During my considerably long career as a critic, I cannot recall ever hearing a more beautiful Finnish lyric tenor voice. Miettola’s voice has brilliance, agility and height. His vocal technique is confident, phrasing stylized and musical lines elegant.
8. May 2021
After his acclaimed debut in the Finnish National Opera as Novice in Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd in March 2022, lyric tenor Tuomas Miettola has quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after young opera singers in Finland. In 2024, he was honored with the inaugural Jorma Hynninen Art Prize.
His operatic roles on stage includes Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Oulu City Theater), Gastone in Verdi’s La Traviata (Tampere Opera) and on the Sibelius Academy Opera’s stage Fritz in Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz, Albert Herring in Britten’s Albert Herring, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte and Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia.
In 2023, Miettola received 2nd Prize and the Audience's Favourite Prize in the Havets Röst Singing Competition. He has also been recognized as a scholar of both the Finnish Wagner Association and the "Friends of Salzburg Music Festival" Association in 2022.
Season 2024/2025 includes his returning at Tampere Opera as 1.man in Kokkonen's The Last Temptations under the musical guidance of Ville Matvejeff and as Jacquino in Beethoven's Fidelio concertante performances under the baton of Susanna Mälkki. He will also reprise his collaboration with the Finnish National Opera, singing the role of the 3rd Jew in Richard Strauss's Salome. Production is directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Hannu Lintu. During the summer 2025 he will be making his debut at the prestigious Savonlinna Opera Festival as Misail in Musorgski’s Boris Godunov. On the concert stage Miettola will be performing with Vaasa City Orchestra (Händel: Messiah), Lohja City Orchestra (Bruckner: D Minor Mass), Finnish Baroque Orchestra (Mozart: Requiem), Oulu Chamber Orchestra (Mendelssohn: Elijah) and Helsinginkadun Filharmonikot (Beethoven: 9th Symphony).
Miettola has appeared as a soloist with prominent orchestras such as the Georg Enescu Festival Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Oulu Symphony Orchestra and Lapland Chamber Orchestra. He has had the privilege of collaborating with renowned conductors, including Hannu Lintu, Susanna Mälkki, Giancarlo Andretta, John Storgårds, Tarmo Peltokoski and Olari Elts.
Järjestyksessään ensimmäisellä Jorma Hynninen -taidepalkinnolla palkittu iisalmelaislähtöinen tenori Tuomas Miettola debytoi Suomen Kansallisoopperassa Noviisin roolissa Benjamin Brittenin oopperassa Billy Budd keväällä 2022. Siitä lähtien hän on ollut hyvin kysytty esiintyjä niin ooppera- kuin konserttilavoillakin. Viimeisen kahden vuoden aikana hänet on nähty mm. Oulun Kaupunginteatterissa prinssi Taminona (Taikahuilu), Tampereen Oopperassa Gastonena (La Traviata), Jacquinona (Fidelio) ja 1. miehenä (Viimeiset Kiusaukset) sekä Suomen Kansallisoopperassa 3. juutalaisena (Salome). Miettolan muita merkittäviä rooleja ovat olleet Fritz (Mascagni: L’Amico Fritz), Albert Herring (Britten: Albert Herring), Ferrando (Mozart: Cosi fan tutte) ja Male Chorus (Britten: The Rape of Lucretia) Sibelius-Akatemian oopperakoulutuksen produktioissa. Lisäksi Miettola on kantaesittänyt lukuisia oopperarooleja esiintyen mm. Ilmajoen Musiikkijuhlilla, Kuhmon Kamarimusiikissa, Rauma Festivossa, Meidän Festivaalilla sekä Korsholman Musiikkijuhlilla.
Jorma Hynninen -taidepalkinnon lisäksi Miettola on palkittu syyskuussa 2023 kansainvälisissä Havets Röst -laulukilpailuissa niin toisella palkinnolla kuin myös Andres Wiklöfin nimeä kantavalla yleisöpalkinnolla. Miettola on valittu myös Suomen Wagner -seuran ja Salzburgin musiikkijuhlien ystävien stipendiaatiksi vuonna 2022.
Kesällä 2025 Miettola tekee debyyttinsä Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlilla Missailin roolissa Modest Musorgskin oopperassa Boris Godunov sekä palaa 1. miehen rooliin Kokkosen Viimeisissä Kiusauksissa. Kaudeksi 2025-2026 Miettola on kiinnitetty Suomen Kansallisoopperan nuorten laulajien ohjelmaan ja kausi sisältääkin roolit CircOpera 2.0.ssa (tenorisolisti), Elektrassa (Nuori palvelija), La Traviatassa (Gastone), Toscassa (Spoletta) ja Jolantassa (Alméric) sekä Jyväskylän Oopperan Lucia di Lammermoor -oopperassassa (Arturo & Normanno)
Konserttilavalla Miettola on esiintynyt muun muassa Georg Enescu -festivaalin sinfoniaorkesterin, Tampere Filahrmonian, Oulu Sinfonian, Vaasan Kaupunginorkesterin, Lohjan Kaupunginorkesterin, Suomalaisen Barokkiorkesterin ja Lapin kamariorkesterin solistina.
Upcoming performances
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony will be performed in Music Center in Helsinki 24th of May 2025 at 7 PM.
Helsinginkadun Filharmonikot, orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Choir, choir
Silja Aalto, soprano
Maiju Vaahtoluoto, mezzo-soprano
Tuomas Miettola, tenor
Timo Riihonen, bass
Veli-Antti Koivuranta, conductor
Boris Godunov by Musorgski will be performed in Savonlinna Opera Festival in July 2025.
Performances: 11.7. | 14.7. | 17.7. | 19.7. | 24.7. |
Conductor: Dima Slobodeniuk
Director: Nicola Raab
Cast includes: Mika Kares, Timo Riihonen, Tuomas Katajala, Matti Turunen, Tuomas Miettola, Päivi Nisula, Nicholas Söderlund...
Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlien ja Tampereen Oopperan yhteistyöproduktio Viimeiset Kiusaukset esitetään 550- vuotiaassa Olavinlinnassa heinäkuussa 2025.
"The Last Temptations" by Joonas Kokkonen will be performed at Savonlinna Opera Festival in July 2025.
Performances:
22.7. | 26.7. | 28.7. | 30.7.
Cast and crew:
Director: Mikko Kouki
Conductor: Ville Matvejeff
Paavo: Mika Kares
Riitta: Silja Aalto
Jaakko Högman: Petri Lindroos
Juhana: Johan Krogius
1. man: Tuomas Miettola
2. mies: Olli Tikkanen
3. mies: Henri Uusitalo
1. nainen: Annika Leino
2. nainen: Elli Vallinoja
3. nainen: Maiju Vaahtoluoto
Anna Loviisa: Laura Malmivaara
Following sold-out performances in 2022, CircOpera 2.0 makes its highly anticipated return to the Finnish National Opera in autumn 2025. Hold onto your seats, as this exhilarating fusion of contemporary circus and opera will take you on a thrilling ride.
Dazzling performances by world-class circus artists will leave you speechless, while the powerful sounds of the National Opera’s orchestra and chorus are guaranteed to make your heart sing. This spectacle has earned nothing but rave reviews from both critics and audiences.
Secure your seat now – these tickets are selling fast! And remember, in autumn 2025, the CircOpera 2.0 experience begins long before the curtain rises. Arrive early, as surprises await in the Opera House foyers…
Cast & Crew:
Director: Jere Erkkilä
Sets: Mark Väisänen
Costumes: Erika Turunen
Lighting design, projection design: Mikko Linnavuori
Circus choreography: Sanna Silvennoinen
Choreography: Reija Wäre
Conductor: Nick Davies
Soprano: Iris Candelaria / Johanna Lehesvuori
Mezzo-soprano: Pihla Terttunen / Anna Erokhina & Minna Grönthal / Elli Vallinoja
Tenor: Tuomas Miettola / Markus Nykänen
Baritone: Jussi Vänttinen / Juha Pikkarainen
Bass: Koit Soasepp / Visa Kohva
Elektra mourns her father’s death and longs for revenge against his murderers – her own mother and her lover. To fulfill her plan, Elektra needs the help of her sister and brother, whose return she awaits every day. The arrival of two strangers at the palace sets off a chain of terrible events. Will Elektra get her vengeance?
Based on the ancient tragedy, this opera is a horrifying portrayal of family, trauma, revenge, and the longing for love. Richard Strauss (1864–1949) composed the music for this blood-soaked tale. The score is as mesmerising in its harmonic beauty as it is devastating in its intensity, demanding the largest opera orchestra. Elektra was a sensation as soon as it was first performed in 1909, and its combination of brutality and sensitivity remains unmatched today.
Returning to the Finnish National Opera, this critically acclaimed production keeps the audience in its grip from start to finish. Performed without an interval, this 1 hour and 45-minute opera builds tension and passion without respite.
Performances: 17.9. | 19.9. | 25.9. | 27.9. | 1.10. | 4.10.
Cast & Crew:
Director: Patrice Chéreau
Redirection: Vincent Huguet
Assistant director: Peter McClintock
Sets: Richard Peduzzi
Costumes: Caroline de Vivaise
Lighting design: Dominique Bruguière
Lighting manager: Gilles Bottacchi
Conductor: Hannu Lintu
Elektra: Ricarda Merbeth
Chrysothemis: Vida Mikneviciute
Klytaemnestra: Sophie Koch
Aegisth: Mika Pohjonen
Orest: Sam Taskinen
Orest's tutor: Esa Ruuttunen
Klytaemnestra's confidante: Elsa-Maija Helminen
A young servant: Tuomas Miettola
An old servant: Marko Nykänen
1st Maid: Bonita Hyman
2nd Maid: Sarah Zieba
3rd Maid: Maria Lenart
5th Maid: Johanna Rusanen-Kartano
Jyväskylä Opera's next work, Lucia di Lammermoor, composed by Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), will premiere on New Year's Eve 2025 in the Encore Hall. In addition to the premiere, four performances of the opera will be held in January 2026. Lucia di Lammermoor will be performed together with Jyväskylä Sinfonia, and the opera's music director will be the Jyväskylä Sinfonia's chief conductor, Italian Lorenzo Passerini.
Performances: 31.12. | 3.1. | 9.1. | 11.1. | 17.1. | 23.1.
Cast & Crew:
Director: Vilppu Kiljunen
Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Costumes: Pia Lasonen
Lighting and video designer: Antti Silvennoinen
Lucia: Kaisa Ranta
Edgardo: Aljaz Farasin
Enrico: Waltteri Torikka
Raimondo: Petri Lindroos
Arturo: Tuomas Miettola
Alice: Ena Pongrac
Normanno: Tuomas Miettola
If you long for a full-blooded opera classic, La Traviata is the perfect choice. The intimate story of love torn apart by illness is immortalised in Giuseppe Verdi’s (1813–1901) masterful music, which never fails to stir the heart. This intoxicatingly beautiful production by the Finnish National Opera echoes the very finest traditions of opera.
La Traviata is based on Alexandre Dumas’ novel The Lady of the Camellias (1848), which itself was inspired by a true story. Over the years, it has been adapted into plays, ballets, films, and even the musical Moulin Rouge! To this day, visitors in Paris lay flowers at the grave of the real-life heroine.
Cast & Crew:
Director: Giancarlo del Monaco
Sets & Costumes: Michael Scott
Conductor: Stephanie Childress
Violetta: Diana Alexe | Tuuli Takala
Alfredo: Alejandro Luévanos | xxxx
Giorgio Germont: Stefano Meo | Heikki Kilpeläinen
Gastone: Tuomas Miettola | Halim Shon
Baron Douphol: Ville Rusanen | Jussi Vänttinen
Marchese d'Obigny: Luke Scott | Arto Hosio
Doctor Grenvil: Antti Mähönen | Koit Soasepp
Flora: Niina Keitel | Sarah Zieba
Anniina: Ruut Mattila | Minna Grönthal
Luonnotar
Luonnotar is based on Elias Lönnrot’s Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Jean Sibelius adapted the lyrics himself from its original verses. The piece tells the creation story of the world: a mythical bird lays an egg on Luonnotar’s knee, from which the moon, sky, and stars are born.
Iolanta
Princess Iolanta has been blind since birth, but her father, King René, has forbidden anyone from telling her. She lives in a beautiful, walled garden on the king’s estate, shielded from the outside world and cared for by Bertrand and Martha. Iolanta is betrothed to Duke Robert, who, like everyone else, is prohibited from revealing her blindness.
Performances: 15.5. | 20.5. | 22.5. | 26.5. | 28.5. | 30.5.
Cast & Crew:
Luonnotar
MUSIC Jean Sibelius
DIRECTOR Antony McDonald
CONDUCTOR Kristian Sallinen
SETS Antony McDonald
COSTUMES Antony McDonald
LIGHTING DESIGN Lucy Carter
SOPRANO SOLOIST: Silja Aalto
Iolanta
MUSIC Pyotr Tchaikovsky
DIRECTOR Antony McDonald
CONDUCTOR Kristian Sallinen
SETS Antony McDonald
COSTUMES Antony McDonald
LIGHTING DESIGN Lucy Carter
Jolanta: Nina Bezu
René: Mika Kares
Robert: Iurii Samoilov
Count Vaudémont: Edgaras Montvidas
Ibn-Hakia: NN
Alméric: Tuomas Miettola
Bertrand: Koit Soasepp
Marta: Natalia Vinogradova
Birgitta: Elisaveta Rimkevitch
Laura: Anna Erokhina
Contacts
Tuomas Miettola is represented by Nordic Artists Management.
Ida Rolin Hancke
Artist Manager, Nordic region
Vocal Department
+45 2398 8135
irh@nordicartistsmanagement.com
www.nordicartistsmanagement.com
Nordic Artists Management A/S
Vesterbrogade 72, 1.
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Tuomas Miettola
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+358 40 0898182
Tuomas has been generously supported by:
Code & Design Kaapo Ijas 2022