”A ‘showcase for all the joyous manners of coloratura singing from baroque style to our time’ is how Anu Komsi describes Jukka Tiensuu’s cantata (for want of a better term) Voice verser (2012). Cast in three parts – ‘Desparia’, ‘Come’, ‘Riitti’ – Voice verser is a tour de force for the singer but, as usual with this composer, work and movement titles are whimsical and not very helpful.”