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In addition to opera performances, soprano Sirkka Lamminen has gained popularity, e.g. On Youtube with Lahti Symhony Orchestra and conductor Ralf Kircher on a video “Soprano's surprise”, which has gained over a million views.

Blondes in Berlin is an arrangement of the opera “Abduction from the Seraglio” (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) by the composer W. A. Mozart. The multimedia concert was performed at the Helsinki Music Centre in the Camerata Hall by Sinfonietta SOI, conductor Jani Sivén, performers Sirkka Lamminen (née Lampimäki), Mia Heikkinen, Niall Chorell, Arttu Hartikainen, Tapani Plathan and Kari Rakkola, stage director Jaakko Nousiainen, video staging and sound production and visual design by Eetu Lipponen, sound design by Petra Lampinen, set building Antti Nurminen & co, make up and hair Emma Korosuo, light design Sirje Ruohtula, coaching Kurt Kopecky and Marko Hilpo, performance assistents Susanna Laine and Jaakko Kortesharju, Producers Anna Krohn and Sirkka Lampimäki, Performance recording and videoproduction by SibA TV Keijo Lahtinen.

The Role of the Queen of the Night in the opera Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart (recording from the rehearsals) at the Opéra de Baugé -production, stage director Bernadette Grimmett, conductor Alexander Walker.

Karol Szymanowski's Princess Songs were performed by soprano Sirkka Lamminen and pianist Anu Vehviläinen at the Helsinki Music Centre in the Camerata Hall in a concert called ”Tatra vuorten kahden puolen - Anu Vehviläinen, piano Leos Janácek and Karol Szymanowski” (from the time stamp of 35:16).


Watch Backstage Interview / Viennese Concert on the Lahti Symphony Orchestra Facebook site.

Tota Pulchra es Maria, Motetto a sollo for soprano, flute obbligatto, choir and orchestra in the James Strauss' album: The Brazillian Album, 2011, feat. Cantinovum, Capriccio Chamber Orchestra, Sirkka Lampimäki & Rita Varonen (track recorded in 2001).


Soprano Sirkka Lamminen

Photographer Eetu Lipponen