Current Projects
Aida
A poignant and emotional portayal of this tragic opera
Finnish National Opera
Directed by Noa Naamat
Conducted by Dan Ettinger, Harri Karri
Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang
Working with Viva vox chamber choir has been a pleasure for the last three years.
REM-Dream Concert
A new art performance concert produced by the duo ‘Dream drifters’ (Yolanda Harding and Reetta Järä)
A carefully currated programme designed to replicate the REM-sleep-cycle that reconnects people with music, themselves and their enviroment.
Past Projects
Savonlinna Opera Festival 2026
Debut as Kate Pinkerton & Soloist with SOF
Madame Butterfly — Puccini — Directed at SOF by Riikka Räsänen (after Henry Akina) — Conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi
Nabucco — Verdi — Directed by Rodula Gaitanou — Conducted by Ivan Lopez Reynoso
Le nozze di Figaro — Mozart — Johannes Erath’s Dresden production from 2015, (staged at SOF by Francis Hüsers) — Conducted by Andrea Sanguineti
Photo by Toni Härkänen
Antwerp Opera House
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Nabucco — Verdi
Directed by Christiane Jatahy
Conducted by Gaetano Lo Coco
Dvorak’s Requiem 2025
Debut as Soprano Soloist With Kamarikuoro Viva Vox. Conducted by Inka Kinnunen
Alto: Katariina Heikkilä / Tenor: Heikki Hattunen / Bass: Luke Terrance Scott
Brahms ‘ein deutsches requiem
With Finnish National Opera
Performed at Musiikkitalo, Helsinki.
Conducted by Michael Güttler
Savonlinna Opera Festival 2025
Turandot — Puccini — Directed by Roman Hovenbitzer (after Pet Halmen) — Conducted by Yves Abel
Macbeth — Verdi — Directed by Vilppu Kiljunen (after Ralf Långbacka) — Conducted by Lorenzo Passerini
Boris Godunov — Mussorgsky — Directed by Nicola Raab — Conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk
Viimeiset kiusaukset — Kokkonen — Directed by Mikko Kouki — Conducted by Ville Matvejeff
Photo by Toni Härkänen
Don Carlos Opera 2025
Worked with the Finnish National Opera on this Beautiful production of Verdi’s Don Carlos
Directed by Davide Livermore
Conducted by Hunnu Lintu & James Hendry
Concert with Dame Felicity Lott
In Spring 2025, I had the privalige of singing in concert with great British soprano, Dame Felicity Lott, before her untimely passing in 2026.
In 2017, I won the Felicity Lott bursary award for up-and-coming artists. Since then, I have been fortunate enough to receive guidance from her. She will be forever in my heart.
“I was very impressed with the beauty of her sound, her control, her professionalism and her elegance. I’m delighted to recommend her. I wish her every success.” - Felicity Lott 2025
Savonlinna Opera Festival 2024
Lohengrin — Wagner — Directed by Roman Hovenbitzer — Conducted by Stephan Zilias
Nabucco — Verdi — Directed by Rodula Gaitanou — Conducted by James Sherlock & Ville Matvejeff
Don Giovanni — Mozart — Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny— Conducted by Andrea Sanguineti
Photo by Jussi Silvennoinen.
Master of music Project 2024
‘IT’ Takes a Child’s Imagination: The tale of hunting a snark.
Produced, directed and sang by Yolanda and composed by Niki Main.
Based on the epic poem by
Lewis Carol
‘The Hunting of the Snark’
Photo by Cecilia Damström
Mantus Lakitus Project 2024
Produced and sang in an operatic/musical performance inspired by the statue of Havis Amanda.
Photo by Alissia Kireeva
Contemporary Opera Project 2023
Focused on two Mini operas by American composer Ned Rorem.
Three sisters who are not sisters
Bertha
Directed collectively by Niilo Erkkilä, Emma Hartikainen, Yolanda Harding, Lotta Pyllkäs, Martina Roos and Sakari Topi.
Multidisciplinary Project 2023
An expereimental project working with directors, composers and musicians directly to build a impactful performance.
Die Zauberflöte 2022
A fantastical retelling of a Mozart classic.
Performed with Sibelius Opera Academy in Sonore, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki.
Directed by Laura Jäntti
Conducted by Markus Lehtinen & Mateusz Gwizdalla
Photo by Uupi Tirronen