# Tommi Hakala, baritone

> Tommi Hakala, baritone – 8 recordings on Ondine. Tommi Hakala, BBC Singer of the World in 2003, graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and studied in…

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- **Role:** baritone
- **Photo:** © Heikki Tuuli

## Biography

Tommi Hakala, BBC Singer of the World in 2003, graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and studied in Karlsruhe before starting his career as a baritone in Germany and his native Finland. A regular guest of the Finnish National Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, he has held positions at the Nuremberg Opera (1998-2001) as well as the Leipzig Opera (2001-2004).

He has made guest appearances as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at the Finnish National Opera, and at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Sallinen’s Ratsumies (The Horseman), in Tannhäuser, as Valentin in Faust and in the new opera Isän tyttö (Daddy’s Girl) by Olli Kortekangas in 2007. In 2006, Hakala made his début at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Valentin in Faust and in San Francisco in Le nozze di Figaro. He will be appearing in Le nozze di Figaro again in Atlanta in 2008, and also in Massenet’s Manon at the Metropolitan. His recent guest appearances include Sibelius’s Kullervo in Amsterdam and Dortmund, Evgeny Onegin in Tel Aviv and Don Carlos in Copenhagen.

His repertoire includes Britten’s War Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Paulus and Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony. He sang the title role in the recording of Sallinen’s opera Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (The King Goes Forth to France) with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu ([ODE 1066-2D](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1066-2d)).

## Discography on Ondine (8)

- [Valkoiset ruusut. Musiikkia Suomi-filmeistä: (Music from Finnish motion pictures)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1136-2.md): Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, soprano · Tommi Hakala, baritone · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · John Storgårds, conductor (ODE 1136-2, 2008)
- [Jean Sibelius: Kullervo (ODE 1122-5)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1122-5.md): Soile Isokoski, soprano · Tommi Hakala, baritone · YL Male Voice Choir · Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra · Leif Segerstam, conductor (ODE 1122-5, 2008)
- [Tommi Hakala: Tule, armaani · Songs by Toivo Kuula](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1087-2.md): Tommi Hakala, baritone · Kristian Attila, piano (ODE 1087-2, 2006)
- [Aulis Sallinen: The King Goes Forth to France - Opera in Three Acts](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1066-2d.md): Tommi Hakala, baritone · Jyrki Korhonen, bass · Riikka Rantanen, mezzo-soprano · Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano · Mari Palo, soprano · Laura Nykänen, contralto · Jyrki Anttila, tenor · Herman Wallén, baritone · Santeri Kinnunen, spoken role · Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra · Okko Kamu, conductor (ODE 1066-2D, 2006)
- [Tommi Hakala: Great Baritone Arias](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1048-2.md): Tommi Hakala, baritone · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Eri Klas, conductor (ODE 1048-2, 2004)
- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: The House of the Sun - Tragedia Buffa. Chamber Opera in Two Acts](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1032-2d.md): Various Soloists · Oulu Symphony Orchestra · Mikko Franck, conductor (ODE 1032-2D, 2003)
- [Opera Gala: Famous arias featuring · Karita Mattila · Elina Garanca · Soile Isokoski · Juha Uusitalo · Tommi Hakala · Jorma Hynninen](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1139-2f.md): Soile Isokoski, soprano · Karita Mattila, soprano · Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano · Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Tommi Hakala, baritone · Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor · Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra · Leif Segerstam, conductor · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Estonian Symphony Orchestra · Eri Klas, conductor · Tapiola Sinfonietta · Latvian National Symphony Orchestra · Alexandrs Vilumanis, conductor (ODE 1139-2F, 2008)
- [Mozart Jubileum](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1078-2.md): Pekka Kuusisto (ODE 1078-2, 2006)

## Links

- [Allegro Artist Management](http://www.allegroartist.com/inhalt/artistroster/baritones/t_hakala/index.html)
- [IMG Artists](http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=390)
- [Operabase](http://www.operabase.com/listart.cgi?lang=en&name=Hakala,%20Tommi)