Aino Ackté's lyrics & chords

Aino Ackté (23 April 1876, in Helsinki – 8 August 1944, in Vihti, originally Achte) was a Finnish soprano. She was the first international star of the Finnish opera scene after Alma Fohström, and a groundbreaker for the domestic field. Ackté's parents were mezzo-soprano Emmy Achté (née Strömer) and the conductor-composer Lorenz Nikolai Achté. Aino Ackté married doctor Heikki Renvall in 1901 and gave birth to a daughter, Glory Leppänen, the same year. Their son, Mies Reenkola, was born in 1908. The young Ackté studied singing under...read more