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Singers performing in Fno

Every year, dozens of Finnish and foreign singers perform at the Finnish National Opera. Some are employees on a monthly salary, while others are engaged separately for a specific production. Currently, the FNO employs 53 tenured opera singers, who perform either as soloists or in a mixture of soloist and choir roles depending on the season and production. In addition to this, dozens of visiting soloists are appointed for every production in each season. Information about soloists’ past performances can be found in our Encore performance database.

Artistic Director of the Finnish National Opera

Thomas de Mallet Burgess

Assistant to Artistic Director of the Opera Mona Gartz
tel. +358 50 3450219
mona.gartz[at]opera.fi

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The Opera Singers of the Fno

Sopranos

: Yukie Hada
: Annami Hylkilä
: My Johansson
: Päivi Karjalainen
: Saara Kiiveri
: Krista Kujala
: Johanna Lehesvuori
: Leena Liimatainen
: Marianne Montonen
: Emma Mustaniemi
: Tatjana Romanova-Vorontsova
: Satu-Kristina Vesa
: Tove Åman

Mezzosopranos

: Anna Erokhina
: Minna Grönthal
: Polina Liiv
: Ruut Mattila
: Mari Sares
: Natalia Vinogradova

Altos

: Ann-Marie Heino
: Maria Lenart
: Anu Ontronen
: Evgeniia Podymalkina
: Merle Silmato
: Getter Unt
: Ida Wallén
: Ann-Marie Walsh

Tenors

: Joonas Eloranta
: Yusniel Estrada Viciedo
: Joel Forsström
: Heikki Hattunen
: Jasper Leppänen
: Roland Liiv
: Topias Lundell
: Jere Martikainen
: Juha Moisio
: Simo Mäkinen
: Mika Pohjonen
: Halim Shon
: Juhana Suninen
: Olavi Suominen
: Petri Vesa

Baritones

: Joonas Orrain
: Sampo Haapaniemi
: Arto Hosio
: Tuomas Lehtinen
: Juha-Pekka Mitjonen
: Markus Nieminen
: Samuli Takkula

Basses

: Aapo Kilpelä
: Visa Kohva
: Mika Nikander
: Marko Nykänen
: Juha Pikkarainen
: Petri Pussila
: Janne Sihvo
: Koit Soasepp
: Matti Turunen

Young Singers’ Programme

: Iris Candelaria
: Elisaveta Rimkevitch

Gallery

Sopranos

Mezzosopranos

Altos

Tenors

Baritones

Basses

The chorus of the fno

The majority of the Finnish National Opera’s tenured opera singers are part of the Chorus of the FNO, which is the only full-time professional choir in Finland. It has been an organised professional choir since 1945.

The size and composition of the choir varies in each production. For productions requiring a larger chorus, additional singers from the FNO’s extra chorus join the ensemble. The FNO also has a children’s choir of approximately 50 singers. The chorus masters of the FNO are Marge Mehilane and Tatu Erkkilä.

The Guest Soloists of the FNO

Guest sopranos

: Silja Aalto
: Joyce El-Khoury
: Reetta Haavisto
: Sonja Herranen
: Marika Hölttä
: Johanna Isokoski
: Sanna Iljin
: Helena Juntunen
: Minna-Leena Lahti
: Hye-Youn Lee
: Pauliina Linnosaari
: Aurora Marthens
: Johanna Nylund
: Mari Palo
: Aistė Piliba
: Johanna Rusanen
: Tuuli Takala
: Marjukka Tepponen
: Kirsi Tiihonen

Guest mezzosopranos

: Jenny Carlstedt
: Anna Danik
: Niina Keitel
: Tuija Knihtilä
: Jeni Packalen
: Pihla Terttunen
: Maiju Vaahtoluoto
: Elli Vallinoja

Guest tenors

: Daniel Brenna
: Mihails Čulpajevs
: Tigran Hakobyan
: Tuomas Katajala
: Johan Krogius
: Jussi Myllys
: Markus Nykänen
: Lasse Penttinen
: Johannes Vatjus

Guest baritones

: Sebastian Catana
: Heikki Kilpeläinen
: Jaakko Kortekangas
: Jussi Merikanto
: Vincenzo Nizzardo
: Aarne Pelkonen
: Tuomas Pursio
: Jukka Rasilainen
: Iurii Samoilov
: Vladimir Stoyanov
: Jussi Vänttinen
: Tiitus Ylipää

Guest Bass-baritones

: Georg Festl

Guest basses

: Rúni Brattaberg
: Nicholas Söderlund
: Henri Uusitalo
: Riccardo Zanellato

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