Aulikki Rautawaara

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Aulikki Rautawaara as Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro

Terttu Aulikki Rautawaara [ ˈɑu̯likːi ˈrɑu̯tɑvɑːrɑ ] (born May 2, 1906 in Vaasa , † December 29, 1990 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Aulikki Rautawaara was born in the Gulf of Bothnia . After she had to give up her piano training due to a hand injury , she trained her voice with her father, a singing teacher in Helsinki, and in Berlin. She made her debut at the Helsinki Opera in 1932 . Numerous guest appearances followed at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera , the Salzburg Festival and the Wiener Festwochen , in Berlin, Munich and Amsterdam, often as an interpreter of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . Rautawaara sang at the Royal Swedish Opera and has taken roles in operettas and music films. In Germany she played in the comedy Everything listens to my command in 1934 .

In the late 1940s she performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in Visby . At that time she had already established herself as an interpreter of Scandinavian songs ( Jean Sibelius and Ture Rangström ). After finishing her career as a singer, she was a singing teacher in Helsinki.

Aulikki Rautawaara was married to Reino Palmroth and from 1956 to 1958 with the Finnish composer Erik Bergman .

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SURNAME Rautawaara, Aulikki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rautawaara, Terttu Aulikki (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Vaasa
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1990
Place of death Helsinki