Annika Leino

Annika Leino is a Finnish soprano. She gratuated as Master of Music at Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki in 2018.

Leino has sang the roles of Donna Elvira (Mozart: Don Giovanni) and Micaëla (Bizet: Carmen) in Savonlinna Opera Festival, and in Finnish National Opera she has sang the roles of Líu (Puccini: Turandot) and Nedda/Colombina (Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci). Her other operatic roles up till today are Helmwige (Wagner: Die Walküre), Wellgunde (Wagner: Götterdämmerung), Governess (B Britten: The Turn of the Screw), Alice Ford (Verdi: Falstaff), Helena (Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Contessa Almaviva (Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro).

Her repertoire in concert- and church music include Requiems by Fauré and Verdi, Petite Messe solennelle by Rossini and the solo part of Kullervo’s sister in Sibelius’ s Kullervo -symphony. She collaborates regularly with pianists Jukka Nykänen and Kirill Kozlovski. She ist the first prize winner of the National Kangasniemi Singing competition (2019).