Kirsi Tiihonen - Elsa’s Dream from Lohengrin (CSOTW, 18th June 1995)

Kirsi Tiihonen performing "Elsa's Dream" from Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin, during the final of the Cardiff Singer Of The World competition in 1995. The Finnish soprano went on to win the Sing Prize that year. Tiihonen has had numerous opera roles both in the Finnish National Opera and abroad, performing works of Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner and Ludwig van Beethoven. She has also performed at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Tiihonen has performed and recorded works by Toivo Kuula, Leevi Madetojan as well as Jean Sibelius' solo songs, among others. Subscribe to the channel here to stay up to date with new releases https://bit.ly/SubscribeToCardiffSinger (p) 2023 BBC. The copyright in the recording is owned by the BBC. The BBC word mark and logo are trade-marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and used under licence. BBC Logo © BBC 2007 #CardiffSingerOfTheWorld #CardiffSinger #CSOTW #BBCWales #KirsiTiihonen #classicalmusic #opera #operasinger #soprano #Lohengrin #Wagner