Biography
After studying at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Jussi Myllys made his debut as Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni in Turku and was a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble from 2006 to 2009.Since the 2009/10 season, he has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, where he sang, among others the title role of Titus in Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito, Tamino/The Magic Flute, Belmonte/The Abduction from the Seraglio, Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni, Sir Richard Fenton/The Merry Wives of Windsor, Rinuccio/Gianni Schicchi, Alfred and Eisenstein / Die Fledermaus, Singer / Der Rosenkavalier, Matteo / Arabella, Froh / Rheingold, Lensky / Eugene Onegin, Narraboth / Salomé, Tom Rakewell / The Rake's Progress and Arturo / Lucia di Lammermoor.
Guest engagements have taken him to renowned opera houses and festivals, including the Opéra Bastille Paris (Ferrando/Così fan tutte), the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (including Jaquino/Fidelio and Steuermann/Der fliegende Holländer), the Semperoper Dresden (Tamino/Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte/Entführung aus dem Serail), the Komische Oper Berlin (Tamino/Zauberflöte), the Finnish National Opera Helsinki (Ferrando/Così fan tutte, Lenski/Eugen Onegin, Hirte/Oedipus Rex), the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona (Tamino/Die Zauberflöte), the Basel Theatre (Lucio Silla/Lucio Silla), the Edinburgh Festival, the Savonlinna Opera Festival (Belmonte/The Abduction from the Seraglio, Cassio/Otello), the National Opera Amsterdam (Max/Freischütz), the Opéra national du Rhin Strasbourg (Max/Freischütz), the Bonn Opera (Konrad in Giacomo Meyerbeer's A Camp in Silesia) and the Espoo City Theatre (Florestan/Fidelio).
His keen interest in contemporary music and challenging directorial concepts has resulted in many invitations to premières and world premières at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Frankfurt Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, among others, and with works by Frederick Delius, Peter Eötvös, Hans Werner Henze, Jörg Widmann, Aulis Sallinen and Boris Blacher.
As a sought-after concert and lieder singer, he regularly works with orchestras such as the Gürzenich Orchestra, the International Bach Academy Stuttgart, the RIAS Chamber Choir, the Nederlands Kamerkoor, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and the most renowned ensembles in his home country. Most recently, he performed Haydn's Seasons under the direction of Matthew Halls and the Tapiola Sinfonietta and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg.
In recent years, he has successfully established himself as a young heldentenor. In 2023, he made his role debut as Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer at Tampere Opera in Finland, followed by the title role in Parsifal under the baton of Frank Beermann and the direction of Erik Vigié in Minden.
At his home theatre in Düsseldorf, he sings Erik/Flying Dutchman and, for the first time, Števa in the new Jenufa production conducted by Axel Kober and directed by Tatjana Gürbaca.
In the 2024/25 season, he will add roles such as Ismaele/ Nabucco and Zinovij/ Shostakovich ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’ to his extensive repertoire.
Management
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Boris Orlob
Managing Director
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Mobil: +49-172-8 51 55 14
Repertoire
Repertoire Concert
Bach, J.S. | B minor mass |
Cantatas BWV 4, 36, 61, 80 | |
Christmas Oratorio (1-6) | |
Magnificat | |
St. John Passion / Evangelist, Arias | |
St. Matthew Passion / Evangelist, Arias | |
Beethoven | Mass in C |
Symphony no. 9 | |
Berlioz | Roméo et Juliette |
Chausson | Poème de l´amour et de la mer |
Händel | Messiah |
Ode for St. Cecily | |
Haydn | Cäcilienmesse |
Harmoniemesse | |
The Creation | |
The Seasons | |
Lloyd Webber | Requiem |
Mahler | Das Lied von der Erde |
Mäntyjärvi | Vain Sana –Kantate (UA) |
Mendelssohn | Elias |
Lobgesang (2. Sinfonie) | |
Mozart | C minor mass |
Coronation Mass | |
Requiem | |
Rihm | Deus Passus |
Rossini | Petite messe solennelle |
Stabat Mater | |
Rutter | Psalmfest |
Schubert | Die schöne Müllerin |
Mass No. 6 in E flat major | |
Schumann | Dichterliebe |
Faust-Szenen / Ariel, Pater Estaticus | |
Spohr | Die letzten Dinge |
Tippett | A child of our time |
Verdi | Requiem |
Wolf | Italienisches Liederbuch |
Repertoire Opera
Beethoven | Fidelio | Florestan |
Jacquino | ||
Britten | Billy Budd | Novice |
Owen Wingrave | Lechmere | |
Sir Philip Wingrave | ||
Cavalli | Giasone | Egeo |
Sole | ||
Delius | A village Romeo and Juliet | Sali |
Eötvös | The Tragedy of the Devil (UA) | Adam |
de Falla | El retablo de Maese Pedro | Maese Pedro |
Francesconi | Terra (UA) | Il Marito |
Glass | Les Enfants terribles | Gérard |
Henze | Phaedra | Hippolyt |
Händel | Ariodante | Odoardo |
Janacek | From the House of the Dead | Kedril |
Skuratov | ||
Kilpiö | Rantapalloja ja rintakarvoja (UA) | tenor |
Lehár | Die lustige Witwe | Camille de Rossillon |
Lintinen | Voi vietävä! | tenor |
Meyerbeer | Ein Feldlager in Schlesien | Konrad |
Monteverdi | L'Orfeo | Pastore |
Spirito | ||
Il ritorno d´Ulisse in patria | Eumete | |
Mozart | Così fan tutte | Ferrando |
Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Belmonte | |
Pedrillo | ||
Die Zauberflöte | Tamino | |
Don Giovanni | Don Ottavio | |
La clemenza di Tito | Tito | |
La finta giardiniera | Belfiore | |
Nicolai | Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor | Fenton |
Puccini | Gianni Schicchi | Rinuccio |
Il tabarro | Venditore di canzonette | |
Tosca | Spoletta | |
Rameau | Castor & Pollux | Castor |
Sallinen | The King goes forth to France | Burgher of Calais |
Smetana | The Bartered Bride | Vasek |
Strauss, J. | Die Fledermaus | Alfred |
Strauss, R. | Arabella | Graf Elemer |
Der Rosenkavalier | Ital. Singer | |
Salome | Narraboth | |
Stravinsky | The Rake's Progress | Tom Rakewell |
Sylvain | Zorina | Percy |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | Lensky |
The Queen of Spades | Tshaplitzki | |
Verdi | Falstaff | Fenton |
La traviata | Alfredo Germont | |
Gastone | ||
Otello | Cassio | |
Wagner | Der fliegende Holländer | Steuermann |
Tristan und Isolde | Junger Seemann | |
Widmann | Babylon (UA) | Tammu |
News

Holy Grail! Parsifal in Minden!
Finnish tenor Jussi Myllys will be performing the title role in Richard Wagner's "Parsifal" for the first time at the "Bayreuth of the North" on September 8, 2023 in Minden. The "Bühnenweihfestspiel" will once again be presented through a collaborative production between the Richard Wagner Association Minden, the North West German Philharmonic, and the Minden City Theatre. The stage direction will be led by Lausanne's Intendant Erik Vigié, musical direction by Frank Beerman. More details can be found at: www.parsifal-in-minden.deIn the classical music magazine CONCERTI LOUNGE (August 24, 2023), the event is reported as follows:
lounge.concerti.de/das-wagner-wunder-von-minden
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Videos
Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde, I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erd (YouTube)
Press
Lady Macbeth / Deutsche Oper am Rhein / 22.02.2025 / o-ton.online
"Allen voran Tenor Jussi Myllys, der Katarinas Ehemann eine glaubhafte Hülle verleiht. Seit über 20 Jahren singt er in Düsseldorf zahlreiche Rollen [...] mit Bravour."
Parsifal / Stadttheater Minden / 09.09.2023 / klassik-begeistert.de
" [...] Die Titelrolle stellte der junger Finne, Jussi Myllys, der gerade in seiner Heimat den Fachwechsel zum dramatischen Tenor vollzieht, mit leichtem, lyrischem Schmelz und feinem dunklem Timbre, aber auch kräftigen Ausbrüchen eines Spintotenors nahe dar. Der junge Mann [...] machte in dem kleinen Haus in Minden bei seinem Debut als Parsifal einen souveränen Eindruck durch enorm schöne Gestaltung, Phrasierung und Intonationsgenauigkeit. Zu Recht wurde er vom Publikum am Ende stürmisch gefeiert. "
Missa Solemnis / Hamburger Laeiszhalle / 10.05.22 / klassik-begeistert.de
"als klarer, absolut höhensicherer Tenor"
Castle in the Water / Savonlinna Opera Festival / 09.07.17 / bachtrack.com
"brilliantly coloured for the Ursina music"
Die Zauberflöte / Edinburgh International Festival / 27.-30.08.15 / edinburghspotlight.com
"robustly heroic Tamino"