A former member of Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper, Aga Mikolaj studied with the late Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and built her reputation on Mozart’s leading ladies. Having amassed a wide and varied repertoire over past seasons, including principal roles by Richard Strauss, Verdi and Wagner, Aga has enjoyed operatic success throughout Europe and the USA.

Highlights of an extensive career include debuts at Opéra national de Paris and Teatro alla Scala (Die Zauberflöte), Staatsoper unter den Linden and Semperoper Dresden (Don Giovanni), at Glyndebourne Festival (Cosí fan tutte) and at Opera de Monte Carlo (Falstaff). Further notable appearances include role debuts as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) in Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production at the Bolshoi Theatre, and as Tatyana (Eugene Onegin) for Semperoper Dresden, Eva (Die Meistersinger) at the Aalto Theater in Essen, Elizabeth (Tannhäuser) for Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Freia (Das Rheingold), and Micaela (Carmen) at Bayerische Staatsoper. As Donna Elvira, Aga Mikolaj has performed at the Walt Disney Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel, on tour to Japan with Wiener Staatsoper under Seiji Ozawa, at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under James Conlon, and as part of Daniel Barenboim’s triumphant Ring Cycles, she has appeared at Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Staatsoper and at London’s BBC Proms.