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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), 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 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
2023
14.10. Jesus-Christus-Kirche Dahlem
15.10. F. Mendelssohn: Elias
Conductor: Jan Sören Fölster
Bachchor Dahlem, Camerata Wannsee
Evelin Novak, soprano
Viola Wiemker, soprano
Sophie Harmsen, alto
Matthias Stier, tenor
Arttu Kataja, bass
21.10. Streicherakademie Bozen
22.10. L. v. Beethoven: Messe in C-Dur op. 86
Conductor: Clau Scherrer
Chor des Collegium Musicum Bruneck
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, soprano
Silvia Hauer, alto
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Arttu Kataja, bass
31.10. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
L. Spohr: Des Heilands letzte Stunden
Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Johanna Winkel, Maria (Sopran)
Maximilian Vogler, Jesus (Tenor)
Florian Sievers, Johannes (Tenor)
Arttu Kataja, Petrus (Bass)
Thomas E. Bauer, Judas (Bass)
Felix Rathgeber, Kaiphas (Bass)
05.11. Liederhalle Stuttgart
L. Spohr: Des Heilands letzte Stunden
Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Johanna Winkel, Maria (Sopran)
Maximilian Vogler, Jesus (Tenor)
Florian Sievers, Johannes (Tenor)
Arttu Kataja, Petrus (Bass)
Thomas E. Bauer, Judas (Bass)
Felix Rathgeber, Kaiphas (Bass)
05.12. Recital, Staatsoper Berlin
Songs from Schubert, Vaughan Williams etc.
Arttu Kataja, baritone
Pauliina Tukiainen, piano
10.12. Staatsoper Berlin
W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Conductor: Kristina Poska
Stage director: Yuval Sharon
Role: Sprecher
15.12. Staatsoper Berlin
25.12. G. Puccini: La Bohéme
Conductor: Giuseppe Mentucca
Stage director: Lindy Hume
Role: Marcello
30.12. Staatsoper Berlin
W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Conductor: Kristina Poska
Stage director: Yuval Sharon
Role: Sprecher
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)
Wagner Heerrufer des Königs (Lohengrin)
Weber Ottokar (Freischütz)
Weill Sparbüchsen-Bill (Mahagonny)