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Raiko Raalik
Raiko Raalik (bass) studied under the tutelage of Taisto Noor at the Heino Eller Tartu Music School and later under associate professor Taavi Tampuu at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 2013, he took part in the Estonian National Opera’s youth project OPERAtsioon VOX. From 2015 to 2019, Raalik was a member of the Savonlinna Opera Festival choir. He continues his vocal training with Janet Williams-Brent and collaborates actively with Vanemuine Theatre.
Biography
From the Ondine artist archive. Appointments and season references reflect the original biography.
In 2017, he won third place at the PLMF National Vocalists’ Competition and received a special award from the Estonian National Opera. That same year, he performed the lead role in Eino Tamberg’s opera Cyrano de Bergerac in a joint production by the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and the Estonian National Opera. In autumn 2018, Raalik was appointed a soloist with the Estonian National Opera. In 2019, he received the Naan Põld Award by the Estonia Society along with a scholarship from the Estonian Cultural Endowment. The following year, he garnered first place for the best interpretation of Italian arias at the 12th International Singing Contest Immling. At the Vello Jürna Competition for Vocalists in 2020, Raalik won first place and received special awards from PromFest, Eesti Kontsert, and Vanemuine Theatre. In 2024, he received the prestigious annual Estonian Theatre Award for his portrayal of the title role in Tamberg’s Cyrano de Bergerac and as Golaud in Debussy’s Pélleas et Mélisande at the Estonian National Opera.
His repertoire includes roles such as Colline in La Bohème and Billy Jackrabbit in La Fanciulla del West by Puccini, Angelotti in Tosca, Figaro Le nozze di Figaro and Leporello in Don Giovanni by Mozart, Dulcamara in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Wagner in Faust and Father Laurent in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod, Ferrando in Verdi’s Il Trovatore, Heerrufer in Wagner’s Lohengrin, Cyrano in Tamberg’s Cyrano de Bergerac, and Dr. P in Nyman’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
Raiko Raalik has also performed in large vocal-symphonic works, including Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, Bach’s St. John Passion, and Tobias’s Jonah, among others.