is currently recognized as one of the most interesting dramatic sopranos in Europe. The extraordinary beauty of her dramatic voice has brought her to many important opera and concert stages all over the world. Kirsi Tiihonen started her career in her native country Finland, where she is still a regular guest soloist of the Finnish National Opera and Savonlinna Opera Festival with roles such as Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Leonore (Fidelio), Desdemona, Aida, Senta.
In 2005 she made her house debuts at La Scala in Milan as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and 2007 at the La monnaie Theatre in Brussels as Isolde. Also
her Ariadne at Opéra national de Lyon and Die Färberin in Die Frau ohne Schatten at Finnish National Opera brought her a lot of international acclaim. Kirsi keeps on discovering new wonderful roles such as Tannhäuser's Venus (Savonlinna) and Agathe in Freischütz (Helsinki). In 2007-08 season Kirsi interpreted Leonore in Fidelio at the Berlin State Opera, Aalto Theatre Essen and Palm Beach Opera. In season 2009-10 she add Brünnhilde (Siegfried) and Elsa (Lohengrin) to her repertoire returned as Ellen Orford in Helsinki. Her next role in Helsinki will be Sieglinde of "Die Walküre" in fall 2011.
On the concert platform, Kirsi Tiihonen has appeared as a soloist in many major concert halls all over Europe with such distinguished conductors as Ingo Metzmacher, Osmo Vänskä, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Mark Wigglesworth, Paavo Berglund or Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
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