Very early on noticed for the beauty and length of her voice, the fullness and flexibility of which allow her to sing Monteverdi as well as Berlioz, Rossini or Tchaikovsky, Eva Zaïcik has established herself as one of the most remarkable singers of her generation. In addition, she cultivates a musical diversity favouring the most daring explorations alongside leading musicians.
In 2018, when the mezzo-soprano won Second Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, she was also honoured as a Lyrical Revelation at the Victoires de la Musique Classique and with a Second Prize at the Voix Nouvelles Competition. These distinctions only confirmed an already considerable career, which has seen her collaborate with first-class conductors, to name only: William Christie (she was a member of his ‘Jardin des Voix’ 2017), Thomas Hengelbrock, Vincent Dumestre, Hervé Niquet, Christophe Rousset, Julien Chauvin without forgetting Philippe Herreweghe, Laurence Equilbey, Emmanuelle Haïm, René Jacobs or Alain Altinoglu.
Recently, she performed Carmen (Bizet), Olga (‘Eugene Onegine’, Tchaikovsky), Rosina (‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’, Rossini) and Sélysette (‘Ariane et Barbe Bleue’, Dukas) at the National Opera of Capitole in Toulouse, Vénus in ‘Idoménée’ by Campra at the Opéra de Lille and at the Berlin Staatsoper with Emmanuelle Haïm. The ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ by Monteverdi with the Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon in a staging by Pierre Audi, Paulina in ‘Pique Dame’ by Tchaikovsky at the Nice and Toulon opera houses in a staging by Olivier Py.
She sang Berio’s ‘Folk Songs’ and Mahler’s ‘Kindertotenlieder’ with great success with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Saint-Denis Festival. Eva has also performed Berlioz’s ‘Les Nuits d’Eté’, conducted by Michael Schønwandt with the Aalborg Sinfonikorkester, Beethoven’s ‘Missa Solemnis’ with Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent, Mozart’s Requiem with the Münich Philharmoniker under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe.
The 2022-2023 season was just as abundant: Eva made her debut at the Theater an der Wien in ‘Belshazzar’ by Handel under the direction of Christina Pluhar, in a staging by Marie-Eve Signeyrole. She was Lola in ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ at the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden under the baton of Thomas Engelbrock (recording for Prospero Records). At the Dijon Opera, she impersonated La Sagesse and Lucinde in ‘Armide’ by Lully under the direction of Vincent Dumestre, in a staging by Dominique Pitoiset.
She maintains a special bond with Justin Taylor and Le Consort around several baroque programs given throughout Europe. This collaboration materialised for Alpha Classics with the CD ‘Venez, chère ombre’ (2018) and ‘Royal Handel’ (2021), both of which were elected as a Choc of Classica magazine and the ‘Choice of the month’ by France Musique.
During the 2024-2025 season, Eva Zaïcik performs as Cretidea (‘L’Uomo Femina’, Galuppi, staged by Agnès Jaoui) with Le Poème Harmonique, an ensemble she reunites with for Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’ at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. She sings under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock with the Münchner Philharmoniker in Bruckner’s ‘Mass in F minor’, as well as in Beethoven’s ‘Missa solemnis’ with the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble. She joins Emmanuelle Haïm for Handel’s ‘Dixit Dominus’ with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and take part into the reopening concerts of Notre-Dame de Paris. She also presents ‘Mayrig’, her album dedicates to Armenian music (Alpha Classics), at the Philharmonie de Paris and in Aix-en-Provence.