Timo Riihonen

Biography

Among Timo’s 2022/2023 season highlights is Veit Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, debut as Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier at Prague National Theatre staged by Andreas Homoki, a return to Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden with Baron Ochs, Verdi´s Requiem at the Finnish National Opera, debut at the Royal Opera House as Priest in Innocence, Fasolt in Das Rheingold at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Claggart in Billy Budd with George Enescu Festival Bucharest, König Heinrich Lohengrin at Opera Strasbourg.
Among Timo’s recent appearances is Ramfis in Aida with Savonlinna Festival, Philipp II and Il Grande Inquisitore in Don Carlo at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Claggart in Billy Budd at the Finnish National Opera, Hunding in Die Walküre with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Philipp II in Don Carlo, Padre Guardiano in La forza del Destino at Oper Graz, Hans Foltz in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Bayreuther Festspiele.
Other past highlights include Philip II in Don Carlos at the stage of Opera Graz, Il commendatore in Don Giovanni with Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Fasolt in Das Rheingold, Old Convict, Priest in Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Mayor in the concert performance of Janáček’s Jenůfa at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Daland in Der Fliegende Holländer at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Bass part in Verdi's Requiem for Helsinki Music Centre, Old gipsy in Aleko, Count Waldner in Arabella, Tom in Un Ballo in Maschera, Hunding in Die Walküre, Fasolt in Das Rheingold, Fafner in Siegfried all as an ensemble member of Oper Kiel, Colline in La bohème on the stage of Tampere Opera, Gremin in Eugene Onegin for Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Herman in Tannhäuser for Latvian National Opera, among others.