“A discovery… Mykkanen is a singer of vast power and lyricism, whose dramatic abilities match his fine vocal apparatus.”
Opera Today
About Miles
The career of exuberant young Finnish-American tenor Miles Mykkanen (MIH-kuh-nun) was launched with a national win of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2019. He has since impressed with a series of important debuts on the world’s major stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Canadian Opera Company, and Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Mykkanen has quickly become the go-to tenor for roles requiring a deft balance of power, lyricism, and dramatic acuity, including a new Barrie Kosky production of Die Fledermaus and Philip Venables’ world premiere We Are The Lucky Ones, both at Dutch National Opera, a new Ted Huffman production of L’incoronazione di Poppea at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and the North American premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at San Francisco Opera.
Up Next
The Amazing adventures of kavalier & clay
The Metropolitan Opera
September 21, 26, 29; Oct 2, 4, 8, 11m, 2025
New York • New York
ROLE DEBUT
THIS SEASON
In a pivotal 25/26 season, Mykkanen stars as Sam Clay in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay for the Metropolitan Opera’s opening night gala and house premiere run, conducted by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Mykkanen returns to the house later this season as The Groom in the first Met production of Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence. Elsewhere, he makes two dual house and role debuts: as Leukippos in Strauss rarity Daphne at Seattle Opera, and as Tamino in Barrie Kosky’s silent film-inspired production of The Magic Flute at LA Opera.
He also brings his flexible tenor to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Cleveland Orchestra, led by Franz Welser-Möst, and to Handel’s Messiah with Chicago’s Music of the Baroque, conducted by Dame Jane Glover, and the University Music Society in Ann Arbor. He marks his first appearance at the Maastricht Festival in the Netherlands as soloist in a unique Carmina Burana featuring acclaimed piano duo Lucas and Arthur Jussen, among other appearances still to be announced.