Jyrki Niskanen

Jyrki Niskanen ( born February 12, 1956 in Helsinki) is a Finnish opera singer in the vocal range Tenor.

Life and artistic work

Niskanen began his musical career as an entertainment musician with piano, keyboard and accordion. He studied piano at the Sibelius Academy and earned a diploma in improvisation and accompaniment. He studied singing at the Sibelius Academy and completed his training with Vera Rózsa in London and Peter Berne in Vienna and Berlin.

Niskanen is known as the heroic tenor for his supple, strong voice with a dramatic timbre. His sonorous tenor is as good as for Italian operas for strong Wagnerian roles.

Jyrki Niskanen debuted in 1992 at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where he was directly involved in the Zurich Opera House as the main tenor in Beethoven's Fidelio. Since then he has performed in the major opera houses in Europe, America and Australia. He has sung, among others, all the great tenor roles of the Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner ( Loge in Rheingold, Siegmund in Die Walküre, Siegfried in Siegfried and Götterdämmerung ). In 1999, he appeared as Tristan in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in the Prince Regent Theatre in Munich under the direction of Lorin Maazel. The Love Duet from Tristan and Isolde with Niskanen and Luana DeVol is included in the recording on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the opera house.

Games

  • Beethoven: Fidelio, " Florestan " ( Savonlinna Opera Festival 1992, 1993, Zurich Opera in 1992, Ludwigsburg Music Festival 1993, Barcelona Opera in 1995, Athens in 1995, Madrid in 1995, Bregenz 1995, Rio de Janeiro 1996, Helsinki 1997, Vienna 2000, 2003, Krakow 2001, Berlin 2002)
  • Berg: Wozzeck, " The Captain " ( Milan 1997)
  • Dallapiccola: Il Prigionero, "Il Carceriere and L' Inquisitore " (Turin 1995)
  • Donizetti: Regiment 's Daughter, " Tonio " ( Tampere Opera in 1986 )
  • Heininen: The Knife " Pamppu " ( Savonlinna Opera Festival 1989, 1990 )
  • Janacek: The Makropulos Case " Albert Gregor " (Bologna Opera, 1994)
  • Korngold: Die tote Stadt "Paul" (Catania, 1996)
  • Leoncavallo: Pajazzo " Canio " (Savonlinna 1997, 1998, 1999)
  • Linkola: Elina " Vicar " (Finnish National Opera, 1992)
  • Schrecker: The Blight, " Alviano Salvago " ( Zurich Opera, 1992)
  • Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, "Sergei " (Florence 1998)
  • Verdi: Aida, " Radames " (Catania 2002)
  • Verdi: La Traviata " Alfredo " (Finnish National Opera, 1989)
  • Verdi: La Forza del Destino, " Alvaro " ( Savonlinna Opera Festival 1998)
  • Verdi: Macbeth " McDuff " (Savonlinna Opera Festival 1993, 1996, Athens 1997)
  • Wagner: Die Walküre, " Siegmund " (Paris Chatelet 1994, Rome, Act 1 of 1995, Vienna 1996, 1997, 1998, London / Norwich 1997, Barcelona 1998, Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1999, Las Palmas 1999, Catania 2001)
  • Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, " Tristan " (Barcelona 1996, Nice 1998, Genoa in 1998, Washington in 1999, Munich in 1999, Florence 1999, Berlin 2001)
  • Wagner: Lohengrin " Lohengrin " ( Nice 1997, Sevilla 1999)
  • Wagner: Siegfried, " Siegfried" ( Sydney 1999, Catania 2002)
  • Wagner: Das Rheingold, "Loge " (Catania 2000)
  • Wagner: Gotterdammerung " Siegfried" (Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania 2003)
  • Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy, " Guido Bardi " (Florence 1995)

Media

  • Arias and Love Songs (1994 )
  • Holy Night (1996 )
  • Beethoven 9th symphony ( with Orchestra La Scala, conductor Riccardo Muti ) ( 1998)
  • Operettas (with Eva Martón and West German Radio in Cologne ) ( 1998)
  • Tristan and Isolde "high lights" (as Tristan, with Lorin Maazel ) (2001 )
  • Kulkuset yes kellot soivat, Christmas Songs (2004)
  • Pienoisen lapsen ääreen hiljennyn (2009)
  • Sky Atlantic: Piano Solos, own Compositions (2011)
  • Joulun tähden: Christmas Songs, own Compositions (2011)
  • The Greatest Tenor Arias, Hienoimmat ooppera - aariat (2012 )
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