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"Miles Mykkanen managed to turn the Steersman into a principal character, so striking and billiant were hit forthright timbre and clear diction."

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"How satisfying it is to attend an opera and find a ‘discovery’ in the cast. Here, it was the Steersman (Steuermann) of American-Finnish tenor Miles Mykkanen (who has this season debuted at San Francisco as the Groom in the North American premiere of Saariaho’s Innocence). Here is a singer of vast power and lyricism, who convinced us that the Steersman is really a vital cog in the…

"To americko-finský tenorista Miles Mykkanen jako Kormidelník na sebe dovedl strhnout pozornost velmi pěkným hlasem, až lze litovat, že nemá více prostoru."

"It was the American-Finnish tenor Miles Mykkanen as the Steersman who managed to draw attention to himself with a very nice voice, so much so that it is regrettable that he does not have more to sing."

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"The characters can feel small on this big stage, yet the supporting cast is strong. Miles Mykkanen makes a big impression as the clear-voiced but lazy Steersman who sleeps through the Dutchman's arrival." https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/05/the-flying-dutchman-review-wagner-royal-opera-house-terfel-strid-albery

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"The most beautiful singing of the evening comes from tenor Miles Mykkanen's Steersman."

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By Pierre Ruhe for ArtsATL

"Finnish-American tenor Miles Mykkanen, with a blossoming international career, sang “Comfort ye” with operatic drama and charisma. On the line, “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,” he almost shrieked “wilderness” — a wonderfully raw and utterly theatrical delivery. Later in his lone aria — the tenor gets just one in this abbreviated…