Tuija Knihtilä

Vienna based Finnish mezzo-soprano Tuija Knihtilä graduated from the Sibelius- Academy and studied further at Die Hochschule der Künste in Berlin as well as at the International Opera Studio in Zurich. She was member of the Finnish National Opera soloist ensemble until 2010 and works currently as freelancer. In the Spring 2022 she debuted as Judith in Bartok's Bluebeards Castle (concert with Pori Sinfonietta, Finland), sang Kundry in Wagners Parsifal in Landestheater Linz, Austria. In the summer returned to role of Carmen in Bizet's Carmen and Amneris in Verdi's Aida at Savonlinna Opera Festival. In the season 2009-10 Knihtilä was a guest singer at the Norwegian National Opera as Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos and as Venus in Tannhäuser. She was a radiant Amneris in Aida of the 2010-11