Soprano
'...her lyrical soprano voice made the princess radiate from within'
Bachtrack
'Mirjam Mesak creates a charmingly winning portrayal of Musetta'
Klassik
'The live stream gave audiences the opportunity to experience all her finesse and subtle details without strain and this critic definitely fell in love with her characterization'
OperaWire
'her silvery voice and acting acumen attract notice wherever she appears'
Süddeutsche Zeitung
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In the 2026/27 season, Mesak makes her American debut for Dallas Opera performing the title role of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen in a revival of Barrie Kosky's production, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. She makes a further company debut for Santa Fe Opera, reprising the role of Female Courtier in Brett Dean’s acclaimed 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.
Estonian soprano Mirjam Mesak is a current member of the Bayerische Staatsoper ensemble, where she has left an indelible impression in roles from Iolanta to Musetta. In September 2022, she portrayed the leading role in Axel Ranisch’s film “Orphea in Love” which premiered at the Bavarian State Opera – proving that the soprano possesses not only an “outstanding voice” (Crescendo) but is also a skilled actress. The film was subsequently released in cinemas throughout Germany.
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 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 releases 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.
![“An amazing result!” 🥰
I am so flattered to read a review of my recent jump in with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in @fraenkischertag.de
“…Mirjam Mesak, a member of the Munich State Opera ensemble, stepped in even more quickly. And she was able to save the program because, in just two rehearsals (one with piano, one with orchestra), she was able to learn half of it anew. The result was all the more astonishing. During the aria “Una voce poco fa” from Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia,” it was immediately clear that she wasn’t Italian, as she sang with absolute clarity of diction. She effortlessly made the stylistic transition to Giacomo Meyerbeer and the grand opera in “Robert le diable.” The cavatina “Robert, toi que j’aime” is considered a pinnacle of French grand opera. And one could see why. Mirjam Mesak masterfully handled the enormous technical difficulties that Meyerbeer presented, demonstrating absolutely secure intonation even across large interval leaps and intricate ornamentation […] one of Richard Strauss’s most beautiful songs, “Morgen” (Tomorrow). Mirjam Mesak sang it as softly and intimately as the hall’s ideal acoustics allowed, with great composure and conviction.”
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