CURRICULUM VITAE

Studies

Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, vocal soloist department and opera studio, 1983-87

Ziirich International Opera Studio, 1987-88

Recent vocal studies Prof. Irina Gavrilovici, Wien

Engagements

Finnish National Opera 1988-1996, 2005-2008, Helsinki

Deutsche Oper am Rhein 1996-2005, Düsseldorf

Guest Performances

Ilkka Vihavainen performed successfully a.o. at the International Savonlinna Opera Festival, Opera Cava Festival, Royal Opera House in Stockholm as well as in Opernhaus Ziirich, Oper Köln, Aalto Theater Essen, Oper Frankfurt, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Staatstheater Augsburg, Theater Hagen, Theater Koblenz, Stadttheater Giessen.

Roles inter alia:

Mozart: Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Masetto, Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Bartolo (The Marriage of Figaro).

Beethoven: Rocco, Don Ferrando ( Fidelio)

Bizet: Zuniga (Carmen)

Bellini: Oroveso (Norma)

Puccini: Colline (La Boheme), Timur (Turandot)

Verdi: Mönch (Don Carlos), Il Re (Aida), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Lodovico (Otello), Ferrando (Il Trovatore), Banquo (Macbeth)

Weber: Kaspar (Freischütz)

Wagner: König Heinrich (Lohengrin , König Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Titurel (Parsifal)

Strauss: Graf Waldner (Arabella), Komissar (Der Rosenkavalier)

Kokkonen: Schmied Högman (The Last Temptations )

Tchaikovsky: Fürst Gremin (Eugen Onegin)

Samuel Barber: Doctor (Vanessa)

John Adams: General Leslie Groves (Doctor Atomic)

Ilkka Vihavainen's concert repertoire includes also the bass parts in the most famous oratorios and passion music.