Janne Sihvo

Finnish bass Janne Sihvo won First Prize in the men’s division of the Lappeenranta National Singing Competition in January 2025. A permanent singer at Finnish National Opera since 2022, he made his Bregenz Festival debut in summer 2026 as Marchese d’Obigny in Verdi’s La traviata on the lake stage.

Mr. Sihvo’s roles at Finnish National Opera include Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the Monk in Verdi’s Don Carlo, the Sacristan in Puccini’s Tosca and Ramsvik in the 2026 world premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund’s Morgonstjärnan. In 2027, he returns as Colline in La bohème and sings the Archbishop in a concert performance of Szymanowski’s King Roger with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra at Helsinki Music Centre.

His concert repertoire includes Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, as well as the requiems of Mozart and Dvořák. His 2026 engagements include Dvořák’s Requiem with the Saimaa Sinfonietta and Jesus in the St Matthew Passion at Oulu Cathedral, following the Christmas Oratorio with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra in 2024.

Earlier stage work includes Don Pomponio in Rossini’s La gazzetta, Superintendent Budd in Britten’s Albert Herring and Hanezò in Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz at Sibelius Academy Opera. Mr. Sihvo also sang Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte at Oulu City Theatre and appeared in Finnish operas by Aulis Sallinen, Jukka Linkola and Tapio Tuomela, including Punainen viiva, Abrahamin pidot and Neljäntienristeys.

Before concentrating on singing, Mr. Sihvo trained as a classical guitarist, completing a bachelor’s degree in classical guitar and pedagogy at Oulu University of Applied Sciences in 2018. He continued his vocal studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he completed his master’s degree in December 2025.