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Rebecka Ahvenniemi

1982 -

Finland | Norway

R.S. Ahvenniemi

Rebecka Sofia [Rebecka] Ahvenniemi (04/08/1982) is a female composer and philosopher living in Norway. Most of Rebecka’s music is written score music, often combining acoustic instruments with electronic mediums. In many of her musical works, as well as research and writing, she engages in questions that concern culture and society on a larger scale. Rebecka’s music has been performed internationally in most Nordic countries, USA, Canada, and UK.

Source:

https://soundcloud.com/rebecka-sofia-ahvenniemi

Requiem for Mimì and Other Women Who Died in Opera

Period:	21st century
Composed in:	2021
Musical form:	free
Text/libretto:	Latin mass and other texts
Duration:	19'
In memory of:	for Mimì and Other Women Who Died in Opera

Requiem for Mimì and Other Women Who Died in Opera contains:
01. Introit
02. Tranquil' and happy
03. How cold your hand is
04. Ogffertorium
05. Mimì's and Musetta's duet
06. Libera me

Source:	https://vimeo.com/543973289
Contributor:	Arye Kendi

Mimì is a protagonist in Puccini's Opera La Bohème (1896). Four struggling bohemians – a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher are living together in Paris, when one freezing Christmas Eve their lives are changed forever. A girl named Mimì knocks on their door looking for a candle light, and she and Rodolfo fall in love. However, the rush of love at first sight soon gives way to something much darker – it becomes clear that Mimì is desperately ill, and that Rodolfo, in his poverty, cannot provide for her. Our bohemians try to find their way, but are soon sharply awoken to the harsh realities of life…

Source:

https://www.operanorth.co.uk/news/la-boheme-in-a-nutshell/#:~:text=La%20boh%C3%A8me%20is%20based%20on,their%20lives%20are%20changed%20forever.

G. Puccini (composer
of opera La Bohème)

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