Vilma Jää, a Finnish folk and pop singer, is bringing her eerie and affecting traditional music to the Metropolitan Opera.

Vilma Jää never expected to play a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas when she enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music.

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NEW YORK — When Vilma Jää enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music she never expected to end up playing a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas. Kaija Saariaho, ...

Vilma Jää Brings Herding Calls and Mocking Songs to Met Opera’s Production of 'Innocence' NEW YORK (AP) — When Vilma Jää enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music she never expected to end ...

Jatra, a form of folk theatre popular across West Bengal and Odisha, dates back to the rise of Vaishnavism and the Bhakti movement during the 16th century. The followers of the movement would sing and ...

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, left, and folk singer Vilma J during a rehearsal for Kaija Saariaho's "Innocence," at the Metropolitan Opera in New ...