Vlatka Oršanić Explained

Vlatka Oršanić
Native Name Lang:cro
Birth Date:1958 1, df=y
Birth Place:Zabok, Croatia

Vlatka Oršanić (born 1958) is a Croatian opera singer (soprano) and vocal pedagogue.[1] [2]

Life and career

Oršanić was born in Zabok, Croatia. She spent her childhood in Varaždin where she began her music education at the School of Music. She studied piano from the age of 7 and singing from the age of 14 under Ankica Opolski. At the age of 16 she entered the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, studying voice under Ondina Otta-Klasinc. She graduated in the spring of 1979 and made her debut as Sophie in Werther at Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet. She was subsequently engaged as a soloist there and also began making guest appearances in other opera houses in what was then Yugoslavia. In that time she was celebrated as an extraordinary Lucia and Gilda. From 1985 to 1990 she lived in Vienna, where she pursued further study in solo singing techniques with Olivera Miljaković.[3]

The 1990s saw the beginning of Oršanić's international career. She sang at the Salzburg State Theatre where she appeared as Despina in Così fan tutte, Bastienne in Bastien und Bastienne, Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice and Tamiri in Il re pastore. She went on to sing as a guest artist at various opera houses in Europe and from 1992 to 1995 was the soloist at the Staatstheater Darmstadt. Her most successful roles were Jenufa, Lady Macbeth and Katerina Ismailova. She sang at Semperoper Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Oper Leipzig, Aalto-Musiktheater Essen, Teatro Comunale Florence and elsewhere. She performed at Salzburger Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen, Edinburgh Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival d'automne Paris and at some of the most important european concert halls including Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Konzerthaus and Philharmonie in Berlin, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Philharmonie in Köln, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and Auditorio Municipal in Madrid. Collaboration with conductors: Semyon Bychkov, Michael Gielen, Vladimir Jurowski, Kirill Petrenko, Daniel Harding and others; directors: Joachim Herz, Harry Kupfer, Christine Mielitz, Liliana Cavani and others. Among her partners were Elina Garanča, Anja Harteros, Piotr Beczała and Peter Schreier. In 2003 she returned Slovene National Theatre Opera in Ljubljana as the company's principal soprano. That same year she began her career as a vocal pedagogue. She is a professor at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and has served as the head of its Voice Department from 2007.[4] Oršanić is also the co-founder and director of the Zinka Milanov International Competition for young opera singers.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Homovec, Boris (24 July 2015). "Intervju: Vlatka Oršanić: 'Kod nas bi svi trebali krenuti od svog rada'". Nacional. Retrieved 28 November 2016 .
  2. [Karl-Josef Kutsch|Kutsch, Karl-Josef]
  3. [Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet]
  4. [Academy of Music, University of Zagreb]
  5. Zinka Milanov International Competition. Protocol, regulations and prizes. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. Ožegović, Nina (21 January 2008). "Vlatka Oršanić – teatarski eksperiment najbolje hrvatske sopranistice". Nacional. Retrieved 8 January 2017 .
  7. [Index.hu]
  8. Hrvatsko Društvo Glazbenih Umjetnika. Dobitnici Nagrade Milka Trnina. Retrieved 8 January 2017 .
  9. Weber, Zdenka (2010). "Poklon pred Umjetnošću Pjevanja". Cantus. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2017 .
  10. Hrvatsko društvo glazbenih i plesnih pedagoga (HDGPP). Nagrade. Retrieved 8 January 2017 .
  11. Slovensko komorno glasbeno gledališče. Vlatka Oršanić 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2017 .
  12. [RTV Slovenija]
  13. Oliver, Michael (November 1997)."Review: Zemlinsky Lyric Symphony/Berg Lyric Suite". Gramophone. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

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