Soile Isokoski Soprano

Soile Isokoski’s name originally means Isokoski has performed the title role of ‘the northern light’ – a light that she Ariadne auf Naxos (Glyndebourne carries to the world today in an Festival Opera), Donna Elvira Don exceptional way. One of the most Giovanni (LA Opera), Marschallin Der celebrated sopranos to emerge from Rosenkavalier (in London, Geneva, Finland, Isokoski studied at the Sibelius Vienna, Paris and Munich), Blanche de la Academy in Helsinki and made her stage Force Dialogues des Carmélites debut with Finnish National Opera. She (Bayerische Staatsoper), Desdemona has gone on to capture audiences and Otello (Deutsche Oper Berlin and Wiener critics alike across the world, winning the Staatsoper), Marguerite Faust in Vienna, coveted Pro-Finlandia medal in 2002 in Ellen Orford Peter Grimes in Dresden, and honour of her notable contribution to Elsa Lohengrin in Los Angeles and Finnish music. Dresden. On the concert platform, performances include the closing scene A regular guest of the most renowned from Capriccio with the LSO, and

opera houses, Isokoski is also a familiar Strauss’s Four Last Songs with the “First of all, there was the face on the world’s most prestigious London Philharmonic Orchestra and voice itself, a pure, rich concert stages, working with conductors Vladimir Jurowski and a recital at including Philippe Herreweghe, Jukka- London’s Wigmore Hall. stream of golden, russet Pekka Saraste, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Seiji timbre perfectly suited to Ozawa, John Elliot Gardiner, Sir Colin Isokoski teaches singing at the Oulu the music's autumnal Davis, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, University of Applied Sciences and she is Sir Simon Rattle, Marek Janowski, a guest professor at the Sibelius mood. And then there was Bernhard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Academy, Helsinki. She has served as a Isokoski's wondrous way Riccardo Muti, Valerie Gergiev, Pierre jury member for BBC Cardiff Singer of the of communicating the Boulez, James Levine, Leif Segerstam and World competition and Mirjam Helin- Michael Tilson Thomas. International Singing Competition. songs' valedictory emotional sensibility, Isokoski’s acclaimed discography includes through clear diction but Strauss’ Four Last Songs under Marek Valid for use until 1 August 2021 Janowski (Gramophone Editor’s Choice For updated versions please contact also through the fact that Award 2002), as well as two Sibelius CDs [email protected] she seemed not merely to under the baton of Leif Segerstam: be singing the songs but Kullervo with Tommi Hakala (Diapason d’Or 2008) and Luonnotar and Orchestral living them out.” songs (MIDEM classical award, BBC Music

Daily Telegraph Magazine Vocal Award and Disc of the Year 2007). She was awarded the Sibelius Medal in 2007 and was honoured with the title of Austrian Kammersängerin in 2008. In 2011 she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Helsinki. Her signature roles include Marschallin

Der Rosenkavalier, Elsa Lohengrin, Rachel La Juive, Marguerite Faust and Contessa Le nozze di Figaro.

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