Martina Mikelic
Mezzo-soprano
Bio: Contralto Martina Mikelic was born in Split, Croatia and studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (MDW), where she received her Master's Degree in the Concert class of Univ.-Prof. Robert Holl. Admired for her intensive stage presence and extraordinary alto voice, Ms. Mikelic was selected by the MDW as Artist of the Month and as one of the best 10 talents from all Austrian art universities.
Ms. Mikelic made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 as Second Maid in Elektra conducted by Daniele Gatti. The same year, she sang Mahler's 2nd Symphony at the Wiener Festwochen, as well as Mozart's Coronation Mass, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst.
In 2011 Ms. Mikelic made her dabut at the Vienna State Opera in Elektra as well as at the Vienna Konzerthaus with the alt part in Elias. In the summer of 2011 she appeared again at the Salzburg Festival in Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Christian Thielemann, with whom she also performed Beethoven 9th Symphony at the Vienna State Opera in 2014. She sang Wagner's Wesendonck songs in that same year in the Vienna Musikverein.
Notably, she was nominated twice for the Austrian Music Theater Award: in 2013 for the best young artist as the Page in Salome, and in 2015 for the best female supporting role as Florence Pike in Albert Herring. She made her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin also in 2015 with the title role in Carmen.
She made her debut in Tokio Bunka Kaikan with the role of Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus in 2016. At the end of the same year, she made another debut at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with a Christmas Gala Concert. In 2017 she made her debut at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rom with the oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri, conducted by Daniele Gatti. She made her Netherlands debut the following year with the alto solo in Messiah at the Theater Carré in Amsterdam, as well as the alto solo in the Verdi Requiem and Mahler´s Das Lied von der Erde.
At the age of 23, Ms. Mikelic was given the opportunity to become an ensemble member of Vienna Volksoper. There she made her debut as Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte and since then she had many important role debuts there such as the title role in Carmen, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Magdalena in Der Evangelimann, Jezibaba in Rusalka, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Maddalena in Rigoletto, the Page in Salome, Florence Pike in Albert Herring, Kontschakovna in Knez Igor, Afra in La Wally, the Mother's Voice in Les contes d'Hoffmann, the Alto Voice in Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, the Messenger in Das Wunder der Heliane, Mary in Der fliegende Holländer, and many more.
Future engagements include among others the title role in Carmen, Czipra in Zigeunerbaron, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at Vienna Volksopera, as well as the role debut of Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde at the Nederlands Reisoper.
Last update: 2019-09-19 23:44:19 +00:00
Bio: Contralto Martina Mikelic was born in Split, Croatia and studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (MDW), where she received her Master's Degree in the Concert class of Univ.-Prof. Robert Holl. Admired for her intensive stage presence and extraordinary alto voice, Ms. Mikelic was selected by the MDW as Artist of the Month and as one of the best 10 talents from all Austrian art universities.
Ms. Mikelic made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 as Second Maid in Elektra conducted by Daniele Gatti. The same year, she sang Mahler's 2nd Symphony at the Wiener Festwochen, as well as Mozart's Coronation Mass, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst.
In 2011 Ms. Mikelic made her dabut at the Vienna State Opera in Elektra as well as at the Vienna Konzerthaus with the alt part in Elias. In the summer of 2011 she appeared again at the Salzburg Festival in Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Christian Thielemann, with whom she also performed Beethoven 9th Symphony at the Vienna State Opera in 2014. She sang Wagner's Wesendonck songs in that same year in the Vienna Musikverein.
Notably, she was nominated twice for the Austrian Music Theater Award: in 2013 for the best young artist as the Page in Salome, and in 2015 for the best female supporting role as Florence Pike in Albert Herring. She made her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin also in 2015 with the title role in Carmen.
She made her debut in Tokio Bunka Kaikan with the role of Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus in 2016. At the end of the same year, she made another debut at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with a Christmas Gala Concert. In 2017 she made her debut at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rom with the oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri, conducted by Daniele Gatti. She made her Netherlands debut the following year with the alto solo in Messiah at the Theater Carré in Amsterdam, as well as the alto solo in the Verdi Requiem and Mahler´s Das Lied von der Erde.
At the age of 23, Ms. Mikelic was given the opportunity to become an ensemble member of Vienna Volksoper. There she made her debut as Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte and since then she had many important role debuts there such as the title role in Carmen, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Magdalena in Der Evangelimann, Jezibaba in Rusalka, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Maddalena in Rigoletto, the Page in Salome, Florence Pike in Albert Herring, Kontschakovna in Knez Igor, Afra in La Wally, the Mother's Voice in Les contes d'Hoffmann, the Alto Voice in Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, the Messenger in Das Wunder der Heliane, Mary in Der fliegende Holländer, and many more.
Future engagements include among others the title role in Carmen, Czipra in Zigeunerbaron, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at Vienna Volksopera, as well as the role debut of Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde at the Nederlands Reisoper.
Last update: 2019-09-19 23:44:19 +00:00
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30 Sep'23
15 Jan'22 - 05 Feb'22
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31 Oct'21 - 23 Nov'21
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| Volksoper Wien | Vienna, Austria | Performances (8)
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8 - 27 Jun'21
01 Sep'20 - 30 Jun'21
2 - 30 May'20
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„Selbst die Nebenrollen waren gut besetzt, allen voran Martina Mikelic als stimmgewaltige(r) Page der Herodias.“
„Martina Mikelic ist als „Florence Pike“ stimmlich und darstellerisch grandios!“
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