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By Zachary Marano for Ironwood Daily Globe

Ironwood, MI - Longtime opera fans and new listeners alike gathered in Miners Memorial Heritage Park on Saturday to hear a selection of recordings curated by tenor Miles Mykkanen. Mykkanen, who is also artistic director of the Emberlight Festival, provided commentary and context on 18th- and 19th-century compositions by Mozart and…

Clive Paget for Musical America

It looked set to be a gala year for Miles Mykkanen. The 29-year-old tenor make his Metropolitan Opera debut as Second Apprentice in the company's new production of Wozzeck, but when the run ended on January 22, 2020, lockdown was less than two months away.

I'd seen him twice previously, as a fabulously funny Flute in Robert Carson's A Midsummer Night's…

92nd Street Y in NYC 

Former WQXR announcer Naomi Lewin hosts another fascinating session examining the craft behind the art, this time with three outstanding members of the new generation of tenors: Americans Miles Mykkanen and Andrew Stenson, and South African Levy Sekgapane.

Since Mykkanen won the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he has joined the Met roster;…