Biography
Slovenian baritone Miha Brkinjač currently works as a freelance opera singer in German-speaking countries. In the 2024/25 season, he made guest appearances at the Landestheater Salzburg, the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach, and the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, among others. His most recent roles include Don Prudenzio (»Il viaggio a Reims«), Valentin (»Faust«), Eugene Onegin (»Eugen Onegin«), and Yeletsky (»The Queen of Spades«). From 2022 to 2024, Miha Brkinjač was a member of the Niederrhein Opera Studio, where he performed roles such as Marullo (»Rigoletto«), Il commissario imperiale (»Madama Butterfly«), and Robert Perceval (»Passionnément«), and received particular acclaim for his performances as Valentin (»Faust«) and Onegin (»Eugen Onegin«). He worked with directing teams led by Jan Essinger, Dennis Krauß, Anthony Pilavachi, Helen Malkowsky, Malte Kreutzfeldt, and Beverly Blankenship. In addition to his opera work, Miha Brkinjač is also active as an actor. With his ensemble KUD Škofljica, he enjoyed great success in Slovenia and was awarded »Best Actor/Comedian« at the Pekre Comedy Festival in 2017. He also performs regularly with the international company Povezani. He studied singing in Ljubljana with Prof. Alenka Slokar Bajc and at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin with Prof. Dr. Michail Lanskoi, and received further inspiration in masterclasses with Peter Berne, Hedwig Fassbender, and René Massis, among others. His artistic work has been supported by scholarships from the Cologne Gymnasium and Foundation Fund, the Ottilie Selbach Redlobs Foundation, the Lucia Löser Foundation, and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
In 2026, Miha Brkinjač sings at the New Year's concerts of the Musikalische Komödie.