Praised for her “seraphically poignant” artistry (Bachtrack) and “bright and buoyant” singing (Houston Chronicle), soprano Erika Baikoff is quickly emerging as one of the most compelling lyric voices of her generation.

In the 2025/26 season, she returns as a member of the ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper, making a series of role debuts: Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Frasquita (Carmen), and Esmeralda (The Bartered Bride). In Munich, she will revisit her acclaimed Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), a role she also brings to Ópera de Oviedo. Further afield, she joins La Cetra Barockorchester Basel as Ginevra (Ariodante) with performances at the Theater an der Wien, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Teatro Real Madrid, Stadtcasino Basel, and others.

On the concert stage, Erika appears with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for Mozart’s Requiem under Natalie Stutzmann, BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel’s Shéhérazade, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Bremer Philharmoniker, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with La Sfera Armoniosa at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra Pamplona.

A passionate recitalist, she returns to Schubertiade Schwarzenberg with Daniel Heide, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for an evening of Parisian Delights, and to both the Heidelberg Festival and Schubertíada with Roman Borisov. Erika also looks forward to debuts at the Wiener Konzerthaus and Highgate International Chamber Music Festival.

‍Highlights of recent seasons include house and role debuts at Theater an der Wien (Ofelia, Ambleto), Houston Grand Opera (Zerlina, Don Giovanni), Palm Beach Opera (Four Heroines, Les contes d’Hoffmann), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Das Rheingold), London Symphony Orchestra (Jenufa), Atlanta Symphony (Mozart’s Great Mass in C) and SWR Stuttgart (Bruckner’s Mass No.3).

Erika is an alumna of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program, Opéra National de Lyon Studio, Verbier Festival Atelier Lyrique, and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Académie, she is also a first prize winner of the Helmut Deutsch Liedwettbewerb and the Concours international de chant-piano Nadia et Lili Boulanger. From the 2025/26 season, Erika is a BBC New Generation Artist.