- Dunja Vejzovic
Dunja Vejzovic (Vejzovič), born in
Zagreb ,Croatia , on October 20, 1943, is an acclaimed operaticsoprano who began her career (as a mezzo-soprano) with the Zagreb National Theatre. Following further studies in Stuttgart, she was engaged by theNuremberg Opera, where she appeared asCarmen , Venus (in "Tannhäuser"), Azucena ("Il trovatore "), Amneris ("Aïda ") and Dalila ("Samson et Dalila"). Her international career began in 1978, at theBayreuth Festival , where she enacted Kundry in "Parsifal ", for three summers. On October 9, 1978, she made herMetropolitan Opera debut, as Venus, oppositeJess Thomas in the name part.In 1980 and 1981,
Herbert von Karajan engaged her to appear in hisSalzburg Festival "Parsifal", which was reckoned a great success. In 1984, she sang Ortrud, in "Lohengrin", for that Festival. Another of her great collaborations has been with the director Robert Wilson, in whose production she sang the title role of "Alceste" , and in "Parsifal".At the
La Scala , Vejzovic appeared as the Zia Principessa in "Suor Angelica ", Didon in "Les Troyens ", and Venus. Also in her répertoire are the title role in "Hérodiade " (oppositeMontserrat Caballé andJosé Carreras ), Abigaille in "Nabucco ", Odabella in "Attila", Eboli in "Don Carlos ", Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth", Marie in "Wozzeck ", and the sole character in "Erwartung ".Discography
* Wagner: "Parsifal" (Hofmann; Karajan, 1979–80)
Deutsche Grammophon
* Wagner: "Lohengrin" (Tomowa-Sintow, Kollo; Karajan, 1976–81)EMI
* Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer" (Hofmann, van Dam; Karajan, 1981–83) EMI
* Mercadante: "La vestale" (Cecchele; Sutej, 1987) [live] Bongiovanni
* Berlioz: "La mort de Cléopâtre" (Eschenbach, 1988)Supraphon
* Brahms: "Alto Rhapsody" (Eschenbach, 1991–93) Virgin ClassicsVideography
* Puccini: "Suor Angelica" (Plowright; Gavazzeni, Bussotti, 1983) [live] Kultur
* Wagner: "Lohengrin" (Studer, Domingo; Abbado, Weber, 1990) [live]Image Entertainment External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC5xWaWr8z4] YouTube: Dunja Vejzovic in an excerpt from "Lohengrin", with Plácido Domingo (1990).
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