tenor in finland
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.
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” 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
Wagner | Siegfried 1-2
Wagner | Siegfried 1-3
Wagner | Siegfried 1-4
Wagner | Siegfried 2
Wagner | Siegfried 3
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
Robin Hood
From: Robin Hood (2011 – 2013) Photographer: Bremer Stefan
Pohjalaisia
From: Pohjalaisia (2009 – 2010) Photographer: Tuuli Heikki
Orlando Paladino
From: Orlando Paladino (1999 – 2001) Photographer: Kari Hakli
Manon Lescaut
From: Manon Lescaut (2005) Photographer: Bremer Stefan | In picture: Raili Viljakainen, Jyrki Anttila
Katja Kabanova
From: Katja Kabanova (2003 – 2005) Photographer: Sakari Viika
Jevgeni Onegin
From: Jevgeni Onegin (2006 – 2010) Photographer: Heikki Tuuli
Carmen
From: Carmen (1993 – 2004) Photographer: Tuuli Heikki In picture: Jyrki Anttila, Jaakko Hietikko
Valkyyria
From: Valkyyria (Valkyrie) (1997 – 2011) Photographer: Tuuli Heikki
OPERART JYRKI ANTTILA OY
Jyrki Anttila is the CEO of OperArt Jyrki Anttila Oy.