Miles Mykkanen

A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and The Juilliard School, and a winner of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Finnish-American tenor Miles Mykkanen is rapidly garnering recognition on the world’s concert and operatic stages. He last appeared with Music of the Baroque in September 2023.

Highlights in Miles Mykkanen's 2024/25 season include his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Graf Albert in Die tote Stadt and a return to The Cleveland Orchestra for staged performances of Jenufa under the baton of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. The tenor’s broad artistic range is also showcased in two productions at Dutch National Opera: Alfred in Barrie Kosky's new production of Die Fledermaus with chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti as well as in the world premiere of Philip Venables' new opera We Are The Lucky Ones directed by Ted Huffman.

Recent appearances include Steuermann in Der Fliegende Holländer in Miles Mykkanen’s debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; The Bridegroom in his San Francisco Opera debut in the North American premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence; Boris Godunov, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Ariadne auf Naxos and Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera, and debuts at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in L’incoronazione di Poppea and the Staatsoper Hamburg in Falstaff. Candide, a signature role for Miles Mykkanen, has brought him to venues including the Opéra de Lausanne, Arizona Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and the Ravinia and Tanglewood Festivals.

On the concert platform, Miles Mykkanen has appeared with the New York Philharmonic and the Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Oregon, and Kansas City symphony orchestras.

Miles Mykkanen is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Emberlight Festival.

Miles Mykkanen returns to Music of the Baroque for Handel's Messiah on November 30 & December 1.