Erika Baikoff

Russian American Soprano, Erika Baikoff, is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program during which time she performed mainstage roles as Xenia, Boris Godunov and Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro. She has since returned to the Met as a guest artist.

Recent orchestral highlights include Bach’s B minor mass with Orchestre Métropolitain/Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rotterdam Philharmonic’s tour of Das Rheingold with Nézet-Séguin, Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Ulster Orchestra/Daniele Rustioni, with Taipei Music Academy & Festival/Kent Nagano and with Orchestre National de Lyon in Mahler's Symphony No.4.

Erika’s opera work includes multiple appearances with Opéra National de Lyon including Le Feu/ Princesse/Rossignol in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, and, as an alumnus of the prestigious Atelier Lyrique at Verbier Festival, she sang Musetta, La bohème with James Gaffigan.

In the 2023/24 season, Erika made 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 returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper. In addition, Erika joined the London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle as Jano, Jenůfa and Detroit Symphony in Les Illuminations.  An acclaimed recitalist, this season included appearances at the Teatro Zarzuela Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana, Schubertiade Hohenems and Alice Tully Hall New York.

Erika is a multi award-winning artist including the Oratorio-Lied Prize and Schubert Prize at the Tenor Viñas Contest, Helmut Deutsch Liedwettbewerb,10th Concours international de chant-piano Nadia et Lili Boulanger, George London Foundation Award recipient and many more.

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.  Learn more at www.erikabaikoff.com