Kullervo

Symphonic poem by Jean Sibelius for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on legends from the Kalevala. It was withdrawn after its first performance in Helsinki, Finland, on 28 April 1892 and not heard again until after Sibelius's death in 1957. It is also the title of an opera in two acts by Aulis Sallinen (libretto by composer, after Aleksis Kivi), first produced at the Music Center, Los Angeles, USA, on 25 February 1992. It tells how Kullervo, raised in violence and alienation, commits violence on all around him, before his own suicide.