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Aino Ackté
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Aino Ackté (23 April 1876, in Helsinki – 8 August 1944, in Vihti, originally Achte) was a Finnish soprano. She was the first international star of the Finnish opera scene after Alma Fohström, and a groundbreaker for the domestic field. Ackté's parents were mezzo-soprano Emmy Achté (née Strömer) and the conductor-composer Lorenz Nikolai Achté. Aino Ackté married doctor Heikki Renvall in 1901 and gave birth to a daughter, Glory Leppänen, the same year. Their son, Mies Reenkola, was born in 1908. The young Ackté studied singing under her mother's tutelage until 1894 when she entered the Paris Conservatory (Edmond Duvernoy and Alfred Girodet). Her successful debut at the Paris Grand Opera happened in 1897 in Faust and she was signed on for six years as a result. In 1904 Ackté signed on to the New York Metropolitan Opera where she remained until 1906. In 1907 she created the title role of Richard Strauss' Salome in Leipzig and in 1910 in London. The Covent Garden premiere was an enormous success and Strauss himself proclaimed Ackté the "one and only Salome". Ackté considered the London performances her real breakthrough. Jean Sibelius dedicated his tone poem Luonnotar to Ackté and she premiered the work on 10 September 1913 at the Gloucester Festival in England. Ackté ended her international travels that same year and returned to Finland, where she gave her farewell performance in 1920. Her final public performances took place at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 1930. In 1911
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Liederkreis: Frühlingsnacht, op. 39/12 - Elle est à toi
352Le baiser
293Alternative take: Jeg elsker dig - Je t'aime
284Faust: Aj! Je ris de me voir - Air des bijoux
285Myrthen: Widmung, op. 25/1 - A ma fiancée
256Faust: Ah! Je ris de me voir - Air des bijoux
237Jeg elsker dig - Je t'aime
218Ariette
219Alternative take: Myrthen: Widmung op. 25/1 - A ma fiancée
1810Madame Chrysanthème: Écoutez, c'est le chant des cigales - Valse des cigales
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Aino Ackté: Collected Recordings 1902-1913
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Aino Ackte (Collected Recordings, 1902-1913)
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Vocal Recital: Ackte, Aino - Verdi, G. / Wagner, R. / Gounod / Grieg, E. / Messager / Merikanto / Schumann, R. (Collected Recordings, 1902-1913)
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Arkistojen aarteita
Collected Recordings 1902-1913
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Edvard Grieg: The Vocal Music In Historic Interpretations - Acoustical Recordings (1888-1924)
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Suomalainen äänilevy 100 vuotta - Taidemusiikki
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Elävä Arkisto
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Aino Ackté: Complete (Ackté, Ondine)