A former student of the late Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano Aga Mikolaj has amassed a repertoire of principal roles by Mozart, Strauss, Verdi and Wagner that has taken her to many of the world’s major theatres including Teatro alla Scala, Opéra national de Paris, Bolshoi Theatre, Bayerische Staatsoper and Berlin’s Staatsoper unter den Linden. Recent operatic highlights have included Donna Elvira for Teatro Massimo di Palermo under Omer Meir Wellber and the addition of the roles of Tatyana (Eugene Onegin) for Semperoper Dresden and Elizabeth (Tannhäuser) for Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. 

An esteemed concert singer, Aga has appeared under the batons of some of today’s great conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Barenboim, Seiji Ozawa and James Conlon in a diverse range of works including Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, Dvořák​’s Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No.4 and Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder. Other calling cards include Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony and Britten’s War Requiem. This season Aga joins the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra for Wesendonck Lieder under Andris Poga and Staatskapelle Weimar for Vier letzte Lieder under Marc Albrecht.