Ilja Aksionov

Ilja Aksionov

“His fluid voice evokes […] a lost prince, reminiscent of Mozart’s Tamino” Première Loge

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ABOUT ILJA

Lithuanian tenor Ilja Aksionov (born 1996) began their stage career as a boy soprano, performing the role of the Prince in Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince and appearing as a soloist in Leonard Bernstein’s MASS.

In the 2023–2024 season, Ilja was a member of Les Arts Florissants’ Le Jardin des Voix, touring Europe and North America with a production of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, conducted by William Christie and Paul Agnew. In the 2024-2025 season, Ilja was a member of the Opera Studio in National Theatre Mannheim.