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The divine Karita made me a definitive fan of hers when I saw her performance as Elsa in this production of "Lohengrin".
She's GLORIOUS !!!!!!!!! A wonderful souvenir !
Conductor : James Conlon / Stage production : Robert Carsen
Paris Opera Bastille, 1996
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Finnish soprano Karita Mattila sings one of the most climactic readings of the finale of Richard Strauss' Salome, "Ach, ich habe deine Mund geküsst".
Herodes is sung by Siegfried Jerusalem and the conductor is Valery Gergiev.
(Metropolitan Opera, 2004)
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Karita Mattila sings Rusalka's Song to the Moon in the 2001 Cardiff Singer of the World Gala. Richard Hickox conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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Richard Strauss' Salome from the Paris Opera 2003 with Karita Mattila, Falk Struckmann, Anja Silja, Chris Merritt et al. James Conlon conducts l'Orchestre de l'Opéra National Paris.
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Karita Mattila sings "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki in October 2005. Julia Jones conducts the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and The Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis.
Video duration: 343 seconds
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Karita Mattila sings Baïlèro from Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret's Songs of Auvergne. Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Video duration: 248 seconds
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Karita Mattila sings "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from Catalani's La Wally at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki in October 2005. Julia Jones conducts The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.
Video duration: 277 seconds
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Tuijotin tulehen kauan (I was staring at the fire for a long time, 1907) is one of the 46 songs for voice and piano by the Finnish composer Toivo Kuula (1883--1918). The poem is by Eino Leino (1878--1926). At the piano Ilmo Ranta.
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Karita Mattila, Päivi Nisula, Matti Salminen, Tom Krause, Seppo Ruohonen and Johann Tilli in the act II finale of Verdi's Aida in the opening gala of the new Finnish National Opera house in 1993. Miguel Gómez-Martinez conducts.
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Karita Mattila sings Amelia's "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" in the opening gala of the new Finnish National Opera house in 1993. Miguel Gómez-Martinez conducts.
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Karita Mattila sings "In quelle trine morbide" from Puccini's Manon Lescaut at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki in October 2005. Julia Jones conducts the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.