Jaka Mihelač

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The young Slovenian baritone Jaka Mihelač studied at the Music Academy Ljubljana with Prof. Matjaž Robavs. Between 2019 and 2021, he was a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Berlin. He was selected to take part in the Académie du Festival Aix-en-Provence in 2022.

In 2024-25 Jaka Mihelač joins the ensemble of Staatsoper Berlin and gives several role debuts: Ping/Turandot, Der Einäugige/Die Frau ohne Schatten, Mercutio/Roméo et Juliette, Konrad Nachtigall/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Heger/Rusalka, Baron Douphol/La Traviata and he will reprise the role of Dancaïro/Carmen. In concert he will perform a.o. Bach’s Johannes Passion with the Nederlands Kamerorkest and Daniel Reuss.

Previous roles at Staatsoper Berlin include the title roles in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and in Georg Friedrich Haas’ Thomas, Aslik/Sleepless, Papageno/Die Zauberflöte, Peter in Beat Furrer’s Violetter Schnee, conducted by Matthias Pintscher, Marullo/Rigoletto, Notar/Der Rosenkavalier, Perückenmacher/Ariadne auf Naxos, Varsonofyev/Khovanshchina, 2nd Philistine/Samson et Dalila, Fiorillo/Il barbiere di Siviglia, Sciarrone/Tosca, Don Alfonso in Jobst Liebrecht’s La Piccola Cubana, Kilian/Der Freischütz and Sid/Fanciulla del West. He also appeared in the world premiere of Peter Eötvös’ opera Sleepless, with subsequent performances at Müpa Budapest and Grand Théâtre de Geneve.More
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