Angelika Klas

Soprano

Angelika Klas is among Finland’s most charismatic and versatile vocal soloists. She graduated from the soloist department of Sibelius Academy and continued her studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Klas moves effortlessly between musical genres and is particularly acclaimed for her interpretations of both the classical lyric repertoire and tango music inspired by Astor Piazzolla.

As an opera singer, she has performed several distinguished roles, including the Countess in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen, and Maria in Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires. She has appeared on major stages such as the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Novaya Opera in Moscow, the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and the Finnish National Opera.

Klas is also a sought-after interpreter of operetta and musical theatre, having sung leading roles in works such as Die Fledermaus, Viennese Blood, Orpheus in the Underworld, and The Count of Luxembourg, as well as the autobiographical musical Tamara at Turku City Theatre.

A frequent festival soloist, she has performed with most Finnish orchestras and appeared internationally in Sweden, Estonia, Germany, France, Spain, Lithuania, Hungary, Norway, Russia, and Denmark. Angelika Klas is also the soloist of the tango-focused Kotaja Quintet and has released several albums of tango and crossover music.

Participating in these concerts

Carmen y María de Buenos Aires

In the picturesque Salteriet in Svedjehamn, soprano Angelika Klas and accordionist Sonja Vertainen together with the festival’s string musicians, present a concert devoted to tango.

Roots

In this relaxed concert, we return to the roots of much of the Western art music – folk music. In the welcoming atmosphere of the

Gala Concert

Four Seasons & Nox One of the most famous works of the Baroque era, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons revolutionised music history and introduced programme music,