Soile Marja Isokoski (born 14 February 1957) is a Finnish lyric soprano , active in opera , concert works and lieder .
18-868: Isokoski was born in Posio , Finland. She graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (a cantor-organist diploma, a singing teacher's degree and a singing diploma) and made her concert debut there in 1986. Isokoski won the Lappeenranta song competition in Finland (1987), the Elly Ameling Competition in the Netherlands (1988), and the Tokyo International Singing Competition (1990). In 1987 she
36-512: A unitary state : the provincial authorities were part of the central government's executive branch and apart from Åland , the provinces had little autonomy. There were never any elected provincial parliaments in continental Finland. The system was initially created in 1634. Its makeup was changed drastically on 1 September 1997, when the number of the provinces was reduced from twelve to six. This effectively made them purely administrative units, as linguistic and cultural boundaries no longer followed
54-482: A border. In 1634, administratives provinces were formed in Sweden, and therefore in Finland, which was a part of Sweden until 1809. Five of the provinces covered what is now Finland; some of these also covered parts of what are now Russia. The exact division of the country into provinces has fluctuated over time. The boundaries of the old provinces partly survive in telephone area codes and electoral districts. The exception
72-728: A good addition to the Met roster." In 2007 Isokoski made her San Francisco Opera debut portraying the role of the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier . In 2010 she made her Los Angeles Opera debut as Elsa in Lohengrin . She has also appeared at many festivals such as Salzburg Festival , Edinburgh International Festival , Chorégies d'Orange , The Proms in London, Tanglewood Music Festival and Savonlinna Opera Festival . Isokoski's song repertoire
90-563: A single language, Finnish . Major employers in Posio are the municipality itself, a major pottery manufacturer Pentik and agriculture (especially dairy farming). The European route E63 runs through the northern-eastern parts of the municipality. Korouoma canyon and natural reserve is located in Posio. 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the center of Posio is a microstate called Valtio [ fi ] , founded by Ari "Paska" Peltonen in 2006. Posio's most renowned attractions are
108-667: Is Helsinki: there is a telephone numbering area that comprises Greater Helsinki (code 09), while only the city of Helsinki proper comprises the electoral district of Helsinki, the rest of Greater Helsinki belonging to the Uusimaa electoral district. a. ^ Some duties, which in Mainland Finland are handled by the provinces, are on the Åland Islands transferred to the autonomous Government of Åland . b. ^ The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. The provinces were abolished altogether effective 1 January 2010. Since then,
126-501: Is a municipality of Finland . It is located in the province of Lapland . The municipality has a population of 2,872 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 3,544.90 square kilometres (1,368.69 sq mi) of which 506.14 km (195.42 sq mi) is water. The population density is 0.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.4/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Rovaniemi , Kemijärvi , Ranua , Salla , Kuusamo , Taivalkoski and Pudasjärvi . The municipality has
144-971: Is extensive. She has given recitals with her regular accompanist Marita Viitasalo-Pohjola [ fi ] all over the world, including in New York, Washington, D.C., Fort Lauderdale, Vienna, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Rome, Athens, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Tokyo. Isokoski has appeared with many renowned conductors including Claudio Abbado , Vladimir Ashkenazy , Daniel Barenboim , James Conlon , Andrew Davis , Colin Davis , John Eliot Gardiner , Daniele Gatti , Valery Gergiev , Bernard Haitink , Marek Janowski , Neeme Järvi , Okko Kamu , James Levine , Zubin Mehta , Yehudi Menuhin , Riccardo Muti , Sakari Oramo , Seiji Ozawa , Simon Rattle , Esa-Pekka Salonen , Jukka-Pekka Saraste , Leif Segerstam , and Osmo Vänskä . CD DVD Posio Posio
162-755: The Hamburg State Opera , and the Cologne Opera . She made her début at the Metropolitan Opera as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro in 2002. The New York Times wrote on 28 January 2002: "Ms. Isokoski... touched on the Countess' sense of abandonment by the Count without diminishing her regal bearing or the graceful humor she must contribute to the second act. And her dark, burnished soprano should make her
180-534: The Pentik-mäki Culture Centre, Riisitunturi National Park , Korouoma Nature Reserve, and the clear waters of lakes Kitkajärvi and Livojärvi . There are also many outdoor recreational things to do in Posio . The world's northernmost ceramics factory is located in Posio. Pentik Oy interior design company was established in 1971 by Anu and Topi Pentikäinen. Regular events in Posio are the Posio Fair,
198-466: The Registry Offices (Finnish maistraatti , Swedish magistrat ). Formerly there was also a division to state local districts (Finnish kihlakunta , Swedish härad ), which were districts for police, prosecution, and bailiff services, but there was reorganization such that 24 police districts were founded. These usually encompass multiple municipalities. Provinces governed only state offices, such as
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#1733093677997216-540: The amateur theatre event Teatterihelinät, and the Traditional Fish Fair Market (Muikkumarkkinat) in July. Ala-Suolijärvi This Lapland (Finland) location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provinces of Finland Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces ( Finnish : Suomen läänit , Swedish : Finlands län ). Finland had always been
234-517: The borders of the provinces. The provinces were eventually abolished at the end of 2009. Consequently, different ministries may subdivide their areal organization differently. Besides the former provinces, the municipalities of Finland form the fundamental subdivisions of the country. In current use are the regions of Finland , a smaller subdivision where some pre-1997 lääni s are split into multiple regions. Åland retains its special autonomous status and its own regional parliament . Each province
252-643: The former province of Western Finland , and the former province of Oulu was revamped as Northern Finland; other old provincial boundaries remain much the same in the new disposition. In parallel, there are 15 Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Finnish: elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus , usually abbreviated ely-keskus ), which are responsible for other state administration: employment, road and transport infrastructure, and environmental monitoring . They are each responsible for one or more of regions of Finland , and include offices of
270-428: The police. Most services, such as healthcare and maintenance of local streets, were and remain today the responsibility of municipalities of Finland . Many municipalities are too small for a hospital and some other services, so they cooperate in municipality groups, e.g. health care districts, using borders that vary depending on the type of service. Often Swedish-language municipalities cooperate even if they do not share
288-779: The regional administration of the Finnish state has two parallel top-level organs in the hierarchy: the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment on the one hand, and the Regional State Administrative Agencies on the other. Six Regional State Administrative Agencies ( aluehallintovirasto, regionförvaltningsverk , abbr. avi ) – in addition to the State Department of Åland – are primarily responsible for law enforcement. Among these, South-Western Finland and Western and Central Finland cover
306-961: Was a finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition . She worked first as a church musician in Northern Finland. In 1987 she was engaged as a soloist with the Finnish National Opera and stayed there until 1994. Her first appearance there was as Mimi in Puccini 's La bohème in 1987. Isokoski has sung at all the leading opera houses in Europe, including the Vienna State Opera , Théâtre du Châtelet , Opéra Bastille , La Scala , Deutsche Oper Berlin , Berlin State Opera , Semperoper ,
324-544: Was led by a governor (Finnish maaherra , Swedish landshövding ) appointed by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet. The governor was the head of the State Provincial Office (Finnish lääninhallitus , Swedish länsstyrelse ), which acted as the joint regional authority for seven ministries in the following domains: The official administrative subentities under the Provincial Office authorities were
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