Mika Kares

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Mika Kares (born 1978 in Laitila ) is a Finnish opera singer ( bass ).

Life

Kares studied singing with Roland Hermann at the Sibelius Academy . From 2005 to 2010 he was a member of the ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe , where he developed a broad repertoire. Kares sang King Philip in Don Carlos and Sarastro in the Magic Flute , Colline in La Bohème , Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor , Massimiliano Moor in Verdi's I masnadieri , the Komtur in Don Giovanni and - as the first Wagner roles - Fafner in Rheingold and Siegfried , as well as Hunding in Die Walküre .

In 2008 he made his debut as Mefistofele at the Savonlinna Opera Festival , in 2010 as König in Aida at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, and in 2011 as Polyphemus in Acis et Galatée at the Salzburg Mozart Week . In 2011 Kares made guest appearances in Helsinki (as a plate in John Adams' Doctor Atomic ), in Oviedo (as Sarastro) and Valencia (as Angelotti in Tosca , 2nd Prisoner and Don Fernando in Fidelio and Truffaldino in Ariadne on Naxos ). In January 2012 he sang Attila for the first time at the Seattle Opera , in Tampere the Landgrave in Tannhäuser and in Savonlinna the Ramfis in Aida and Sarastro. In 2013 he made his debut at the Opéra royal de Versailles as Daland in the Flying Dutchman with the Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski and sang Savonlinna for the first time King Heinrich in Lohengrin .

Kares has also made guest appearances in Hong Kong, Vienna, Paris and Rome, sang under the direction of Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta and was cover at the Met.

Awards

  • 2007 The Golden Fan as best singer of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
  • 2008 Artist of the Year at the Savonlinna Opera Festival for the title role in Mefistofele

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personal data
SURNAME Kares, Mika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish opera singer (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Laitila