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Equally in demand with major opera houses, past notable appearances include The Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, The Royal Opera House, Opéra national de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu, as well as the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Operatic titles this season and beyond show Mälkki’s versatility in the artform; Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Faure’s Pénélope, Verdi’s Falstaff, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence.
Recognised for her significant contribution to the art form, Mälkki was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland – one of Finland’s highest honours – in 2011. She has been awarded as Officier (2014) and Commandeur (2022) de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France and in January 2016 was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in France. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London and a member of the Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien in Stockholm. In October 2016 she was named Musical America’s 2017 Conductor of the Year, and in November 2017 she was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize. In 2024, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Uniarts Helsinki.
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