Marko Kalajanović, Baritone
Biography:

Marko Kalajanović, born in 1984 in Ivanjica, graduated and completed his specialist academic studies in solo singing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, under the mentorship of Prof. Radmila Bakočević. After his studies, he continued with vocal consultations with Maestro Paolo de Napoli in Italy.


Professional Career:

Marko has performed leading baritone roles in prestigious theaters across the region, including:

  • National Theatre in Belgrade

  • Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad

  • Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

  • Slovenian National Theatre in Maribor

  • National Theatre in Sarajevo

  • Montenegrin National Theatre in Podgorica


  • He earned the title of opera champion at the National Theatre in Sarajevo.


Repertoire:

Marko has performed a number of significant baritone roles, including:

  • Renato (Un ballo in maschera, G. Verdi)

  • Ezio (Attila, G. Verdi)

  • Germont (La Traviata, G. Verdi)

  • Rodrigo (Don Carlos, G. Verdi)

  • Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, G. Rossini)

  • Onegin (Eugene Onegin, P.I. Tchaikovsky)

  • Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni, W.A. Mozart)

  • Papageno (Die Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart)

  • Enrico (Lucia di Lamermoor, G. Donizetti)

  • Michonnet (Adriana Lecouvreur, F. Cilea)

  • Marcello (La Boheme, G. Puccini)

  • Sharpless (Madama Butterfly, G. Puccini)

  • Belcore (L’elisir d’amore, G. Donizetti)

  • Escamillo (Carmen, G. Bizet)

  • Malatesta (Don Pasquale, G. Donizetti)

  • Biscroma and impresario (Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali – Viva la mamma, G. Donizetti)

  • Krušina (Prodaná nevěsta, B. Smetana)

  • Ben (The Telephone, Gian Carlo Menotti)

  • Paul (Les Enfants Terribles, Philip Glass)

  • Constantine the Great (In hoc Signo, M. Frisina)

  • Sima (Ero s onoga svijeta, J. Gotovac)

  • Redžep-aga (Na uranku, S. Binički)

  • Nikola Tesla (Melancholic Dreams of Count Sava Vladislavić)

  • Hedgehog (Hedgehog's House, Z. Vauda)

  • Maestro (Behind the Opera Scenes, Vera Milanković)

  • Smail-aga Čengić (Dragon of Bosnia, A. Horozić)

  • Babo Alibeg (Alma, J. Osmanagić)


  • Concerts and Festivals:

Marko has held numerous solo concerts and performed at music festivals in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Belarus, and Japan. In February 2017, he performed at the Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara in Japan as a solo baritone in the performance of Symphony No. 9, L.V. Beethoven with the Young Hokkaido Philharmonic.


Awards and Recognitions:

Marko is the recipient of numerous awards at opera singer competitions, including:

  • First prize at the Republic Competition of Solo Singers of Serbia in Belgrade

  • First prize at the Petar Konjović Competition in Belgrade

  • First prize at the Nikola Cvejić Solo Singers Competition in Ruma


  • He is the recipient of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia Award (2008), which is awarded to the most successful young talents. During 2007 and 2008, he was a scholarship holder of the CEE Musiktheater Foundation for Opera Talents from Vienna (Austria). He is also the recipient of the Annual Award for the Best Young Artist in 2011, awarded by the Association of Music Artists of Serbia, of which he has been a member since 2005.

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