Juha, Op. 74, is a verismo opera in three acts—comprising six tableaux—written from 1931 to 1934 by the Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja. The libretto, a collaboration between Madetoja and the Finnish
The composer (c. 1937)
Rapids are a recurring plot point in Juha: over them, Marja escapes with Shemeikka; and in them, a ruined Juha downs himself.
Armas Järnefelt 1930s 1940s
Leevi Antti Madetoja was a Finnish composer, music critic, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as one of the most significant Finnish contempo
Paris (c. 1890s), where Madetoja studied from 1910 to 1911; he fell in love with the city and returned many times
Robert Kajanus, to whom Madetoja dedicated his First Symphony