King Lear

Alternative title: Kuningas Lear
Synopsis: Radio broadcast. Aulis Sallinen’s three-act opera King Lear (Op. 76) with Matti Salminen in the title role. The Finnish National Opera and Chorus is conducted by Okko Kamu.
Series: Performance on 3
Language: Finnish
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 15 Sep 2000
Transmission details: 25 Jan 2001 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 60 mins

Notes: Recorded at its world premiere in Helsinki on 15 September 2000.
Textual information: Adapted by Sallinen from a Finnish translation by the poet Matti Rossi.

Matti Salminen	Lear
Lilli Passikivi	Cordelia
Jorma Hynninenem	Earl of Gloucester
Aki Alamikkotervo	Fool
Saull Tillikalnen	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Hannu Forsberg	King of France
Jorma Silvasti	Edmund
Kai Pitkanen	Duke of Cornwall
Kirsi Tilhonen	Regan
Petr Lindroos	Duke of Albany
Taini Pilra	Goneril