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Currently on Fest contract in Karlsruhe, Germany; all roles in Karlsruhe unless otherwise specified

RECENT: Title role in Mefistofele and Ramfis in Aida, Savonlinna Opera Festival; Concert of Rossini's Stabat Mater at the Vatican; Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Savonlinna; Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Opera Hong Kong

Massimilian in I Masnadieri, Jan 30, Feb 4, 14, 2010

Il Re di Scozia in Ariodante, Feb 19, 21, 23, 26, 2010

King Farasme in Radamisto, Feb 25, 27, 28, 2010

Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata, Valencia, Apr 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 2010

Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Savonlinna Opera Festival, July 10, 15, 17, 2010

Il Re in Aida, Finnish National Opera, Sept 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 2010 (performances); Oct 8, 10, 15, 22, 26, 30, 2010 (cover)

Colline in La Bohème, Finnish National Opera, Nov 29, Dec 17, 22, 31, 2010; Jan 7, 11, 21, 2011 (performances); Jan 13, 15, 19, 2011 (cover)

Polyphem in Händel's Acis and Galathea (concert), Mozartwache in Salzburg, Jan 26, 2011

Mephistopholes in Faust, Finnish National Opera, Jan 15 - Feb 16, 2011

The King in Ariodante, Badische Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, February 17 - 28, 2011

Ring Cycle at Badische Staatstheater, Karlsruhe: Fasolt in Das Rheingold, Hunding in Die Walküre and Fafner in Siegfried, April 15 - 30, 2011

Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Opera de Oviedo, Nov 13, 15, 17, 19, 2011

Title role in Attila, Seattle Opera, Jan 15, 22, 27, 2012

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Listen to Mika sing Sarastro from Die Zauberflöte:
- 'In diesen heiligen Hallen' (3.8M)

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Boito Mefistofele Mefistofele
Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Raimondo
Dvořák Rusalka Wassermann
Händel Radamisto King Farasmane
Israel in Egypt 2nd Bass
Susanna Second Elder
Massenet Werther Johann
Mozart Die Zauberflöte Geharnischter, Sarastro
Don Giovanni Il Commendatore, Masetto
Le Nozze di Figaro Figaro, Bartolo
Requiem
Puccini La Bohème Colline
Gianni Schicchi Betto di Signa
Madama Butterfly Zio Bonzo
Tosca Angelotti
Turandot Timur
Rossini Stabat Mater
Tchaikovsky Eugen Onegin Captain, Zareskij
Mazeppa Filipp Orlik
Verdi Aida Ramfis
Don Carlo King Philip
Otello Lodovico
Requiem
Simone Boccanegra Pietro
Wagner Das Rheingold Fafner, Fasolt
Die Walküre Hunding
Siegfried Fafner
Weber Der Freischütz Ein Eremit