Aina Miyagi Magnell is a Swedish/Japanese mezzo-soprano who recently graduated with distinction from Master of Performance at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Aina has been part of several opera productions including most recently Zweite Dame in Zauberflöte (Nevill Holt Festival) and gender-swapped Pang, Turandot (Grimeborn Festival) as well as Der Boy in Kurt Weill’s Der Zar lässt sich photographieren (Silk Street Theatre), Orlovsky in Fledermaus (Silk Street Music Hall) and various scenes including Octavian in Die Rosenkavalier, Hänsel in Hänsel and Gretel, Siebel in Faust (Guildhall School of Music and Drama).
Described as possessing a warm and vibrant sound and praised for her elegant yet expressive and playful interpretation, she has also sung in venues such as Opera Holland Park, Barbican Concert Hall and Milton Court Concert Hall with London Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Southbank Philharmonia and BBC Radio 3.
During the summer of 2024 Aina was a finalist in the Opera and Zarzuela Awards in San Sebastían, Susan Longfield Award and the Franz Schubert Institute Prize.
As a keen recitalist Aina has programmed multiple art-song evenings at the Swedish Church in London and performed as a soloist in oratorios across the UK, Germany and Sweden.
Aina has also sung in masterclasses with Richard Hetherington, Danielle de Niese, Adrian Kelly, Toby Spence, Anne Murray DBE, Emma Kirkby DBE and more.
She was a part of Pegasus Mentorship programme 23/24 and also Opera Studio Leipzig Autumn Seminars 2023.
Aina recently made her house debut at Folkoperan in Stockholm (Volksoper) in a production of “Herr Arnes Penningar” by Peter Nordahl, a commissioned piece based on a Swedish author and first female Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf.
