ARTTU KATAJA
baritone
A prize winner of several competitions including the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, Finnish baritone Arttu Kataja graduated from Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and became a member of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in 2006 performing such parts as Count/Le nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo/Così fan tutte, Vater/Hänsel und Gretel, Papageno/Die Zauberflöte, Marcello/La Bohéme, Sharpless/Madama Butterfly, Figaro/Barbiere di Siviglia to name but a few.
Guest engagements have led him to Theater an der Wien (Mr. Slender/Salieri’s Falstaff), Théâtre du Capitole (Sprecher/Zauberflöte, Scherasmin/Oberon, Schaunard/La Bohéme), Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile (Mr. Flint/Billy Budd, Belcore/L’elisir d’amore), Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Figaro, Masetto, Guglielmo), the Strassburg Festival, the Savonlinna Opera Festival (Leporello/Don Giovanni, Papageno, Morales/Carmen, Marullo/Rigoletto), the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki (Il viaggio a Reims, Le nozze di Figaro, Arabella, Così fan tutte, Andrea Cheniér), Tampere Opera (Belcore, Sharpless, Marcello, Germont), and Japan, together with Daniel Barenboim and the Berliner Staatsoper. He also appeared in the production of "Orlando Paladino" under René Jacobs.
Mr. Kataja is active as a recitalist and concert singer. Recent concert highlights include J.S. Bach's Johannes Passion with Concertgebouworkest/Andrew Manze, Händel's Messiah with Züricher Singakademie/Florian Helgath and Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with Kammerchor Stuttgart/Frieder Bernius.
Arttu Kataja’s recordings include lied recitals Des Knaben Wunderhorn (MDG 2024), Winterreise (Alba 2022) and Serious Songs (Alba 2020) with pianist Pauliina Tukiainen, Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Carus, 2019), St Matthew Passion (Harmonia Mundi, 2013).
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Calendar
2025
08.10. Staatsoper Berlin
G.Verdi: La Traviata
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon
Stage director: Dieter Dorn
Marquis d'Obigny: Arttu Kataja
14.10. L'Auditori Barcelona
F.Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Conductor: Jordi Savall
LA CAPELLA NACIONAL DE CATALUNYA
LE CONCERT DES NATIONS
Sara Mingardo, mezzo-soprano
Ilker Arcayürek, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, baritone
Arttu Kataja, baritone
15.10. Philharmonie de Paris
F.Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Conductor: Jordi Savall
LA CAPELLA NACIONAL DE CATALUNYA
LE CONCERT DES NATIONS
Sara Mingardo, mezzo-soprano
Ilker Arcayürek, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, baritone
Arttu Kataja, baritone
17.10. Staatsoper Berlin
G.Verdi: La Traviata
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon
Stage director: Dieter Dorn
Marquis d'Obigny: Arttu Kataja
19.10. Philharmonie Berlin
G.Fauré: Requiem op. 48
Philharmonischer Chor Berlin
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Florian Benfer, Dirigent
Kathrin Lorenzen, Sopran
Cassandra Aynard Leonelli, Alt
Georg Drake, Tenor
Arttu Kataja, Bass
23.10. Staatsoper Berlin
W.A.Mozart: Cosí fan tutte
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Stage director: Vincent Huguet
Fiordiligi: Evelin Novak
Dorabella: Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein
Guglielmo: Carles Pachon
Ferrando: Siyabonga Maqungo
Despina: Adriane Queiroz
Don Alfonso: Arttu Kataja
24.10. Staatsoper Berlin
G.Verdi: La Traviata
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon
Stage director: Dieter Dorn
Marquis d'Obigny: Arttu Kataja
26.10. Staatsoper Berlin
29.10. C.Gounod: Romeo er Juliette
Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Stage director: Mariame Clément
JULIETTE: Lisette Oropesa
ROMÉO: Charles Castronovo
GERTRUDE: Marina Prudenskaya
COMTE CAPULET: Arttu Kataja
30.10. Staatsoper Berlin
G.Verdi: La Traviata
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon
Stage director: Dieter Dorn
Marquis d'Obigny: Arttu Kataja
01.11. Staatsoper Berlin
C.Gounod: Romeo er Juliette
Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Stage director: Mariame Clément
JULIETTE: Lisette Oropesa
ROMÉO: Charles Castronovo
GERTRUDE: Marina Prudenskaya
COMTE CAPULET: Arttu Kataja
04.11. Musiikkitalo Helsinki
J.Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requeim
Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
Chorus of the Finnish National Opera
Conductor: Markus Stenz
Soprano: Helena Juntunen
Baritone: Arttu Kataja
06.11. Staatsoper Berlin
C.Gounod: Romeo er Juliette
Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Stage director: Mariame Clément
JULIETTE: Lisette Oropesa
ROMÉO: Charles Castronovo
GERTRUDE: Marina Prudenskaya
COMTE CAPULET: Arttu Kataja
13.12. Staatsoper Berlin
W.A.Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Conductor: Tim Fluch
Stage director: August Everding
Sprecher: Arttu Kataja
19.12. Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
J.S.Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium
Tampereen Filharmoninen Kuoro
Conductor: Matthew Hall
Soprano: Lydia Teuscher
Alto: Jess Dandy
Tenor: Tuomas Katajala
Bass: Arttu Kataja
26.12. Staatsoper Berlin
W.A.Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Conductor: Tim Fluch
Stage director: August Everding
Sprecher: Arttu Kataja
30.12. Dresdner Philharmonie
31.12. L.v.Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 9 d-Moll
Prager Philharmonischer Chor
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Soprano: Anu Komsi
Alto: Susan Zarrabi
Tenor: Peter Tantsits
Bass: Arttu Kataja
Repertoire
Concert
Bach, C.P.E. Magnificat
Bach, J.S. Weihnachtsoratorium
Johannes-Passion
Matthäus-Passion
Magnificat
Messe h-moll
Kantaten
Beethoven 9. Sinfonie
Missa Solemnis
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
Haydn Die Schöpfung
Die Jahreszeiten
Händel Messiah
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Mendelssohn Elias
Mozart Requiem
Schnittke Seid nüchtern und wachet
Schostakowitsch 14. Sinfonie
Schumann Faust Szenen (Faust, Marianus)
Sibelius Kullervo
Repertoire
Opera
Beethoven Don Fernando (Fidelio)
Bernstein Maximilian (Candide)
Britten Mr. Flint (Billy Budd)
Ferryman (Curlew River)
Donizetti Belcore (L’elisir d’amore)
Malatesta (Don Pasquale)
Cecil (Maria Stuarda)
Eötvös Asleik (Sleepless)
Gounod Capulet (Roméo et Juliette)
Haydn Enrico (L’Isola disabitata)
Licone/Caronte (Orlando Paladino)
Humperdinck Vater (Hänsel und Gretel)
Massenet Bretigny (Manon)
Mozart Il Conte Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro)
Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)
Guglielmo (Così fan tutte)
Leporello (Don Giovanni)
Papageno (Die Zauberflöte)
Sprecher (Die Zauberflöte)
Puccini Marcello (La Bohème)
Schaunard (La Bohème)
Sharpless (Madama Butterfly)
Sonora (La fanciulla del West)
Rossini Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Don Alvaro (Il viaggio a Reims)
Taddeo (L’Italiana in Algeri)
Salieri Mr. Slender (Falstaff)
Strauss, R. Musiklehrer (Ariadne auf Naxos)
Verdi Germont (La Traviata)
Wagner Heerrufer des Königs (Lohengrin)
Weber Ottokar (Freischütz)
Weill Sparbüchsen-Bill (Mahagonny)
Discography
Contact
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