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By Matt Simonette for Chicago Reader

The Chicago Reader interviewed Miles and director Stephen Sposito leading up to the premiere of Albert Herring at the Chicago Opera Theatre. Read the full article here.

Clive Paget from Musical America sat down with Miles for a profile covering his journey from Baritone to Tenor, his performances before the pandemic shut down theaters, and reconnecting with his Michigan roots by teaching high school choir and launching the Emberlight Festival.

Read the full profile here.

Miles appears in a Met: Live in HD telecast for the second time this season on Saturday, March 12 as Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos.

Lise Davidsen sings the title heroine alongside Brandon Jovanovich as Bacchus, Brenda Rae as Zerbinetta, and Isabel Leonard as the Composer. Johannes Martin Kränzle sings the Music Master and the legendary Thomas Allen returns to The Met as the…

On March 1, 5, 8, 12 and 17, Miles Mykkanen returns to The Metropolitan Opera for the third time this season as Brighella in Otto Schenk's production of Ariadne auf Naxos under the baton of Marek Janowski. Lise Davidsen sings the title heroine alongside Brandon Jovanovich as Bacchus, Brenda Rae as Zerbinetta, and Isabel Leonard as the Composer. Johannes Martin Kränzle sings the Music Master…

On February 4, Miles Mykkanen joins pianist Eric Huebner for two monumental song cycles from the Lieder canon: Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte and Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin.

After working on both cycles for two summers at the Franz Schubert Institut and three summers at the Marlboro Festival, Miles will finally perform both cycles in the Slee Visiting Artist Series at the University…

Lyric Opera of Chicago on Wednesday announced that its production of “Proving Up,” originally slated for presentation Jan. 22-30 at the Goodman Theatre’s Owen Theatre has been postponed out of an abundance of caution amid the COVID-19 pandemic surge.

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On January 22, 26, 28 and 30, Miles Mykkanen makes his debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago under Music Director Enrique Mazzola in James Darrah's production of PROVING UP by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek. Miles leads this intimate chamber opera about the American dream alongside Talise Trevigne, Edward Parks, Boya Wei, Annie Rosen, and Andrew Harris.

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