Russian American Soprano, Erika Baikoff, is a recent graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program during which time she performed roles including Xenia Boris Godunov and Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro.  She has since returned to the Met as a guest artist and made her debut with the Orchestre Métropolitain in Bach’s B minor mass with Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

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Recent orchestral highlights include Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra's tour of Das Rheingold with Nézet-Seguin, Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Ulster Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni and with Taipei Music Academy & Festival/Kent Nagano. Erika also made significant debut appearances at Schubertìada and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and looks forward to returning to both in the coming seasons.

In 2023/24, Erika makes her role and house debut as Zerlina Don Giovanni at Houston Grand Opera, as the four heroines Les contes d’Hoffmann at Palm Beach Opera and looks forward to her return to the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich for 4th maid Elektra.  In addition, Erika joins the London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle in two concert performances as Jano Jenufa and Detroit Symphony / Stephanie Childress in Britten’s Les Illuminations.  An acclaimed recitalist, this coming season includes appearances at the Teatro Zarzuela Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona, and at the Alice Tully Hall New York.

 

Erika holds a Bachelor of Arts in French Studies from Princeton University and a Master of Music from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.