Zoran Todorovich () is German opera singer, director and costume designer of Serbian origin. He is

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, and started his career in

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, where he was born.

Biography

Zoran Todorovich was born in

in 1961, Serbia (at the time

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). He began his first musical training in both piano and singing at the

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and completed his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Frankfurt with an honours degree. He also studied in

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. He begann his career at the

Landestheater Detmold Landestheater Detmold is a theatre for operas, operettas, musicals, ballets, and stage plays in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It began as the Hochfürstliches Lippisches Hoftheater, founded in 1825 by the court of Lippe. The company ha ...

, and was a member of the

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from 1994 to 1999.MR. ZORAN TODOROVICH
, COMANDOpera In 2022 Todorovich chose Puccini's

Madama Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...

for his debut as opera director and costume designer at the Landestheater Detmold, with

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in the title role. The production was very well received by audiences and critics, thanks to Todorovich's deep familiarity with the work that he had performed as Pinkerton since 1997.

Discography

* Zoran Todorovich: Portrait (Arte Nova Classics – LC 03480, 2001) * Der Zigeunerprimas (classic production osnabrück – 777 058-2, 2005) * Franz Lehár – Schön ist die Welt (classic production osnabrück – 777 055-2, 2006) * Zoran Todorovich: Arias (OehmsClassics – OC 793, 2011)

Videography

* Norma (Deutsche Grammophon – 00044007342190, 2006) * Tosca (Phoenix Edition –801, 2008) * La fanciulla del West (Opus Arte – OA BD7075 D, 2010)

References

External links

Zoran Todorovich
official website (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Todorovich, Zoran Living people Singers from Belgrade German operatic tenors 1961 births German opera directors