Repertoire
”Music and arts have a deeper purpose in life as a healing power. It opens the gates into our inner life with their invisible elements.”
Riikka Hakola’s diverse repertoire includes works from Belcanto’s masterpieces to challenging compositions in contemporary music. Her highly acclaimed interpretation of La Traviata’s title role and Don Giovanni’s Donna Anna have delighted her audiences on three continents.
Composer / Title / Role
Early Operatic Repertoire |
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| Mozart | Susanna | Le nozze di Figaro | |
| Bizet | Frasquita | Carmen | |
| Planquette | Germaine | Les Cloches de Corneville | |
| Humperdinck | Die Taumädchen | Hänsel und Gretel | |
| Monteverdi | Damigella | Poppea | |
| Menotti | Lucy | Telephone | |
| Schmidt | Luisa | The Fantasticks | |
| Verdi | Gilda | Rigoletto | |
| Mozart | Königin der Nacht | Die Zauberflöte | |
| Mozart | Rosina | La finta semplice | |
| Jalkanen | Mother | Tirlittan | |
| Offenbach | Cupido, Venus | Orpheus in der Unterwelt | |
| Rossini | Rosina | Barbiere di Sevilla | |
Finnish National Opera |
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| Donizetti | Lucia | Lucia di Lammermoor | |
| Adams | Chiang Ching | Nixon in China | |
| Verdi | Violetta | La Traviata | |
| J. Strauss | Rosalinde | Die Fledermaus | |
| Donizetti | Adina | L’elisir d’amore | |
| Tikka | Frieda | Frieda | |
| Bizet | Micaela | Carmen | |
| Rossini | Rosina | Barbiere di Sevilla | |
| Mozart | Donna Anna | Don Giovanni | |
| Mozart | Fiordiligi | Cosi fan tutte | |
| R. Strauss | Arabella | Arabella | |
| Donizetti | Anna Bolena | Anna Bolena | |
| Lehar | Hanna Glawary | Die Lustige Witwe | |
Other Operatic Repertoire |
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| Menotti | Monica | The Medium | |
| Verdi | Nannetta | Falstaff | |
| Offenbach | Eurydike | Orheus in der Unterwelt | |
| Linkola | First Woman | Angelika | |
| Weill | Jenny | Mahagonny | |
| Haydn | Flaminia | Il mondo della Luna | |
| Haydn | Euridice | L’anima del filosofo | |
| Mozart | Celidora | Gli sposi delusi/L’oca del Cairo | |
| Mozart | Konstanze | Die Entführung | |
| Mozart | Erste Dame | Die Zauberflöte | |
| Beethoven | Marzelline | Fidelio | |
| Heininen | Onerva | The Knife | |
| Rautavaara | Hilda | Aleksis Kivi | |
| Puccini | Mimi | La Boheme | |
| Puccini | Liu | Turandot | |
| Verdi | Violetta | La Traviata | |
| Crusell | Zetulbé | The Little Slave Girl | |
| Mozart | Donna Anna | Don Giovanni | |
| Mozart | Donna Elvira | Don Giovanni | |
| Poulenc | Elle | La voix humaine | |
| R. Strauss | Arabella | Arabella | |
| Tikka | Frieda | Frieda | |
| Leoncavallo | Nedda | I Pagliacci | |
| Tšaikovsky | Tatjana | Eugene Onegin | |
| Puccini | Tosca | Tosca | |
| Prokofiev | Natalia Rostova | War and Peace | |
| Melartin | Aino | Aino | |
| Lehar | Annina | Eine Nacht in Venedig | |
| Sivén | Old Birgitta | Birgitta | |
| Lehar | Giuditta | Giuditta | |
| Kyllönen | Nicole | Tango Solo | |
| Fagerudd | Queen Silvia | Silvia and I | |
| Glass | Queen Tye | Akhnaten | |
Roles Under Preparation |
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| Donizetti | Maria Stuarda | Maria Stuarda | |
| Donizetti | Lucrezia | Lucrezia Borgia | |
| Dvorak | Rusalka | Rusalka | |
| Verdi | Luisa | Luisa Miller | |
| Verdi | Leonora | Il Trovatore | |
| R. Strauss | Die Kaiserin | Die Frau ohne Schatten | |
| R. Strauss | Krysothemis | Elektra | |
| Mozart | Elettra | Idomeneo | |
| Puccini | Magda | La Rondiné | |
| Puccini | Manon | Manon Lescaut | |
| Puccini | Cio Cio San | Madama Butterfly | |
| Lehar | Hanna Glawari | Die lustige Witwe |
| Lehar | Giuditta | Giuditta |
| Offenbach | Eurydike | Orpheus in der Unterwelt |
| Poulenc | Elle | La voix humaine |
| J. Strauss | Rosalinde | Die Fledermaus |
| J. Strauss | Annina | Eine Nacht in Venedig |
| Weill | Jenny | Mahagonny |
| Adams | Chiang Ching | Nixon in China |
| Crusell | Zetulbé | The Little Slave Girl |
| Fagerudd | Königin Silvia | Silvia und ich (WP) |
| Glass | Queen Tye | Akhnaten |
| Heininen | Onerva | The Knife (WP) |
| Kyllönen | Nicole | Tango Solo (WP) |
| Melartin | Aino | Aino |
| Menotti | Monica | The Medium |
| Rautavaara | Hilda | Aleksis Kivi (WP) |
| Sivén | Birgitta | Birgitta (WP) |
| Tikka | Frieda | Frieda (WP) |
| Bach | St Matthew Passion |
| Bach | Die Weihnachts Oratorium |
| Beethoven | Symphonie No. 9 |
| Berg | Sieben Frühe Lieder |
| Bergman | Aggadot |
| Berlioz | Les Nuits D’Ete |
| Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem |
| Britten | Les Illuminations |
| Canteloube | Songs of the Auvergne |
| Faure | Requiem |
| Haydn | The Creation |
| Hämeenniemi | The Bird and the Wind (Song cycle for soprano and strings WP) |
| Händel | Messiah |
| Kokkonen | Requiem |
| Linkola | Aikapeili (Cycle for soprano, baritone and orchestra WP) |
| Liszt | Three Songs by Petrarca |
| Mahler | Des Knaben Wunderhorn |
| Mahler | Symphonie No. 4 |
| Melartin | Marjatta Legend |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah |
| Mendelssohn | Symphonie No. 2 Lobgesang |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| Mozart | Exultate Jubilate |
| Mozart | C Minor Mass |
| Mozart | Mass in C |
| Mozart | ”Ch’io mi scordi di te” concert aria |
| Mozart | ”Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio” concert aria |
| Ravel | Sheherazade |
| Ravel | Cinq chanson populaires Greques |
| Rossini | Stabat Mater |
| Saariaho | Mirages |
| Saariaho | Quatre instants |
| Salmenhaara | Symphonie No. 5 |
| Shostakovich | Yiddish Songs |
| Sibelius | Kullervo |
| Sibelius | Luonnotar |
| Sibelius | Songs with Orchestra |
| R.Strauss | Vier Letzte Lieder |
| R.Strauss | Songs with Orchestra |
| Turina | Poema |
| Turina | Canto a Sevilla |
| Verdi | Requiem |
| Verdi etc. | Messa per Rossini |
| Villa-Lobos | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 |
Finnish and Scandinavian folk songs and songs with orchestra, operatic, operetta and musical arias and duetts with orchestra.