Verdi: Don Carlos

Maestro Giancarlo Andretta is a frequent visitor to prestigious opera houses, concert halls, and festivals across Europe. Andretta has previously worked as Principal Conductor and Consultant at Göteborg Opera (2010–2013) and Opernhaus Graz (1994–1997), Chief Conductor of Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (2001–2010), Guest Conductor of Danish Royal Opera House (2001–2010), Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta (2000–2002) and Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza (1997–2003), and Principal Guest Conductor of the Granada Symphony Orchestra (2015–2020).

His career began as Solo Korrepetitor at the Vienna Opera House,as Studienleiter for the Salzburg Summer Festival and Assistant Conductor for the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he was named a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music of Stockholm. He regularly gives masterclasses, serves on international juries, and has received numerous prizes, such as Wuerdigung Preis of the Austrian Ministry of Culture, Richard Wagner Preis, and Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for the recording of Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri in 2023. At Tampere Opera, Andretta has previously conducted in La Traviata (2024), Aida (2007), Un ballo in maschera (2002), Simon Boccanegra (2000) and Nabucco (1998).

Tuomas Parkkinen is a Helsinki-based playwright, librettist, and opera and theatre director. Parkkinen has been involved in opera for nearly 30 years, working for example with the Finnish National Opera, Tampere Opera, and the Ilmajoki Music Festival. In addition to opera classics, he has directed acclaimed world premieres such as Isoviha (2025), Hiljaiset perivät maan (2022), Veljeni vartija (2018), Mannerheim (2017), and Taipaleenjoki (2010).

Among Parkkinen’s most recent musical and theatre productions are Hildur (Helsinki City Theatre, 2026), the concert version of Sweeney Todd (Tampere Opera, 2026), The Addams Family (Turku City Theatre, 2025), Niin kuin taivaassa (Seinäjoki City Theatre, 2023), and West Side Story (Savoy Theatre, 2021). Parkkinen has written numerous plays, librettos, musical theatre works, revues, and lyrics for more than one hundred stage songs.

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Juho Lindström is a Helsinki-based set designer who has worked as a freelance designer in theatre and the performing arts across Finland since 2012. Lindström graduated with a Master’s degree in scenography from Aalto University in 2015 and as a designer from Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences in 2009. In addition to his work as a set designer, Lindström regularly teaches at Aalto University and the University of the Arts Helsinki.

Lindström’s work has been widely seen in theatres and festivals, most recently at Pori Theatre in Mummola (2026) and Pudotuspeli (2025), at the Ilmajoki Music Festival in the operas Isoviha (2025) and Armi (2023), at Seinäjoki City Theatre in The Brothers Lionheart (2025) and Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter (2024), at Rovaniemi Theatre in Fiddler on the Roof (2025), and at Tampere Theatre in Piaf (2023). Don Carlos (2026) is Lindström’s first design for Tampere Opera.

Costume designer Tuomas Lampinen has worked in theatre for nearly 25 years. Lampinen graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2005 and has worked as a costume designer at Turku City Theatre since 2006. His most recent designs in Turku include Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2026), Macbeth (2025), Hildur (2024), Little Women (2023), and Amadeus (2022).

Alongside his permanent position, Lampinen has also worked as a visiting designer in a wide range of performing arts productions, including at the Finnish National Theatre (Sinivalas, 2020), Tampere Theatre (Cats, 2017), the Flemish Opera (Der König Kandaules, 2016), Tampere Opera (The Marriage of Figaro, 2014), Åbo Svenska Teater (Jesus Christ Superstar, 2014), the Finnish National Opera (Don Pasquale, 2013), and Kokkola Opera Summer (The Magic Flute, 2011). Costumes created by Lampinen for the musical Kinky Boots have been seen at Helsinki City Theatre (2018), Tampere Workers’ Theatre (2020), and the Vanemuine Theatre in Tartu (2024).

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Ville Syrjä works as a lighting designer at Tampere Hall for Akun Tehdas. In addition to lighting design for stage productions, Syrjä has for more than 30 years been responsible for the lighting and technical lighting design of concerts and events at Tampere Hall.

His previous designs for Tampere Opera include, among others, the concert version of Sweeney Todd (2026), the concert version of Fidelio (2024), La Traviata (2024), The Magic Flute (2022 and 2011), Carmen (2020), Veljeni vartija (2018), The Marriage of Figaro (2014), and Otello (2005).

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Toni Haaranen has worked as a lighting and video designer in theatres and as a cinematographer in films and commercials since 2005. Since autumn 2018, he has worked as a resident lighting and video designer at Helsinki City Theatre, where his most recent productions include The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (2026), Let’s Play Business (2025), Yours, Margot (2025), The Brothers Lionheart (2024), Dear Evan Hansen (2023), Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2022), and The Little Mermaid (2019).

Other productions include Wicked and Beauty and the Beast (Tampere Workers’ Theatre, 2026 and 2025), La Traviata and The Flying Dutchman (Tampere Opera, 2024 and 2023), Rottien pyhimys (Hämeenlinna Theatre, 2023), and Anastasia (Tampere Theatre, 2022). International film productions he has worked on include Alan Wake 2 (Remedy, 2023), Tenet (Warner Bros., 2020), and How It Ends (Netflix, 2018).

Tampere-based make-up artist Johanna Vänttinen has worked in theatre, opera, television, film, and advertising productions since 1996. She studied theatrical make-up at Tampere University of Applied Sciences. At Tampere Opera she has designed make-up and hairstyles since 2010, most recently for the concert version of Sweeney Todd (2026), The Last Temptations (2025), La Traviata (2024), The Flying Dutchman (2023), and The Magic Flute (2022).

Vänttinen has designed make-up for numerous theatres, including Tampere Comedy Theatre, Tampere Theatre, and Tampere Workers’ Theatre. Her extensive television work includes productions such as Ivalo (2022) and Pikku Kakkonen (2013–2021). Her work can also be seen in films such as Punttikomedia (2021) and the film Juice (2018).

Heikki Liimola graduated with a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy in 1988. His teachers have included Jorma Panula, Yrjö Nykänen, Anssi Hirvonen, Eric Ericson, Raimo Sarmas, and Lauri Ojala. Liimola worked as a teacher of choral conducting at the Sibelius Academy from 1987 and as a lecturer from 1995 to 2023. He has conducted the Harju Chamber Choir since 1977, the Tampere Opera Chorus since 1990, the Savonlinna Opera Festival Chorus from 1991 to 1995, and the Tampere Philharmonic Choir from 1990 to 2004.

Liimola served as the Artistic Director of the Tampere Vocal Music Festival (Tampereen Sävel) from 1989 to 2005 and as the conductor of the Klemetti Institute Chamber Choir from 2005 to 2023. In 1998 he was named Choir Conductor of the Year, and in 2019 he received the Cultural Award of the Pirkanmaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation. In 2023 the Chapter of the Diocese of Tampere awarded Liimola the honorary title director cantus.

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Mika Kares began his professional career in Karlsruhe in 2005–2010. After becoming a freelance singer, he has become one of the most sought-after basses on the international opera scene today. In addition to performing in Finland, Kares regularly appears at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including the Bavarian State Opera, the Paris Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, and the Berlin State Opera.

Kares’s extensive repertoire includes roles such as Boris Godunov, Paavo Ruotsalainen (The Last Temptations), Hagen (Götterdämmerung), Hunding (Die Walküre), Fafner and Fasolt (Das Rheingold, Siegfried), Hermann (Tannhäuser), King Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Heinrich (Lohengrin), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Khovansky (Khovanshchina), Sarastro (The Magic Flute), and the title role in Bluebeard’s Castle, which earned him a Grammy nomination in 2022. Kares was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland in December 2025.

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For many years among Finland’s leading sopranos, Marjukka Tepponen has captivated audiences and critics alike with her charisma on both national and international opera stages, including Semperoper Dresden, Oper Graz, and the Metropolitan Opera. Among her successful roles in recent seasons are Blanche de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites), Liù (Turandot), Elettra (Idomeneo), Juliet (Roméo et Juliette), Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly), Mimì (La bohème), and Tatyana (Eugene Onegin).

Tepponen is also known as an active concert performer in both classical and lighter repertoire, and she has recorded several albums and opera recordings, including Gounod’s Faust (Naxos). At Tampere Opera, her beloved roles have included Violetta Valéry (La Traviata, 2024), Micaëla (Carmen, 2020), Liisa (The Ostrobothnians, 2017), and Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro, 2014).

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Young Armenian tenor Tigran Hakobyan graduated with excellence from the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan in 2015 and joined the Young Artist Opera Program of the State Opera of Yerevan (2018–2021). In 2021, he became a permanent guest soloist of the Armenian National Opera. Hakobyan has performed leading tenor roles, such as Cavaradossi (Tosca), Rodolfo (La bohème), Alfredo (La traviata), Cassio (Otello), Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana), Don José (Carmen), Radames (Aida), and Don Carlos, both in French and in Italian.

Hakobyan has sung in distinguished opera houses and festivals, such as the National Theatre of Brno, Malmö Opera, Erfurt Opera, Regensburg’s Thurn und Taxis Festival, and Kiel opera house and summer festival. In Finland, Hakobyan made his debut at the Finnish National Opera in 2024 as Lensky in Eugene Onegin. Hakobyan will perform the role of Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in England in 2027.

Arttu Kataja, one of Finland’s most internationally successful baritones, has been a member of the Berlin State Opera ensemble since 2006. Kataja has appeared as a guest artist at venues including Theater an der Wien, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, the Savonlinna Opera Festival, the Finnish National Opera, and numerous festivals. His key operatic roles include Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), and Figaro (The Barber of Seville).

Kataja’s singing career took off after winning the Lappeenranta Singing Competition in 2002, and he has since established himself as a sought-after concert singer across Europe. His recordings with pianist Pauliina Tukiainen, Serious Songs and Winterreise, have received critical acclaim. At Tampere Opera, Kataja most recently impressed audiences in 2024 with his role debut as Giorgio Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata.

Kuva: Markus Henttonen

Soprano Maria Turunen won the Helsinki Lied Competition in 2021 together with pianist Armaan Madar, received second prize at the Merikanto Singing Competition in 2022, and the special prize for the best interpretation of new music at the International Toivo Kuula Singing Competition in 2025. Turunen holds a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy and the Stockholm University of the Arts, a musician’s diploma from the Helsinki Conservatory, a degree in music pedagogy from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, and a Master of Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki.

Since 2020 Turunen has appeared at the Finnish National Opera as Maija Harri (The Ostrobothnians) and Waltraute (Die Walküre). Her other roles at the Finnish National Opera and elsewhere include Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Katerina Izmailova (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Suor Angelica (title role), and Lady Billows (Albert Herring). The role of Princess Eboli marks Turunen’s debut at Tampere Opera.

Soprano Emma Kajander is rapidly emerging as one of Finland’s most promising operatic talents. She began her professional career in 2024 at the Finnish National Opera as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera and has since built a solo career both on opera stages and as a soloist with orchestras in Finland and abroad. She won the Lappeenranta Singing Competition in 2025 and the Havets Röst Competition in 2023. She received the Majaoja Prize in 2025 and was a scholarship recipient of the Martti Talvela Foundation in 2024.

During the 2025–2026 season she has appeared as Pamina in The Magic Flute at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and as a soloist in Sibelius’s Kullervo with the Filialen Orchestra in Stockholm. She will perform as a soloist with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in Ravel’s Shéhérazade and appear at the Bregenz Festival in the world premiere of Daníel Bjarnason’s Passion of the Common Man. She studied at the Sibelius Academy and the Helsinki Conservatory and has continued her vocal studies with Irina Gavrilovic and at the Georg Solti Academy in Italy.

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Petri Lindroos has appeared in leading bass roles on international opera stages for nearly 30 years, including at the Paris Opera, in Rome, at La Scala in Milan, the Royal Danish Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, as well as the Norwegian and Finnish National Operas. He has also performed in North and South America and Japan and collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, and Roberto Abbado.

Lindroos’s extensive repertoire includes roles such as Sarastro (The Magic Flute), Basilio (The Barber of Seville), Rocco (Fidelio), Ferrando (Il trovatore), Daland (The Flying Dutchman), Timur (Turandot), Osmin (The Abduction from the Seraglio), Méphistophélès (Faust), Pimen (Boris Godunov), and Sparafucile (Rigoletto). At Tampere Opera Lindroos was last heard in spring 2025 as the Blacksmith in Joonas Kokkonen’s The Last Temptations.

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Bass Markus Suihkonen’s career gained momentum after he won the Timo Mustakallio Competition in 2015. Soon afterwards he made his debuts at the Finnish National Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival. In the 2017–2018 season he was a member of the young artists ensemble at Opera Vlaanderen in Antwerp. After Belgium he spent two years in the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera and was a member of the Hannover State Opera ensemble from 2020 to 2025.

Suihkonen’s repertoire includes roles such as Colline (La bohème), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Ramfis (Aida), Sarastro (The Magic Flute), and Angelotti (Tosca). He graduated from the Sibelius Academy in 2017, where he studied with Petteri Salomaa and Jaakko Ryhänen, and has furthered his studies with Gregory Lamar and Mika Kares, among others. Suihkonen has appeared at numerous festivals and concert venues across Finland and Europe under conductors including Hannu Lintu, Klaus Mäkelä, and Adam Fischer. In summer 2025 he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival and in autumn 2026 he will appear at the Glyndebourne Opera Festival.

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Tenor Risto Piirainen has performed operatic roles in North Karelia and Pirkanmaa and has also sung numerous chorus roles, among others at the Finnish National Opera, the Savonlinna Opera Festival, and Tampere Opera. Alongside classical music, Piirainen also performs lighter repertoire, including Italian songs as well as melodies from the works of Olavi Virta and Georg Ots.

Piirainen completed his vocal studies at the Joensuu Conservatory and at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), graduating with highest honours under the guidance of Tuomas Katajala and Petri Antikainen. He has also studied at the Milan Conservatory with Monica Bozzo and attended numerous masterclasses. Seppo Ruohonen also served as his long-term teacher. Piirainen has received support from, among others, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Tampere Opera Association, and the Finnish Beniamino Gigli Society.

Kuva: Mika Nuorva

Estonian-born tenor Taavi Niinimaa studied opera singing at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and privately with Seppo Ruohonen and Juha Uusitalo. Niinimaa has held engagements with the Tartu Opera and the Estonian National Opera.

He has appeared for several years in productions at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and the Finnish National Opera. In 2006 he won the lied prize at the Henrik Krumm Singing Competition in Estonia and was a finalist in the 2021 Toivo Kuula Singing Competition. Taavi Niinimaa has also performed as an oratorio soloist in both Estonia and Finland.

Tenor Matti Skyttä is in his second year of classical voice studies at TAMK under Petri Antikainen. From 2021 to 2023 he studied classical voice at the Lahti Conservatory with Mari Karjalainen. Skyttä makes his operatic debut in Tampere Opera’s Don Carlos. Next, he will appear in TAMK Music’s production of Mozart’s La finta giardiniera in the role of Count Belfiore.

In addition to singing, Skyttä is a trained cellist. He graduated with a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy (University of the Arts Helsinki) in 2023, with cello as his main instrument, and shared fourth prize in the 2022 national cello competition in Turku. As a cellist, Skyttä has worked as a freelance musician with numerous Finnish symphony orchestras and has appeared as a soloist with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Sinfonia Lahti.

Baritone Johannes Pessi is known for his strong stage presence and refined voice. He graduated from the Sibelius Academy in 2024, where he studied with bass Jaakko Ryhänen. Thanks to his strong upper register and agility, Pessi performs a wide range of opera and operetta roles and is an active concert and lied soloist.

His operatic repertoire includes Papageno (The Magic Flute), Spoletta (Tosca), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Zsupán (Countess Mariza), Cascada and Danilo (The Merry Widow), and Harlequin (Ariadne auf Naxos). In summer 2024 he sang the First Nobleman in Savonlinna Opera Festival’s Lohengrin. In 2025 he was selected for the new Mirjam Helin Academy and received third prize in the men’s category at the Lappeenranta Singing Competition.

Kuopio-born baritone Olli-Tapio Tikkanen graduated with a Master’s degree from the Sibelius Academy’s vocal music department in December 2025. He has also studied at the Tampere Conservatory, majoring in classical voice, and in the music pedagogy programme at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, graduating in 2019.

Tikkanen was a finalist in the Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition in 2015 and 2019 and in the Helsinki Lied Competition in 2015. Previous roles include the Second Man (The Last Temptations), Dr Falke (Die Fledermaus), Buonafede (Il mondo della luna), the Officer (The Barber of Seville), Marttinen (Raatteentie), Nathaniel (Minnan taivas), and Hänschen Rilow (Spring Awakening). Tikkanen has also appeared as a soloist in a number of orchestral works.

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Baritone Jussi Järvenpää studied singing at the Sibelius Academy and later at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln under Monica Pick-Hieronimi. He has worked in music and the performing arts particularly in Germany and was a permanently engaged soloist at the Landesbühnen Sachsen theatre in Dresden from 2008 to 2014. His repertoire spans a wide range of popular opera and musical theatre roles.

He currently works as a freelance singer in Munich, performing as a soloist in oratorios, concerts, and masses. Järvenpää has appeared as a soloist at the Aix-en-Provence International Opera Festival in France, the Vienna Festival, the Helsinki Festival, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Finnish National Opera, and Pori Opera, among others. He has also given concert performances with ensembles including Sinfonia Lahti and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

American baritone Kevin Greenlaw has performed in the most distinguished opera houses across Europe, the United States, Brazil, and Japan. He studied at the Eastman School of Music in New York and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, later joining the Paris National Opera and Theater Dortmund. Based in Helsinki since 2016, he starred as the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera with the Finnish National Opera, a role he performed for three acclaimed seasons.

His wide range of leading roles include Figaro (Il Barbière di Siviglia), Il Conte (Le Nozze di Figaro), Marcello (La bohème), Escamillo (Carmen), Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady), Pelléas (Pelléas et Mélisande), and the titular roles in Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, and Hamlet. In Finland, Greenlaw has appeared as a concert soloist with prestigious orchestras such as the Turku Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic, and Jyväskylä Sinfonia.

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Baritone Jarmo Ojala is an experienced performer whose wide repertoire includes opera, theatre, and popular music. He studied singing at the Oulu Conservatory and furthered his studies with several international teachers. He was part of the Finnish National Opera Studio from 1994 to 1996 and subsequently worked at the house as a soloist and chorister until his retirement in spring 2022. Ojala has also performed at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Oulu Opera, and the Joensuu Song Festival.

Ojala has sung many major baritone roles, including Papageno (The Magic Flute), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Dr Falke (Die Fledermaus), Donner (Das Rheingold), and Bartolo (The Barber of Seville). Ojala was a finalist in the Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition in 1991 and won second prize at the Lappeenranta Singing Competition in 1992.

Baritone Olli Tuovinen has studied singing and various instruments at several institutions and privately. At the Sibelius Academy he studied in the opera training programme from 2002 to 2008.

Tuovinen has performed numerous roles at the Finnish National Opera and in productions by Finnish theatres, associations, and international music festivals. Since 1997 he has worked as a professional musician in various ensembles, performing widely in both light and classical repertoire.

Leo Ikhilor is a Finnish-Nigerian actor, dancer and musician who graduated from the Theatre Arts degree programme at Tampere University (Näty) in 2021. Having worked as a dancer and choreographer for leading artists such as Kaija Koo, Robin and Tuure Boelius, Ikhilor moves widely across the cultural field from theatre to contemporary dance and music. He has also appeared on television in programmes such as Tähdet, tähdet and SuomiLove.

Ikhilor has performed in several stage productions, including at the Finnish National Theatre (Angels in America, Jumalat, 2024), Tampere Workers’ Theatre (Hyvästi Mansikki, 2024; Come From Away, 2022), Turku City Theatre (Varissuo, 2018) and the Finnish National Opera (Don Giovanni, 2020). In addition, he has dubbed TV series and films and toured internationally. Ikhilor hosted Yle’s youth dance programme Moves Like Summeri, for which he received a Koura honorary mention in 2022.

Selma Kauppinen is a Helsinki-based dance artist who graduated as a dancer from the Tampere Conservatoire in 2017. Since then, she has worked widely as a performer and dancer in the field of performing arts. She is currently studying acting in the Theatre Arts degree programme at Tampere University (Näty).

Kauppinen has performed as a dancer in productions including down below things shudder (Dance House Helsinki, 2023), something like this (Cable Factory and tour, 2023–2024), Arvaa mitä? Arvaa mitä! (Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, 2022), UNDERTONE – Traces of Imminence (Baltic Circle Festival, 2022) and West Side Story (Savoy Theatre, 2021).

Ilona Karppelin is a Tampere-based actor and performance maker. She will graduate with a Master of Arts in Theatre from Tampere University’s Theatre Arts programme (Näty) in spring 2026. Earlier, she studied theatre at the Lahti Folk High School theatre programme from 2018 to 2020.

Karppelin has appeared on the stages of Tampere Theatre (Aina joku eksyy, 2025) and Tampere Workers’ Theatre (Tiikeriooppera, Hyvästi Mansikki, 2024). She also has a long and versatile background in dance and, in her younger years, played the piano and sang in a choir.

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Vincent Kinnunen is an actor graduating from Tampere University’s Theatre Arts programme (Näty) in spring 2026. He has also studied theatre in Germany at the University of Giessen.

Kinnunen has worked as an actor at Tampere Workers’ Theatre as well as in television series and short films. He is also a member of the Saimaa Theatre ensemble. Vincent has a broad interest in performance and society and explores the intersections between them in his artistic work.

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Meri Kunttu studies in the Theatre Arts degree programme at Tampere University (Näty). Previously, she studied acting and musical theatre at folk high schools and has worked in circus, both performing and teaching.

Kunttu’s recent performances across different fields of performing arts include Kenen ääni? – Monologeja Ilmestyskirjasta suomalaiseen nykyproosaan (Finnish National Theatre, 2026), Ulkoavaruuden lapset (Teatterimonttu and school tour, 2025) and i wish i was an ant (Duckstep Company, 2025).

Suvi Salmi is a dancer, dance teacher, choreographer and founder of Suvi Salmi Dance Company. Originally from Rovaniemi and now based in Tampere, she has worked as a dance teacher and coach for competition groups since 2013 and also works internationally as a dance judge.

Salmi has a strong background in theatre and singing. She has been involved in productions at various theatres and at Tampere Opera (including The Magic Flute, 2022, and Carmen, 2020), both as a performer and choreographer. She holds a Master of Arts degree from Tampere University in Theatre and Drama Research.

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