Tuomas Miettola
TENOR
“DURING MY REMARKABLY LONG CAREER AS A CRITIC, I CANNOT RECALL EVER HAVING HEARD SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FINNISH LYRIC TENOR BEFORE."
HANNU-ILARI LAMPILA / HELSINGIN SANOMAT / 8. MAY 2021
Finnish tenor Tuomas Miettola (MMus), originally from Iisalmi, is among the most sought-after opera singers of his generation in Finland. Following his debut at the Finnish National Opera in 2022, he has appeared at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Oulu City Theatre, Tampere Opera, and Jyväskylä Opera. He has premiered several contemporary operatic works and has performed at festivals including the Ilmajoki Music Festival, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Rauma Festivo, Meidän Festivaali, and the Korsholm Music Festival.
On the concert stage, Tuomas Miettola has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Georg Enescu Festival Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Vaasa City Orchestra, Lohja City Orchestra, the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, and the Lapland Chamber Orchestra.
In addition to receiving the Jorma Hynninen Art Award, Miettola was awarded Second Prize and the Anders Wiklöf Audience Prize at the international Havets Röst Singing Competition. He has also been selected as a scholarship recipient of the Wagner Society of Finland and the Friends of the Salzburg Festival.
Performed repertoire
OPERA
Beethoven
Britten
Donizetti
Kokkonen
Lehár
Mascagni
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Puccini
Strauss
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Wagner
Several composers
Jaquino – Fidelio
Novice – Billy Budd
Albert Herring – Albert Herring
Male Chorus – The Rape of Lucretia
Arturo & Normanno – Lucia di Lammermoor
First Man – The Last Temptations
Camille – Die lustige Witwe
Fritz – L’Amico Fritz
Prince Tamino – Die Zauberflöte
Ferrando – Così fan tutte
Missail & Boyar – Boris Godunov
Goro – Madama Butterfly
A Young Servant – Elektra
Third Jew – Salome
Alméric – Iolanta
Gastone – La Traviata
Dr. Caius – Falstaff
Erik – Der fliegende Holländer
Tenor Soloist – CircOpera 2.0
ORATORIO AND ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE
Bach
Britten
Bruckner
Haydn
Händel
Krenek
Madetoja
Mahler
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Puccini
Rossini
Saint-Saëns
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Stanford
Vaughan Williams
Wagner
St. Matthew Passion
St. John Passion
Mass in B minor
Magnificat
Cantata BWV 110
Serenade (Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings)
Canticles III
Mass No. 1 in D minor
The Seasons
The Creation
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Messiah
Offizier – Der Diktator
Okon Fuoko – Okon Fuoko
Das Lied von der Erde
Elijah
Requiem
Mass in C minor
Vesperae solennes de Confessore
Messa di Gloria
Petite Messe Solennelle
Christmas Oratorio
Die schöne Müllerin
Dichterliebe
Finnish Folk Song Cycle
Requiem
Serenade to Music
Walther – Tannhäuser
Ein junger Seemann – Tristan und Isolde
IN PREPARATION
Bellini
Bizet
Donizetti
Kokkonen
Leoncavallo
Mozart
Puccini
Strauss
Verdi
Wagner
Flavio – Norma
Remendado – Carmen
Nemorino – L’elisir d’amore
Juhana – The Last Temptations
Beppe – Pagliacci
Don Ottavio – Don Giovanni
Rinuccio – Gianni Schicchi
Rodolfo – La Boheme
First Jew & Narraboth – Salome
Italian Singer – Der Rosenkavalier
Fenton – Falstaff
Alfredo – La Traviata
The Duke of Mantua – Rigoletto
Steuermann – Der fliegende Holländer
Ein Hirt – Tristan und Isolde
Upcoming performances
Stage photos
Arturo – Lucia di Lammermoor © Gary Littler
Billy Budd © Heikki Tuuli
Tamino, Pamina & Sarastro – The Magic Flute © Kati Leinonen
Tamino – The Magic Flute © Kati Leinonen
The Last Temptations – Savonlinna Opera Festival © Toni Härkänen
The Last Temptations – Savonlinna Opera Festival © Toni Härkänen
The Last Temptations – Savonlinna Opera Festival © Toni Härkänen
The Last Temptations – Savonlinna Opera Festival © Toni Härkänen
L'Amico Fritz (Sibelius Academy) © Uupi Tirronen
Cosi fan tutte (Sibelius Academy) © Uupi Tirronen
Albert Herring (Sibelius Academy) © Paavo Pykäläinen
Sempre Sempre (Sibelius Academy) © Uupi Tirronen
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