Laura Pavlovic
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Laura Pavlovic (b. Skopje
, Macedonia), is a lyric
and spinto soprano
opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre
Opera in Novi Sad
.
She is a graduate of the Isidor Bajic Music School
in Novi Sad, and the Academy Of Arts, University of Novi Sad
where she was under the tuition of Biserka Cvejić
. She has also been coached by Nikola Mitic, principal baritone
of the National Opera Belgrade
, and Olivera Miljakovic of the Vienna State Opera
, Austria.
Pavlovic's debut leading role was as Djula in the comic opera
Ero s onoga svijeta
(Ero the Joker) by composer Jakov Gotovac
. Her particular vocal style and stage
presence have been noted by media critics.
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, Macedonia), is a lyric
Lyric soprano
A lyric soprano is a type of operatic soprano that has a warm quality with a bright, full timbre which can be heard over an orchestra. The lyric soprano voice generally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays ingenues and other sympathetic characters in opera. Lyric sopranos have...
and spinto soprano
Spinto soprano
A spinto soprano is a category of operatic soprano voice that has the limpidity and easy high notes of a lyric soprano, yet can be "pushed" on to achieve dramatic climaxes without strain. This type of voice may possess a somewhat darker timbre, too, than the average lyric soprano...
opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre
Serbian National Theatre
The Serbian National Theatre , located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia...
Opera in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
.
She is a graduate of the Isidor Bajic Music School
Isidor Bajic secondary school of music, Novi Sad
Isidor Bajić is a secondary school of music located in the city of Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Specifically, it is located at #9 Njegoševa ulica. The school was established on September 1, 1909....
in Novi Sad, and the Academy Of Arts, University of Novi Sad
University of Novi Sad
The University of Novi Sad is a university located in Novi Sad, the capital of Serbian province of Vojvodina and the second largest city in Serbia....
where she was under the tuition of Biserka Cvejić
Biserka Cvejic
Biserka Cvejić is a famous Serbian opera singer and university professor.She sang in the Metropolitan Opera , Covent Garden , Wiener Staatsoper , La Scala , as well as in Belgrade, Zagreb, Moscow, St. Petersburg and other major opera houses in the world.She is a member of the Association of...
. She has also been coached by Nikola Mitic, principal baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
of the National Opera Belgrade
National Theatre in Belgrade
The National Theatre was founded in the latter half of the 19th century. It is located on Republic Square, in Belgrade, Serbia.The National Theatre was declared a Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1983, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia....
, and Olivera Miljakovic of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera . In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian...
, Austria.
Pavlovic's debut leading role was as Djula in the comic opera
Comic opera
Comic opera denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending.Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria...
Ero s onoga svijeta
Ero s onoga svijeta
Ero s onoga svijeta is a comic opera in three acts by Jakov Gotovac, with a libretto by Milan Begović based on a folk tale...
(Ero the Joker) by composer Jakov Gotovac
Jakov Gotovac
Jakov Gotovac was a Croatian composer and conductor of classical music. He is the author of the most famous Croatian opera, the comic Ero s onoga svijeta , which first played in Zagreb in 1935....
. Her particular vocal style and stage
Stage (theatre)
In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...
presence have been noted by media critics.
Roles
- Mimi (La bohèmeLa bohèmeLa bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
) - Cio Cio San (Madama ButterflyMadama ButterflyMadama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco...
) - Lucy (The TelephoneThe Telephone, or L'Amour à troisThe Telephone, or L'Amour à trois is an English-language comic opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti, both words and music. It was written for production by the Ballet Society and was first presented on a double bill with Menotti's The Medium at the Heckscher Theater, New York City, February...
) - Djula (Ero the Joker)
- Micaela (CarmenCarmenCarmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
) - Old Cat (Puss in BootsPuss in Boots (Cui)Puss in Boots is a short opera-fairytale for children in three acts, four tableaux, composed by César Cui in 1913. The libretto was written by Marina Stanislavovna Pol'. It was premiered in Rome in 1915 under the title Il gato con gli stivali...
).