AISTROS OPEROJE

In the concert program, you will hear excerpts from operas of various eras, performed solo and in duet by Viktorija Stanelė and Igor Bakan.

Viktorija Stanelė is a student of professors R. Maciūtė and V. Noreika in Lithuania. Having won several competitions, she was invited to join the opera studio at the Zurich Opera House from 2010 to 2012. In 2014, she became a member of the Young Soloists Ensemble at the Vienna State Opera. In 2019-2020, she sang at the Klaipėda State Music Theatre.

Among the roles created by Viktorija are all the main soprano roles in the most popular operas, as well as roles in the operas of C. Monteverdi, G. F. Händel, E. Humperdinck, and L. Janáček. She has performed at the national opera houses of Lithuania and Latvia, the Teatro Massimo in Sicily, the Vlaamse Opera (Antwerp/Ghent, Belgium), and others.

During his studies, Igor Bakan successfully began his career at the Klaipėda State Music Theatre. He won a series of prestigious competitions and was invited to join the opera studio at the Zurich Opera House (2009-2010). From 2010 to 2012, he sang at the Vlaamse Opera (Antwerp/Ghent, Belgium), and in 2012, he became a member of the Young Soloists Ensemble at the Vienna State Opera.

In the 2016-2017 season, I. Bakan debuted in the lead role of Figaro in Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Malmö Opera, and in 2018, he sang the role of Monterone in G. Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" there.