Topi Lehtipuu

Topi Lehtipuu (born 24 March 1971) is a Finnish operatic tenor. He has sung a variety of roles from different periods, including the title role in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring at the Finnish National Opera, several roles in Mozart operas, including Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, both at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and Ferrando in Così fan tutte at the 2006 Glyndebourne Festival. He has also appeared in Handel's Ariodante (Paris Opera), as Hylas in Berlioz' Les Troyens (conducted by John Eliot Gardiner), He has worked with other well-known conductors, such as William Christie, Michel Corboz, René Jacobs, Simon Rattle, and Christophe Rousset.

Personal life Lehtipuu was born in Brisbane, Australia, but he grew up in Tampere, Finland. He lived in Paris, France, for 15 years in the 2000s and early 2010s.

Recordings Arie Per Tenore I Barocchisti dir. Diego Fasolis, Naive, 2010. Ariodante by George Frideric Handel. Joyce DiDonato, Karina Gauvin, Sabina Puértolas, Marie Nicole Lemieux, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Brook, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani. Il Complesso Barocco, conducted by Alan Curtis, Virgin Classics, 2011.