Finland: Helena Juntunen
Soprano - born 1976
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World competitor
Helena Juntunen is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy. She studied with Anita V盲lkki, Jeffrey Goldberg, Renata Scotto and Hartmut H枚ll.
She opened the 2006-7 season in Vienna with Pamina Die Zauberfl枚te, also sung in Dresden, Brussels, Nancy, Aix-en-Provence and Luxembourg.
Other roles include Madama Cortese (Il Viaggio a Reims) in Genova and Helsinki; Margu茅rite (Faust) in Connecticut and Savonlinna, Zdenka (Arabella) in Helsinki and Antwerp; Jenny Hill in Nancy and Luxembourg; and Marie (Wozzeck) in Nice. She has also sung Li霉 (Turandot), Mim矛 and Musetta (La Boh猫me), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Gilda (Rigoletto) in various theatres in Finland.
Concerts with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Leif Segerstam, Mikko Franck and Osmo V盲nsk盲. With V盲nsk盲 she has recorded Beethoven's 9th Symphony and orchestral songs by Sibelius, also songs by Leevi Madetoja and three operas by Rautavaara.
Helena made her debut at Carnegie Hall's Weil Recital Hall in 2003. Concerts have also taken her to Paris, Tokyo, Brussels, Malaga, Minnesota and Salzburg.
Helena won first prize in the Timo Mustakallio and Lappeenranta competitions. She has also won the Tampere Grand Prix.
Future plans include Pamina (Geneva), Mim矛 (Helsinki), and Contessa Le nozze di Figaro (Nice).
Her hobbies include cooking, cycling and reading.
Repertoire details for Concert 5 and Recital 4:
Concert 5 - Thursday 14 June
- Puccini: Mi chiamano Mim矛 (La boh猫me)
- Mozart: E Susanna non vien...Dove sono (Le nozze di Figaro)
- Gounod: 脭 Dieu! que de bijoux!...Ah! Je ris (Faust)
With the orchestra of WNO conducted by Carlo Rizzi
Recital 4 - Tuesday 12 June
- Toivo Kuula: Suutelo (Songs, Op 8 No 1)
- Toivo Kuula: Karjapihassa (Songs, Op 31a No 2)
- Haydn: A Pastoral Song
- R Strauss: Mein Herz ist stumm (Songs, Op 19 No 6)
- R Strauss: C盲cilie (Four songs, Op 27 No 2)
Accompanist: Eveliina Kyt枚m盲ki
