The Red Line
| The Red Line Punainen viiva | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Aulis Sallinen | |
Aulis Sallinen in 2009 | |
| Librettist | Sallinen |
| Language | Finnish |
| Based on | Punainen viiva by Ilmari Kianto |
| Premiere | |
The Red Line (Punainen viiva) is an opera in two acts with music by Aulis Sallinen to a libretto by the composer, which premiered on 30 November 1978 at the Finnish National Opera.
Based on the 1909 novel Punainen viiva by Ilmari Kianto (1874–1970), the opera – like the novel – is set in 1907, a watershed year in Finnish history during which its first elections were held, leading eventually to Finnish independence in 1917.