Martina Mikelic

Contralto

Website: martinamikelic.com

Biography

Contralto Martina Mikelic was born in Split, Croatia and studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Admired for her intensive stage presence and extraordinary alto voice, she was selected as one of the best 10 talents from all the Austrian Art Universities and nominated twice for the Austrian Music Theater Award. At the age of 23, Martina Mikelic became an ensemble member of the Volksoper Wien where she has appeared in many major projects, including the title role of Carmen, Hippolyta A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Orlofsky Die Fledermaus, Magdalena Der Evangelimann, Ježibaba Rusalka, Zita Gianni Schicchi, Maddalena Rigoletto, Florence Pike Albert Herring, Kontschakovna Prince Igor, the Messenger Das Wunder der Heliane and Mary Der fliegende Holländer. She has also participated in numerous important festivals and productions around the world. These include Elektra at the Salzburger Festspiele, conducted by Daniele Gatti and Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Christian Thielemann. She also appeared at the Wiener Staatsoper in Elektra and sang alto solo in Beethoven Symphony No. 9 conducted by Christian Thielemann. She made her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin as Carmen and appeared at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan as Prince Orlofsky Die Fledermaus. At the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma she took part in the Oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri conducted by Daniele Gatti. Among other famous venues, she has also appeared at the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow, at the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Wiener Musikverein and the Koninklijk Theater Carré Amsterdam.

Roles performed

Videos

In Concert

J. S. BACH: B Minor Mass, Johannes Passion, Matthäus Passion; BEETHOVEN Mass In C Major Op.86, Symphony No.9; BRUCKNER: Mass No.3, Mass No. 1; DVORAK: Requiem, Stabat Mater; HÄNDEL: Messiah; HAYDN: Missa In Honorem Bmv Hob.Xxii: 4, Missa Cellensis, Missa In Angustiis, Missa Sancti; Nicolai, Mass Nr. 13, Stabat Mater, Mass In B Flat Major, Missa Sancti Hieronymi, Missa In Honorem Sanctae Ursulae; MAHLER: Das Lied Von Der Erde, Kindertotenlieder, Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Rückert Lieder, Symphony No.2, Symphony No. 3; MENDELSSOHN: Elias; MOZART: Mass In D Major, Great Mass In C Minor, Coronation Mass, Missa Brevis in B, Missa Longa, Messias, Missa Brevis in C Major, Piccolomini Mass, Requiem; NICOLAI: Mass No. 1; PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle, Stabat Mater; SAINT-SAËNS: Oratorio De Noël; SCHUBERT: Mass No. 5 D 678, Mass No. 6 D 950, Mass No. 3 D 105, Mass No. 4 In C Major, Mass No. 3 In B Flat Major; SCHUMMAN: Das Paradies Und Die Peri; VERDI: Messa Da Requiem; VIVALDI: Stabat Mater; WAGNER: Wesendonck Lieder

Conductors she has collaborated with

Rudolf Bibl, Anja Bielmeier, Roland Böer, Enrico Dovico, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Sasha Götzel, Hans Graf, Alexander Joel, Nicholas Milton, Roberto Paternostro, Marc Piollet, Peter Schneider, Jac van Steen, Christian Thielemann, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

Discography

2009 CD HAYDNJAHR with ORF Orchester and Claire Levacher
2009 CD ET INCARNATUS EST – CHRISTMAS ST. AUGUSTIN with St. Augustin Orchester and Robert Rieder
2010 DVD ELEKTRA, SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2010 with Vienna Philharmonic and Daniele Gatti
2011 CD FRANZ SCHUBERT: MASS IN C MAJOR with St. Augustin Orchester and Robert Rieder
2011 DVD DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN, SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2011 with Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann
2013 CD F. SCHUBERT: MASS IN G MAJOR (ARR. FERDINAND SCHUBERT), MASS IN C MAJOR with St. Augustin Orchester and Robert Rieder
2014 CD BEETHOVEN: MASS IN C MAJOR, OP. 86 with St. Augustin Orchester and Robert Rieder

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