Young Estonian singer makes her Royal Opera debut in La Traviata

14.01.2008

Young Estonian mezzo-soprano Monika-Evelin Liiv will make her Royal Opera debut as Flora in Verdi's La Traviata from 14 January - 14 February.

She joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September 2007 and her Royal Opera debut as Flora (La Traviata) will be followed by Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte). She will also understudy Olga (Eugene Onegin), Mercédès (Carmen) and Dryad (Ariadne auf Naxos).

Estonian mezzo-soprano Monika-Evelin Liiv studied at the Conservatoire of Tallinn, the Lithuanian Music Academy and the Estonian Music Academy. She has attended the Mariinsky Theatre Young Singers Summer Academy in Mikkeli and masterclasses with Irina Gavrilovic, Maria Acda, Larissa Gergieva, Hartmut Höll, Maria Cleva, Vladimir Atlantov and Jeffrey Goldberg. Awards include second prize in the Studio Bel Canto Vocal Competition in Malmö 2006 and third prize in the Mart Saar Song competition 2002.

Opera roles include Flora (La traviata) , Voice from Above (Parsifal), Serving Maid and Voice of Unborn Child (Die Frau ohne Schatten) for Finnish National Opera, Paulina (The Queen of Spades) and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) for Estonian National Opera. She has performed in concert in Estonia, Finland, France, Lithuania, Sweden and Russia.

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