Audrius Rubežius (born 29 June 1966) is a

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n tenor working with the

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. He studied at Stasys Šimkus Conservatory in

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and

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. In 1996, he won the Beatričė Grincevičiūtė and Kazimieras Banaitis vocalists' contests. For performance of Belmonte's role in

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's ''

Die Entführung aus dem Serail ' () (Köchel catalogue, K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's . The plot concer ...

'' Rubežius received Kristoforas award from the Lithuanian Theatre and Cinema Association.

References

1966 births Living people Lithuanian opera singers Operatic tenors Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni 20th-century Lithuanian male singers 21st-century Lithuanian male singers 20th-century male opera singers 21st-century male opera singers German-language singers of Lithuania {{Lithuania-singer-stub