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May 02, 1906 Vaasa, Finland Died on 29 Dec 1990 (aged 84)
Finnish soprano
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About Aulikki Rautawaara
- Terttu Aulikki Rautawaara (May 2, 1906, Vaasa — December 29, 1990, Helsinki) was a Finnish soprano.
- She was famous for her interpretation of works by Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius, including some of the first recordings of Sibelius made outside Scandinavia.
- She played the part of Countess Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, in the first ever opera performed at the Glyndebourne festival (1934), and continued to play a number of parts in operas staged in Glyndebourne in the 1930s.
- She recorded many duets with Peter Anders, among others.
- She also appeared in British and German films in the 1930s (e.g.
- the German comedy Alles hört auf mein Kommando).
- In 1945, Jean Sibelius dedicated the Hymn to Thaïs to her.Aulikki Rautawaara was briefly married to the Finnish composer Erik Bergman, from 1956 to 1958, that being her third marriage.
