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Professional info
The Finnish tenor, Ville Salonen has studied music theater and opera in Finland at the National Theatre Academy and graduated 2000. He has also studied International Relations in the University of Tampere. He has continued his studies with Kammersänger Tom Krause and now with Professor Dorothy Irving.He has since his graduation sang with major Finnish orchestras and performed in major theatres and opera companies. He has been performing since 2005 at Finnish National Opera and also in Glyndebourne, England and Estonia- theatre, Tallinn. He has had singing lessons, courses and master classes also with: Dorothy Irving, Irina Gavrilovici, Peter Schreier, Regine Crespin. He has worked with conductors such as Ralf Gothoni, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and Yan Pascal Tortelier. He has sung in opera performances and in concerts in Finland, Russia, France, Germany and Sweden. His beautiful ringing voice along with his acting and dancing abilities make him perfect for the lyric tenor opera and operetta repertoire, as well as modern and musicals repertoire. He has won several grants and awards for his singing including the 2nd prize in major Finnish national competition, the Lappeenranta singing competition for young singers. He is also a popular TV actor and performer in Finland.
Ville Salonen is currently Opera chef at the new opera company Opera BOX, in Alexander Theatre,Helsinki.
Languages
Suomi
English
Svenska
Deutsch
Français
Portugues
Italiano
Espanol
Skills
Singing
Acting
Dancing
2010 - present
Work experience
Grants:
Finnish Opera Council, Opera Bank 2004-6
Pro Musica scholarship 2008, SKR 1998, Kordelin Foundation 2002, Wihuri Foundation 2013
2nd Prize The Lappeenranta singing competition 2004
TV-experience
TV –series Headhunters Channel 4 2002-4 -6
TV –series Iskelmäkaruselli, YLE TV 1 1999
Operatic repertoire:
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Nemorino
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Tanzmeister, Scaramuccio
Tsaikovski: Jevgeni Onegin, Lenski,
Verdi: La Traviata, Alfredo
Mozart: Cosí fan Tutte, Ferrando
Wagner: Nürnberg Meistersinger, Lehrbube
Bernstein Candide, Candide
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti, Trio
Pulkkis: Kekkonen, Adjutantti
Mozart: Entführung aus Seraglio, Belmonte, Pedrillo
Mozart: Zauberflöte: Tamino
Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna, Ecclitico, Cecco
Ravel: L’heure espagnol, Torquemada
Kuusisto: Taipaleenjoki, Jaakko Sola, Ilmajoki 2010 -12
Kuusisto: Gabriel, tule takaisin! Poika
Mozart: Cosí fan tutte, Ferrando
Britten: Prodigal Son, Prodigal Son
Verdi Don Carlo, Conte di Lerma, Araldo
Ala-Kotila: Pinus Sylvestris; Kalervo
Puccini; Manon Lescaut; Maestro di Ballo, Finnish National Opera
Strauss; Salome; 2. Jew, Finnish National Opera
Mozart; Cosí/ School4 lovers, Freddie, Ferrando, Glyndebourne, FNO
Haydn L’infedeltà delusa, Nencio,
Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann, Pitichinaccio, Andreas, Franz, Cochenille
Kuusisto: Ring of the King, Kustaa Perttilä
Verdi: Otello, Cassio; Rimski -Korsakov theatre St.Petersburg
Janaček: Cunny Little Vixen, Pashek, Rooster, Woodpecker
Operetta
Lehár: Paganini: Pimpinelli
Strauss: Wienerblut, Josef
Strauss: Fledermaus, Alfred
Strauss: Eine Nacht in Venedig, Pappacoda, Caramello
Lehar: Der Graf von Luxemburg, Brissard
Kalmán, Csardasfürstin, Boni
Abraham: Ball in Savoy, Marquis
Lehar: Circus Princess, Toni
Lehar: Lustige Wittwe, Camille de Rossillon
Offenbach: Orfeus en Enfers, Orfeus, Merkurius
Children’s opera & musicals
Alander: Silver spoon, Pedrillo
Finnilä: Little girl with Matches, Hans/ Stove
Almila: Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh, Finnish National Opera
Alander: KadosKissa, Oskari, Kreivi Forelli & Kupla, Finnish National Opera
Fagerrud: 7 Dogbrothers Savonlinna opera Festival
Fagerrud: War December
Kilpeläinen:Kuningas EI! Kaarle the Dog
Alander: Kahlekuningas ja Karkuri Finnish National Opera
Oratorios
Bach: St. John Passion Evangelist, tenor arias
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Debussy: L'enfant prodigue
Dubois: Les 7 Paroles sur le Croix
Haydn: Nelson Messe Stabat Mater
Mozart: G-major Messe, Requiem, c minor messe, Waisenhaus messe
Musicals
Bernstein; West Side Story; Tony
Casey -Jacobs: Grease: Danny
Hanian: Calypso, Orpheus
Rodgers: Cinderella
Schönberg: Miss Saigon; Chris
Steinmann: Dance of the Vampires/ Tanz der Vampires: Alfred
2010 - present
Education
Tampere University,
Social Sciences department, International Studies
1991 - 2001
National Theatre Academy
Music theatre studies
1998 - 2000