A Decca Classics recording artist, British-Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina begins her 2026-27 season with a role debut as Donna Elvira Don Giovanni at the Royal Ballet and Opera, followed by returns as Angelina La Cenerentola at Teatro di San Carlo, Dalila Samson et Dalila at The Metropolitan Opera, Charlotte Werther at Opéra national de Paris and Bayerische Staatsoper, Adalgisa Norma at Teatro Real Madrid, Lyubasha Tsar’s bride at Staatsoper Berlin, and Carmen at Bayerische Staatsoper.
On the concert stage, she makes her role debut as Giovanna Seymour Anna Bolena at Tiroler Festspiele Erl, performs the mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at Gran Teatre del Liceu, gives a recital at the Polish National Opera, and appears at The Metropolitan Opera Diamond Anniversary Gala.

Recent seasons have seen her make role debuts as Dalila Samson et Dalila at both the Royal Ballet and Opera and Staatsoper Berlin, and as Fenena in a new production of Nabucco at Arena di Verona.
In concert, she has presented recital programmes at Den Norske Opera & Ballett in Oslo, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires and Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, performed gala concerts at the Hungarian State Opera and with Piotr Beczała at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus. Further she has appeared with the Oslo Philharmonic in Ravel’s Shéhérazade and at the Musikverein Wien in Elgar’s Sea Pictures and Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer.

Since her breakout debut as Carmen at the Royal Ballet and Opera at the age of 21, Ms. Akhmetshina has rapidly ascended the international operatic stage. She has appeared at major opera houses including The Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Ballet and Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Real Madrid, Opéra national de Paris, and Arena di Verona.

Awards and Recognition include: CD of the Year – OPER! Awards 2025 for her debut album Aigul (Decca Classics), Female Singer of the Year – International Opera Awards (2023), Sky Arts Award – Classical Music (2024), Olivier Award Nominee – Outstanding Achievement in Opera (2024), First Prize – International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (2017).