We are starting this year's Midsummer Vilnius'23 festival on a powerful note. On the first evening, the long-awaited performance of the world-famous opera soloist, prima donna of Lithuanian opera - Violeta Urmana - will take place in the Great Courtyard of the Palace of the Lords. She will perform a sophisticated and delicate evening program of classical music together with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (LKO) conducted by Modestos Pitrėnas.
Violeta Urmana, who has been singing in the world's most famous theaters for almost three decades, is a recognized concert and recital singer, performing the music of G. Mahler, R. Strauss, A. Schoenberg, H. Berlioz, R. Wagner and G. Verdi in the most famous European, United States, In the concert halls of Israel and Japan, collaborating with the most talented conductors and soloists.
V. Urmana has won many awards: in London - the Royal Philharmonic Award for singers, in Vienna - the Austrian "Kammersaengerin" title. in 2014 The President of Italy awarded her with the order "Stella d'Italia". In her homeland, Lithuania, she was awarded the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania, and in 2020 she was awarded the Commander's Grand Cross of the Order "For Services to Lithuania".
Violeta Urmana is globally recognized as one of the brightest singers of today, not only as a mezzo-soprano, but also as a dramatic soprano. in 2021 excerpt from critic Irma Foletti (Anaclase.com): "R. Strauss's Klytämnestra played by Violeta Urmana captivated the audience with her powerful incarnation. Having started her career as a mezzo-soprano, later transitioning to a soprano, and now returning to her original range of tessitura, the Lithuanian singer has preserved her enormous resources, an equally high-quality instrument in all pitches, and an expressiveness that gives shivers to every viewer, thanks to her deep low-register sound."
V. Urmana is a regular at the world's largest opera houses - New York Metropolitan Opera, Madrid Teatro Real, Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu, Paris National Opera, Berlin Deutsche Oper, Vienna State Opera, Milan Teatro alla Scala , a guest of London's Royal Opera House "Covent Garden" and Bayreuth, Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence, Edinburgh festivals and "BBC Proms" and a recognized UNESCO artist for peace.
Due to her busy concert schedule, Violeta Urmana appears on the Lithuanian stage quite rarely, so this performance at the festival is an exceptional opportunity to meet everyone's beloved soloist live.
