Biography

After studying at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Jussi Myllys made his debut as Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni in Turku, and immediately at the Komische Oper Berlin. From 2006 to 2009, he was a member of the ensemble at the Oper Frankfurt, where he took on roles such as Vašek/Die Verkaufte Braut, Tamino/Die Zauberflöte, Pedrillo/Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Jaquino/Fidelio, Belfiore/La finta Giardiniera, and Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni.

Jussi Myllys also quickly established himself as a concert singer. His concert repertoire includes works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Mozart, as well as modern works by Wolfgang Rihm. He works regularly 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. As a sought-after lieder singer, the artist performed at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival 2021. He also performed as a tenor with the chamber music ensemble lied23. He gave a recital at the VOICES Festival 2021 in Gut Holzhausen, where he performed works by Beethoven, Liszt and Sibelius performed alongside Manuel Lange.

Since the 2009/10 season, Jussi Myllys has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. At this institution, the versatile tenor has performed roles such as the title role in Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito," Tamino "Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail", Sir Richard Fenton/"Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor", Rinuccio in "Gianni Schicchi", Alfred in "Die Fledermaus", Sänger in "Der Rosenkavalier", Matteo in "Arabella", Froh in "Rheingold", and Arturo in "Lucia di Lammermoor".

Guest engagements led him to renowned opera houses and international festivals, including Opéra Bastille Paris (Ferrando/Così fan tutte), Bayerische Staatsoper München (Jaquino/Fidelio and Steuermann/Der fliegende Holländer among others), Semperoper Dresden (Tamino/Die Zauberflöte and Belmonte/Entführung a.d. Serail), Komische Oper Berlin (Tamino/Die Zauberflöte), Finnish National Opera Helsinki (Ferrando/Così fan tutte, Lenski/Eugen Onegin, Hirte/Oedipus Rex), Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona (Tamino/Die Zauberflöte), Theater Basel (Lucio Silla/Lucio Silla), as well as the Edinburgh Festival and Savonlinna Opera Festival (Belmonte/Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Cassio/Otello).

His keen interest in contemporary music, rarely performed composers, and demanding directorial concepts resulted in invitations to premieres and world premieres at Bayerische Staatsoper München, Oper Frankfurt, Savonlinna Opera Festival, and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. He has worked on a diverse repertoire, including Sali/A Village Romeo and Juliet (composeFrederick Delius), Adam/Tragödie des Teufels (composer: Peter Eötvös), Hippolyt/Phaedra (composer: Hans Werner Henze), Tammu/Babylon (composer: Jörg Widmann), Giovanni/Schade, dass sie eine Hure war (composer: Anno Schreier), Castle in the Water/Tenor (composer: Aulis Sallinen).

During the COVID-19 lockdown he took on the title role in a chamber opera by Boris Blacher, Romeo and Julia, which was presented as a streaming production. Additionally, the versatile tenor made his mark with premieres as Max/Der Freischütz at Opéra national du Rhin Strasbourg and as Florestan/Fidelio at Espoo City Theatre in Finland. At the Oper Bonn, he was a guest in the 21/22 and 22/23 seasons, performing the role of Konrad in Giacomo Meyerbeer's "Ein Feldlager in Schlesien," with a recording already in the plans. He also appeared at Laeiszhalle Hamburg in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and made his house debut at De Nationale Opera Amsterdam as Max in Der Freischütz under the baton of Patrick Hahn and direction of Kirill Serebrennikov.

At Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Jussi Myllys' roles in the 22/23 season included Tamino in "The Magic Flute", Arturo in "Lucia di Lammermoor", Gabriel von Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus" and Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni". In early 2023, he made his role debut as Erik in "The Flying Dutchman" at Tampere Opera in Finland.

The 23/24 season starts for artist with another important role debut, the title role in Parsifal under the baton of Frank Beerman and direction of Erik Vigié in Minden. In Düsseldorf, he will perform Erik in "The Flying Dutchman" and, for the first time, the role of Števa in the new production of Jenůfa under the baton of Axel Kober and direction of Tatjana Gürbaca. He will also sing Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus" at the Finnish National Opera Helsinki.
 

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