Tommi Hakala (born 9 August 1970) is a Finnish operatic

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and winner of the 2003

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. He was born in

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Sources

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"Finnish flourish for song contest"
30 June 2003 *

Biography: Tommi Hakala
1970 births Living people People from Riihimäki 21st-century Finnish male opera singers {{Finland-opera-singer-stub