostrobothnians Finnish National Opera Helsinki

Also known as Leevi Madetoja : Les Ostrobothniens Opéra national de Finlande, Helsinki, Leevi Madetoja: Die Österbottner Finnische Nationaloper, Helsinki, Gli Ostrobotniani di Leevi Madetoja Opera Nazionale Finlandese Helsinki

Finland may be the happiest country on earth, but it is also known as the land of a thousand sad songs. Lurking in the shadows of this Nordic welfare state are violence, alcoholism and inequality. A century after its premiere, the most Finnish of all operas is now being performed in a new production at the Helsinki Opera House.