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Jyrki Anttila

Jyrki Anttila has won the Somero National Tenor Singing Competition in 1997 and the Tampere Opera Grand Prix Competition in 1999.

He was engaged as a soloist at the Finnish National Opera from 1998 to 2021, and has appeared as a guest soloist in the Tampere, Oulu and Vaasa Operas, the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

Beside his intensive singing, he has been the artistic director of Lohja Tenor Festival 2005–2010, Ilmajoki Music Festival 2010–2014 and Pori Kirjuri Classic 2012–2014.

Tenor

Jyrki’s singing was technically admirably controlled and all together better than many singers performing on larger arenas.”

”He is a world-class Wagner-tenor.”

Wagnerian magazine | Matti Lehtonen 26.7.2022

RICHARD WAGNER

Jyrki Anttila is especially interested in Richard Wagner’s operas, and he has had roles in following productions:

  • Siegmund | Die Valkyrie (The Latvian National Opera, The Finnish National Opera)
  • Parsifal | Parsifal (The Finnish National Opera)
  • Erik | The Flying Dutchman (The Savonlinna Opera Festival & Estonian National Opera)
  • Tannhäuser | Tannhäuser (The Estonian National Opera & Lithuanian National Opera)
  • Tristan | Tristan und Isolde (The Finnish National Opera).
  • Siegfried | Siegfried (Concert version)
  • Siegfried | Götterdämmerung (Consert version)

INTERNATIONAL CAREER

Jyrki Anttila has appeared as a guest soloist in the Latvian National Opera, the Bern Opera, the Leipzig Opera and the Estonian National Opera. He has also appeared as a concert soloist in USA, Australia and Japan.

Everything lives and lasts by the inner necessity of its being, by its own nature’s need.

– Richard Wagner

AUDIO & VIDEO

WAGNER – SIEGFRIED

Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival 2022

Wagner | Siegfried 1-1

Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival 2022

Wagner | Siegfried 1-2

Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival 2022

Wagner | Siegfried 1-3

Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival 2022

Wagner | Siegfried 1-4

Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival 2022

Wagner | Siegfried 2

Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival 2022

Wagner | Siegfried 3

Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival 2022

Wagner’s Die Walkure 1. act & Tannhäuser Romerzählung

Performed in Lohja’s church in 2020

working with the best

Jyrki Anttila’s repertoire includes:

 

  • Orlando | Orlando Paladino
  • Tamino | Die Zauberflöte
  • Hervey | Anna Bolena
  • Gabriele Adorno | Simon Boccanegra
  • The Duke | Rigoletto
  • Matteo | Arabella
  • The Duke | A Night in Venice (by Johann Strauss)
  • Don José | Carmen
  • Andrei Khovansky | Khovanshchina
  • The False Dimitri | Boris Godunov
  • Lensky | Eugene Onegin
  • Ruggero | La Rondine
  • Cavaradossi | Tosca
  • Renato Des Grieux | Manon Lescaut
  • Pinkerton | Madama Butterfly
  • Boris | Kat’a Kabanova
  • Steva | Jenufa
  • Juhana | Viimeiset kiusaukset (The Last Temptations, by: Joonas Kokkonen)
  • Antti | Pohjalaisia (The Ostrobothnians, by: Leevi Madetoja)
  • Shemeikka | Opera Juha (by: Aarre Merikanto)
  • Merchant of Novgorod in Ratsumies (The Horseman, by: Aulis Sallinen)
  • Felix Ysupov | Rasputin (by: Einojuhani Rautavaara)
  • Count Tassilo | Countess Maritza
  • Edwin | Die Czardasfurstin
  • Count Danilo | The Merry Widow
  • Eisenstein | Strauss’ Die Fledermaus

OPERART JYRKI ANTTILA OY

Jyrki Anttila is the CEO of OperArt Jyrki Anttila Oy.

tenor in finland

Jyrki Anttila

Tenor | ceo of operart jyrki anttila oy