at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. He participated in the world premiere of an operatic trilogy of Aika ja uni (The Age of Dreams) by three Finnish composers: Herman Rechberger (b. 1947), Olli Kortekangas (b. 1955), and Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) on the stage of Olavinlinna Castle on 15 July 2000. He also sang in the premiere of Sallinen's Kuningas Lear in 2000 (Gloucester). Hynninen's discography includes more than a hundred titles. He has recorded Finnish opera extensively along with works from the international repertoire, lieder collections, and religious music. Select discography Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, with Klaus Tennstedt (EMI) Dallapiccola: Il prigioniero (The Prisoner), with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sony) Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, with Riccardo Muti (EMI) Beethoven / Mozart / Wagner / Mussorgsky: Opera Scenes (Naxos) Contemporary Finnish Music (Naxos) Finnish Vocal Music (Naxos) Nummi: 5 Song Cycles BIS-(Naxos) Sallinen: Chamber Music (Naxos) Schubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, (Naxos) Sibelius: The Essential (Naxos) Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7 (Naxos) Sibelius: The Maiden in the Tower and Karelia Suite (Naxos) Sibelius: Orchestral Songs (Naxos) Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7, directed by Paavo Berglund in Helsinki (EMI) Sibelius: Sibelius Edition, Vol. 3 – Voice and Orchestra (Naxos) Rautavaara: Vincent, with Fuat Mansurov and the Finnish National Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Ondine) Sallinen: Kullervo, with Ulf Söderblom and the Finnish National Opera and Chorus (Ondine) Sallinen: The Red Line, with Okko Kamu and the Finnish National Opera and Chorus Sibelius: Kullervo, with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra (Sony) References Sources New York Times: "Opera Festival Chiefs Who Can Sing, Too", July 15, 1993, accessed Jan. 1, 2010 New York Times: "Nurturing Operatic Talent With a Kind Of Tough Love", July 28, 2002, accessed Jan. 1, 2010 New York Times: "Finnish Opera Offers Sallinen's 'Red Line'", April 29, 1983, accessed Jan. 1, 2010 New York Times: "Rasputin, From Top to Bottom", September 14, 2003, accessed Jan. 1, 2010 New York Times: "From Finland, an International Baritone", Sept. 30, 1984, accessed Jan. 1, 2010 1941 births Living people 20th-century Finnish male opera singers Operatic baritones People from Leppävirta Academic staff of Sibelius Academy Finnish baritones Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class 21st-century Finnish male opera singers