2019

Henri Tikkanen

Henri Tikkanen will obtain his M. Mus. degree from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in 2019. Born in 1989, this Finnish baritone has spoken of how he feels at home on stage and how he enjoys bringing the experience of opera to audiences. In addition to opera, Lieder singing is among his great loves. In the autumn of 2018 Tikkanen sang the role of a Prison Guard in Jake Heggie’s new opera Dead Man Walking at the Barbican Centre in London. The principal role in this BBC production was sung by Joyce DiDonato and it was conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. In the same season he sang the role of Tarquinius in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia in Helsinki. His repertoire also includes major works of sacred music such as Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah and Bach’s St John Passion.

Born in 1989

Baritone

Finnish

Piano: Tuula Hällström

Repertoire

Preliminary round

G.F. Händel

Messiah: Why do the nations

H. Duparc

La vie antérieure (Baudelaire)

H. Wolf

Abschied (Mörike)

E. W. Korngold

Die Tote Stadt: ”Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen” (Fritz)

Semifinals

J. Sibelius

Hjärtats morgon (Runeberg)

R. Vaughan Williams

Songs of Travel (Stevenson)
1. The Vagabond
2. Let beauty awake
3. The Roadside fire
4. Youth and love
5. In dreams
8. Bright is the ring of words

P. Tšaikovski

Jevgeni Onegin: “Vy mne pisali – Kogda by žizn domašnim krugom” (Onegin)

Final

W.A. Mozartvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

Cosí fan tutte: “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo” (Guglielmo)

G. Verdi

Don Carlo: “Per me giunto… Io morro” (Rodrigo)

Competition performances

Preliminary round

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