Following "Yeah!Yeah!Die!Die!" from 1996, "Evangelicum" ("Evankeliumi") 1999 is the second Metal Symphony of Kaertsy Hatakka and the finnish band Waltari.
The world premiere was on october 15 1999 at the Finnish National Opera Helsinki and it was followed by ten sold out shows.
Choreography: Jorma Uotinen
Music: Kärtsy Hatakka, Roope Latvala
Lyrics: Kaertsy Hatakka
Arranger und conductor: Riku Niemi
Staging and make-up: Jorma Uotinen and Jari Kettunen
Licht Design: Bambi
Senior repetiteur: Harri Heikkinen
Sound engineers: Petteri Laukkanen, Heikki Iso-Ahola
Waltari:
Kärtsy Hatakka - vocals, bass
Jariot Lehtinen - guitar
Roope Latvala - guitar
Sami Yli-Sirniö - acoustic guitar
Janne Parviainen - drums
Tote Hatakka - keyboards
Finnish National Ballet:
Riina Aalto, Alexandra Campbell, Milla Eloranta, Özen Erdinc, Katja Frank, Francis Guardia, Sari Jokela, Joyce Kitseroo, Anna Konkari, Nelli Korpela, Gabrielle Lamb, Kaarina Leppänen, Ira Lindahl, Anneke Lönnroth, Camilla Rajalin, Armi Tihtonen, Susanna Vironmäki, Leena Virtanen, Tomi Blåberg, Henrik Burman, Jaakko Eerola, Pascal Jansson, Patrick Jurányi, Asla Jääskeläinen, Linas Kavaliauskas (vier.), Valeri Kononen, Maksim Lukjanov, Alberto Morino, Juha-Pekka Myllymäki, Jere Nurminen, Henrik Pettersson, Thomas Rydberg, Sami Saikkonen, Kimmo Sandell, Aapo Siikala, Jani Talo, Petri Toivanen, Javier Torres, Jouka Valkama, Klaus Vesala, Pekka Yli-Marttila, Eemu Äikiö
The voices: Kärtsy Hatakka, Tarja Turunen
Symphony orchestra and chamber choir of the Sibelius Upper Secondary School, chorus master Marjukka Riihimäki