Ville Rusanen

This season’s highlights include a return to Scottish Opera as Figaro in Thomas Allen’s production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in Eugene Onegin for Opera Vaasa and his first Biterolf in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at Finland’s Tampere Hall. 

In his first season outside Helsinki, Rusanen earned excellent reviews for his appearances as Guglielmo in David McVicar’s production of Cosi fan tutte for Scottish Opera. In 2010 he made his debut with De Nederlandse Opera in a new opera by Alexander Raskatov - A Dog’s Heart - based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov. 

In concert, Ville Rusanen has performed Fauré's Requiem, Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, the St John Passion, the St Matthew Passion and Carmina Burana. He made his London debut at the 2007 BBC Proms in a performance of Sibelius’ The Tempest with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä.  Most recently he sang  Sibelius' Kullervo at the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago under Hannu Lintu.