Hannele: 2-näytöksinen unirunoelma

In a wind‑blown mountain hamlet, a storm rages on a bleak December night as the thin walls of a poor‑house creak under the weight of cold and prayer. An old, ragged woman named Tulpe intones a hymn by candlelight, while a restless young woman in a heavy veil bursts in, clutching a bundle of cloth and a sharp tongue. Their exchange crackles with raw desperation, a mix of humor and bitterness that pulls the listener into a cramped room where snow licks the windows and the air vibrates with whispered curses.

The piece unfolds as a two‑act dream‑poem, a theatrical tableau populated by teachers, caretakers, beggars and spectral angels that hover just beyond the doorway. Its language flows between stark realism and fevered imagination, offering a chorus of voices that echo the poverty, hope and uncanny reverence of a community on the edge. Listeners are invited to follow Hannele’s fevered visions as they swirl through the night, each turn revealing new, vivid encounters without spilling the story’s later secrets.