Olga Šober (born in
Sarajevo
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) is a Croatian opera singer and leading
soprano
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in the
Croatian National Theatre in
Rijeka
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.
Career
Olga Šober graduated from the
Zagreb Academy of Music
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and the
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, where she specialized in "Lied und Oratorium". She acquired her MA at the Musical Arts College in
Belgrade
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. She worked as leading soprano of
Croatian National Theatre in Osijek and since 1988 has been a leading soprano with the Croatian National Theatre "Ivan pl. Zajc" Rijeka. She has performed as a guest artist in
Croatia
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Yugoslavia
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,
Italy
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,
Hungary
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,
Ukraine
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,
Russia
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,
Luxembourg
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Japan
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,
Germany
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Austria
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,
Bulgaria
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and
Taiwan
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. She has sung with the leading conductors including
Lovro von Matačić
Lovro von Matačić (14 February 1899 – 4 January 1985) was a Croatian conductor and composer.
Early life
Lovro von Matačić was born in Sušak to a family that was granted a noble title in the early 17th century. Growing up, he was always s ...
,
Kazushi Ono, ,
Vjekoslav Šutej
Vjekoslav Šutej (31 July 1951 – 2 December 2009) was a prominent Croatian orchestral conductor.
Overview
Šutej studied conducting under Igor Gjadrov at the Zagreb Music Academy, before obtaining his Master of Music degree in Rome in the cl ...
, and
Weikart.
Olga Šober is also involved in concert activities as a solo singer collaborating with numerous ensembles (Collegium pro Musica Sacra, Collegium Musicum Fluminense, Oratory Choir of the City of Rijeka, "Ivan Goran Kovačić" Choir...). She recorded several
sound carriers as well as videotapes of the operas “
L'elisir d’amore”, “
Nikola Šubić Zrinjski” and “
Rigoletto”.
She has played several roles including Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto", Violette in “
La Traviata
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”, Lucia di Lammermoore in homonymous Donizetti's opera, Jelena in “
Nikola Šubić Zrinjski” by
Ivan Zajc
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, Margarita in “
Faust”, Michaela in “
Carmen
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”.
Prizes and awards
* "The Pavao Markovac", the best student Dean's award
* "Darko Lukić", award of music critics from daily newspaper Vijesnik
* "Shalijapin’s Medal" at the All-Russian Festival in Kazan (Tatar Republic)
* Annual Award of City of Rijeka for 1994
* "Milka Trnina’s award", award of Croatian Theatre for 1997
* Croatian Presidential medal of merit for the achievements in Croatian culture in 1998.
Sources
*Croatian National Theatre (Rijeka)
Artist's biography: Olga Šober See als
''La traviata'', 2008/2009 season''Pčelica Maja'', 2008/2009 season''Signor Bruschino'' 2005/2006 season
*City of Stange
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Operettekveld med Bojan og Olga Sober
6 September 2007 (in Norwegian)
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sober, Olga
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Croatian operatic sopranos
Musicians from Sarajevo
Academy of Music, University of Zagreb alumni
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni
20th-century Croatian women opera singers
21st-century Croatian women opera singers