Mirjam Mesak

In the 2026/27 season, Mesak makes her American debut for Dallas Opera performing the title role of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen directed by Barrie Kosky and conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. She makes a further company debut for Santa Fe Opera, reprising the role of Female Courtier in Brett Dean’s new opera Of One Blood, staged by Claud Guth and conducted by Adam Hickox. Mesak created the role last season at the Bayerische Staatsoper where Of One Blood had its world premiere under musical director Vladimir Jurowski. Her roles in Munich this season include Adele in Barrie Kosky’s production of Die Fledermaus conducted by Jurowski, Flower Maiden in Wagner’s Parsifal directed by Pierre Audi and conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado and Jasmin in Haas’s Koma directed by Romeo Castellucci and conducted by Bas Wiegers. She also returns to the role of Mimi in Puccini’s La bohème at Theater Vanemuine in Estonia.

Last season at the Bayerische Staatsoper, in addition to her role debuts as Adele and Female Courtier, Mesak added Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio to her repertoire. She also sang Ännchen in Weber’s Der Freischütz, a role she performed the previous season in her company debut for the Semperoper Dresden. Outside Munich, she made her house debut for Oper Köln as Michal in Handel’s Saul. Other recent roles in Munich include Freia in a new production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Juliette in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, and 1st Sprite in Dvořák’s Rusalka.

Recent concert performances include an Operetta Gala at the Kissinger Sommer Musikfestival with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Mihail Gerts, opera arias with the Orchestre National Rhône d’Auvergne and conductor Thomas Zehetmair at the Philharmonie Berlin, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski and with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kristiina Poska, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Oldenburg State Orchestra conducted by Hendrik Vestmann, and a Summer Gala concert with the Prague Philharmonia and Rastislav Štúr.

In Estonia, Mesak appears regularly with the Estonian National Opera, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra. She made her role debut as Mimi at the Theatre Vanemuine in 2025. In recent seasons, she has appeared as a soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No.2 with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Järvi and in Berg’s Sieben Frühe Lieder with the Estonian Festival Orchestra under Paavo Järvi. In 2023, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Estonian composer Rudolf Tobias, Mesak recorded Tobias’s Oratorio Joonas with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, released by Ondine Records in November 2025. In the same month, Harmonia Mundi released a recording of Mesak’s 2024 performance of Rachmaninov’s The Bells at London’s Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vassily Petrenko.

Mesak is a graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama where she studied under Prof. Rudolf Piernay. She has performed as a soloist in several of London’s renowned concert halls including the Barbican, Milton Court Concert Hall (as part of the London Symphony Orchestra’s ‘This is Rattle’ festival), Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall.

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