ACKTE-JALANDER, AINO (1876– ), Finnish opera singer, studied singing in Paris, and later was for a number of years (1897-1904) one of the leading sopranos at the Grand Opera, where her exceptional powers won general recognition. In 1904 she went to New York, where she was no less successful at the Metropolitan Opera (1904-06). In 1907 she paid her first visit to England, taking part in a winter season at Covent Garden, under the management of Ernest van Dyck. In 1910 she was again at Covent Garden, attracting this time much attention in the title part of Strauss's "Salome" on the occasion of its first production in England by Sir Thomas Beecham. Subsequently she settled down in her native Finland, where she enjoys the highest favour.