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Luonnotar is a music fantasy and a new interpretation of the primeval Kalevala epic and the myth of the creation of the world. The first song of the Kalevala, the Daughter of Ether, is visualized by using a virtual set design and digital animation. The masterpiece of the music by composer Jean Sibelius is interpreted by great Finnish performing artists, soprano Riikka Hakola, dancer Nina Hyvärinen, and conductor Leif Segerstam, and the grand Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
"In primeval times, a Maiden,
Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,
Passed for ages her existence
In the great expanse of heaven,
O´er the prairies yet unfolded..."
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