Jussi Jalas

He studied at the Helsingfors Conservatory 1923–30 (later renamed the Sibelius Academy), and then in Paris 1933–34, under Wladimir Pohl, Pierre Monteux and Rhené-Baton.

He conducted the Finnish premieres of Benjamin Britten's operas Peter Grimes and The Rape of Lucretia.

His discography includes a complete recording of Leevi Madetoja's opera, Juha, with Jorma Hynninen, as well as, for Westminster, Norman Treigle's two recital albums, "Arias from Italian, French and German Opera" (1967) and "Operatic Heroes and Villains" (1968).

For the same label, he conducted Beverly Sills' first recital album, "Bellini and Donizetti Heroines" (1968).

Among his "pirated" recordings is that of a 1971 Helsinki concert featuring Anja Silja in excerpts from Götterdämmerung and Tristan und Isolde.