A former student of the late Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano Aga Mikolaj has amassed a repertoire of principal roles by Mozart, Johann and Richard 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. 

In the current season, Mikolaj returns to Semperoper Dresden for both her role debut as Tatyana in Markus Bothe’s production of Eugene Onegin under Omer Meir Welber, and to reprise her celebrated portrayal of Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) under Jonathan Darlington. In concert she joins Markus Stenz for Detlev Glanert’s Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch at the Elbphilharmonie with the Hamburger Symphoniker, James Conlon for Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony with both the Orchestre de Paris and Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest for Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, RAI National Symphony Orchestra for Mahler’s Das klagende Lied, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra for Verdi’s Messa da Requiem.