In the 2026/27 season, Mimica returns to the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples for the opening production of the season, singing Wurm in a new Davide Livermore Luisa Miller conducted by Daniel Oren. He also appears at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in two productions: Lucia di Lammermoor, directed by Karole Armitage and conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti, and I due Foscari directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi and conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Further highlights include his role debut as Hunding in Die Walküre at ABAO Bilbao Opera, alongside performances as Lorenzo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Wiener Staatsoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu and Bratislava Festival. In concert, he opens the season of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla with Verdi’s Requiem.
During the 2025/26 season, Mimica made his debut at the Opéra de Lyon in Les contes d’Hoffmann and returned to the Opéra Royal de Wallonie as Alfonso d’Este in Lucrezia Borgia. His other operatic engagements included Ferrando in Il trovatore at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Wurm in a new production of Luisa Miller at the Wiener Staatsoper, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde at the Teatro Cervantes in Málaga, and Banco in Macbeth at the Hungarian State Opera. His concert engagements included a tour with the Slovak Philharmonic, performances of Verdi’s Requiem in Luxembourg, Valencia, Zagreb and Rijeka, and the official Princess of Asturias Awards concert, attended by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, where he performed Dvořák’s Te Deum.
Mimica has appeared at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including the Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Real, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Dutch National Opera, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro di San Carlo, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Semperoper Dresden, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, ABAO Bilbao Opera, Opera Australia and the Royal Opera House Muscat.
His festival appearances include the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Arena di Verona, Tsinandali Festival and the BBC Proms. As a concert artist, he has performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Philharmonie Berlin, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid and the Auditorium Rai in Turin.
Mimica has collaborated with conductors including Gianandrea Noseda, Donald Runnicles, Daniel Oren, Michele Mariotti, Maurizio Benini, Riccardo Frizza, Nicola Luisotti, Marco Armiliato, Roberto Abbado and Francesco Ivan Ciampa. He has worked with stage directors including Robert Carsen, Claus Guth, Willy Decker, Christof Loy, David Alden, Calixto Bieito, Damiano Michieletto, Emma Dante and Pier Luigi Pizzi.
2026-27 season / 549 words. Not to be altered without permission.