Aino Konkka Mezzo-soprano
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Aino Konkka trained at Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland, and lives currently in London. She has performed at e.g. Grange Park Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Hampstead Garden Opera and Grimeborn Festival at Arcola Theatre. Her operatic roles include Rossini's La Cenerentola (Shoestring Opera), Mercedes in Bizet's Carmen (Lambeth Orchestra), 3rd Lady and 3rd Boy in Mozart's Magic Flute (St. Paul's Opera, Barefoot Opera), Lady Bertram in Jonathan Dove's Mansfield Park (Hampstead Garden Opera), Bradamante in Handel/Foggitt's Alcina, Valletto in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Prince Orlofsky in J. Strauss's Die Fledermaus and Suora Zelatrice in Puccini's Suor Angelica. She appears on film as Bradamante in Nichola Bruce's Alcina Pale Shadows. As a concert soloist, she has performed e.g. Handel Messiah, Mozart Requiem, Duruflé Requiem, Vivaldi Gloria, Copland In the Beginning and Pergolesi Stabat mater. She continues her singing studies with Jenny Miller in London and is a member of the Philharmonia Chorus Professional Singers' Scheme. Her song repertoire includes e.g. Schumann's Liederkreis Op. 39, Frauenliebe und -Leben, Falla's Siete canciones populares espanolas, Guridi's Seis canciones castellanas, Ravel's Trois chansons madécasses and many Fauré and Brahms songs. She also sings Finnish repertoire including Kuula, Oskar and Aarre Merikanto, Sibelius, Palmgrén, Melartin and many others.

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