Tuuli Takala

Tuuli Takala became known to the broad audience as she won two renowned national singing competitions in the summer of 2013: the Timo Mustakallio Competition and the Kangasniemi Singing Competition, followed by her triumphant professional debut at the Finnish National Opera in the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Magic Flute. Tuuli’s international stage debut followed two years later in 2015 when she joined the Semperoper Dresden in their new production of W.A. Mozart’s opera Le nozze di Figaro. In the same year she was also a finalist and recipient of 2 Engagement Prizes at the 34th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Amsterdam. Thereafter Takala has been seen in several roles as guest soloist both in Finland and abroad. Since season 2015/16 Tuuli Takala has also been engaged at the Semperoper Dresden, Germany.

Tuuli has a long-lasting artistic collaboration with the international Savonlinna Opera Festival. After singing in the festival chorus as a student (2011-2012), she has delighted audiences there in the roles of The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (2014), Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro (2015 as part of the visiting ensemble of Semperoper Dresden), Zerlina in Don Giovanni (2016), and Gilda in G. Verdi's Rigoletto (2017). In the summer of 2018 she performed in Savonlinna as Marguerite in Gounod's opera Faust.

Tuuli Takala (born 1987, Helsinki) is a Finnish classical singer and operatic soprano.

Takala was born into a musical family in Helsinki, Finland in 1987. She began her musical education at age five with the violin, which remained her main instrument for almost 15 years. Since the age of six she has also sung in various choirs, including the renowned Tapiola Choir and the EMO Ensemble.