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"Räisänen's strength lies in the dynamic flexibility of her voice and in her ability to express the nuances of music and drama."

-Kaleva-

 

"Astonishingly naturally Räisänen-Midth played and sang simultaneously, as if having an expressive dialogue between bright and dark sides of her personality. She has similar kind of lyrical and radiantly beautiful tone both in her singing voice and in her violin."

-Helsingin Sanomat-

 

"Virpi Räisänen-Midth has a reliable, balanced mezzo soprano voice. She is a great discovery for the double role of La Muse and Nicklausse."

-Helsingin Sanomat-

 

 

 

   
Repertoire

OPERA

 

L. Delibes            Mallika (Lakmé)

 

G. Donizetti         Pipetto (Viva la Mamma)

 

C.W. Gluck          Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice)

 

G.F. Händel         Elmira (Floridante)

 

G.F. Händel         Sesto (Julius Caesare)

 

W.A. Mozart        Dorabella (Così fan tutte)

 

W.A. Mozart        Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro)

 

W.A. Mozart        Sesto (La Clemenza di Tito)

 

H. Purcell             Dido, Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas)

 

J. Offenbach        La Muse/Nicklausse (les contes d'Hoffmann)

 

A. Thomas           Frederick (Mignon) 

 

E. Humperdinck   Hexe (Hänsel und Gretel)

 

F. Martin              Iseut aux Blanches Mains, alto 4 (Le Vin Herbé)

 

M. Fagerrud        Straat engel (Bedelaarjes)

 

J. Kaipainen        Girl (X-citement op.81)

 

L. Nono               Soprano 4 (Al gran sole carico d'amore)

 

W. Rihm              Mezzosoprano/Nymph, Dolphin, Esmeralda, Mänad

                          (Dionysos)

      

 

 

ORATORIO

 

J.S. Bach                 Hoche Messe

                               Magnificat

                               Matthäus - Passion

                               Johannes - Passion

                               Weihnachts - Oratorium

 

W.A. Mozart            Grosse Messe

                               Requiem

                               Laudate Dominum

 

L. van Beethoven   Symphony no.9

 

G.F. Händel             Theodora (Irene) 

 

G. Carissimi             Jephte

 

G. Pergolesi             Stabat Mater

 

A. Scarlatti               Stabat Mater

 

G. Rossini                 Stabat Mater

 

A. Vivaldi                  Salve Regina

                                Cessate, omai Cessate

 

G. Verdi                    Requiem

 

M. Duruflé                 Requiem 

 

C. Saint-Saëns         Oratorio de Noël

 

E. Elgar                     Sea Pictures (Maria Magdala) 

 

I. Stravinsky             Oedipus Rex (Jocasta)

 

M. Tipett                   A Child of our Time 

 

 

 

 

LIED

Song cycles (among others): 

 A. Berg
 Sieben frühe Lieder Zwei Lieder “Schliesse mir die Augen beide”
 J. Brahms  Zwei Geistliches Wiegenlied Op.91 (voice, viola, piano)
 C. Debussy  Trois chansons de Bilitis
 G. Mahler  Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
 W. Pijper  Fêtes galantes
 F. Poulenc  Banalités
 Trois chansons de Garcia-Lorca
 E-J. Rautavaara  Der Liebenden
 H. Saksio  Afroditen Hymy (dedicated to Virpi, Viola and Virve Räisänen, voice,violin,piano)
 R. Schumann  Liederkreis Op.39
Frauenliebe und Leben Op.42
 A. Schönberg  Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Op.15
 Pierrot Lunaire Op.21
 L. Spohr  6 Gesänge Op.154 (voice, violin, piano)
 R. Vaughan-Williams  Ten Blake Songs (voice, oboe)
 A. Webern  Fünf Lieder Op.4
 H. Wolf  Mignon Lieder, Lieder aus Italienisches Lieder Buch
 L. van Beethoven  Scottisch and Welsh Songs
 L. Berio  4 Canzoni popolari
 M. Ravel  Cinq mélodies populaires greques

plus numerous of songs by: Barber, Beethoven, Berg, Berio (Sequenza III), Brahms, Cage, Chausson (Chanson perpétuelle), Debussy, de Falla, Fauré, Grieg, Mahler, Messien, Mozart, Ravel, Satie, Schubert, Schumann, Schönberg, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Wolf, etc.

Finnish songs by: Ainali, Kuula, Kilpinen, Madetoja, Melartin, A. Merikanto , O. Merikanto, Nummi, Rautavaara, Sibelius

etc., etc....

 

 

VIULAJA PROJECT (violin-mezzo)

 

 J.S. Bach 3 Preludes (arr. Virpi Räisänen-Midth)
 S.Casali– Krzentowsky  Lehtileikkeitä – Krantenknipsels (dedicated to Virpi Räisänen)
 G. Holst  Sacret Songs for voice and violin
 R. Vaughan-Williams  Along the Fields for voice and violin
 I. Mäenpää  Trasparente (dedicated to Virpi Räisänen)
 J. Kaipainen  X-CITEMENT for Singing Violinist, Accordion Player, Story Teller and Reciting Mens' Choir
 A. Hyvärinen  Cosmic Messenger for mezzo-soprano, violin and accordion
 J. van Vugt  Three Songs (poems by W.Blake)
 Trad.       Vanha Virsi Taalainmaalta (arr. R. Ainali)
 H. Österman
       Salotiellä (mezzo-violin, cello)
 H. Österman
       Doch alles was uns anrührt (mezzo-violin, cello)
   
 

 

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

                           

 
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