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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…

By Robert Levine for Bachtrack

The character of the Holy Fool, hauntingly sung and acted here by Miles Mykkanen, clearly represents Boris’ conscience, and Wadsworth fascinatingly has him confronting the Tsar-to-be on an empty stage before a note of music is played. Boris recoils from the Fool immediately and takes refuge in the monastery. The Fool appears often – twirling madly when not…

By David Shengold for Opera News

"Spinning like a top and scattering balletic anguish [...] the fine American tenor Miles Mykkanen gave it his all and sang very beautifully."

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The Season’s First Outing of Mussorgsky’s Opera in Its Original Version

By Richard Sasanow for Broadway World

The Lady or the Tiger? In this case, both are Mussorgsky's BORIS GODUNOV--just different versions of it. Which is the preferred one? (Or, more properly, "the preferred one of several," including one that the composer's friend, Rimsky Korsakov, fiddled with after his…

Zachary Woolfe for The New York Times

"And this was a cast of sonorous, articulate singing talkers [...] The mezzo-soprano Tichina Vaughn, as a piquant inn hostess, and the tenor Miles Mykkanen, as the plangent Holy Fool who haunts Boris, are both excellent."

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By Francisco Salazar for OperaWire

"As the Holy Fool, Miles Mykkanen was present throughout the first scenes of the work, as the man haunting Boris. One could see the suffering of his character from the onset with his jittery movements and his fearful face. He was the representation of the victim of the abuses of Boris’ power. And when he finally got a chance to sing in his short interlude,…

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…