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The Red Line
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The Red Line (Punainen viiva) is an opera in two acts with music by Aulis Sallinen to a libretto by the composer, which premiered on 30 November 1978 at the Finnish National Opera.[1][2]
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The Red Line Punainen viiva | |
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Opera by Aulis Sallinen | |
![]() Aulis Sallinen in 2009 | |
Librettist | Sallinen |
Language | Finnish |
Based on | Punainen viiva by Ilmari Kianto |
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Based on the 1909 novel Punainen viiva by Ilmari Kianto (1874–1970), the opera – like the novel – is set in 1907, a watershed year in Finnish history during which its first elections were held, leading eventually to Finnish independence in 1917.[3]