Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 1924, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ta fara wasan opera a Opera ta Finnish karkashin jagorancin Tauno Hannikainen; himmar masu sukar da jama'a sun hanzarta tayar da aikin zuwa matsayin (ba da izini ba) na "gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kasa". Yin aiki a cikin ni'imar Madetoja shine amfani da sanannun waƙoƙin gargajiya da kuma mayar da hankali ga libretto akan 'yanci daga zalunci da ƙaddarar kai, halayen halayen da suka kasance musamman ga wata ƙasa da ta ci nasara
'yancin kai daga Rasha kwanan nan. Wannan wasan kwaikwayo na farko ya gudana har zuwa Nuwamba 1940, don jimlar wasanni 90, yana mai da shi babbar nasara a cikin aikin Madetoja. A yau, opera an gane shi a matsayin muhimmiyar gudummawar Finland ta farko ga wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo kuma an sake farfadowa sau da yawa.