Lilli Paasikivi
“Lilli Paasikivi practically stole the show. She was well-nigh perfect.” (The New York Sun)
Biography
Highlights this season for Lilli Paasikivi include opening the New York Philharmonic season in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (under Alan Gilbert) and she will also perform this piece with the Royal Swedish Philharmonic Orchestra (under Sakari Oramo); a return to Hamburgische Staatsoper for Fricka in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre; Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder with Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao; her first Genevieve in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande with Finnish National Opera and Fricka with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle.
Lilli Paasikivi appears at the world's most prestigious venues and music festivals, from Los Angeles to Salzburg. Since making her debut with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker as Fricka in the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence's production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagnerian roles have become central to her work on stage. House debuts have included La Monnaie (as Brangäne), Hamburgerische Staatsoper (as Fricka) and Oper Frankfurt (as Kundry) under Sebastian Weigle.
Reviews
“On retrouve le mezzo Lilli Paasikivi, dont la ligne vocale somptueusement menée bénéficie d'une riche expressivité.” (Anaclase.com, February 2010)
“The night, however, belonged to Paasikivi, who realised every subtlety of her part with transfixing empathy and expression.” (The Australian, April 2008)
“In Das Rheingold last year, the mezzo-soprano singing Fricka practically stole the show. She was Lilli Paasikivi, a Finn. She was back this year, again putting on a clinic - a clinic of singing. She was clean, smart, feeling, and well-nigh perfect.”
(The New York Sun, March 2008)
“In her Cincinnati debut, Finnish mezzo-soprano Paasikivi projected richly hued vocal color and heartfelt expression. It was a radiant moment in which time stood still.” (The Enquirer, March 2006)
Sample discography
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