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 Berliner Staatsoper unter den Linden. An esteemed concert singer, she 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.

Upcoming season highlights include Fiordiligi and Donna Elvira in Teatro Massimo di Palermo’s new Da Ponte trilogy under Omer Meir Wellber. On the concert stage Aga sings Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 under Andrey Boreyko with both the Naples Philharmonic and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Emmanuel Krivine. She also sings Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony under Jordan de Souza at the Staatstheater Hannover and Glanert’s Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch under Semyon Bychkov both with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic.