Monika-Evelin Liiv
The young estonian mezzo-soprano Monika-Evelin
Liiv studied at
the Conservatoire of Tallinn, the Lithuanian Music Academy and the Estonian
Music Academy.
She has attended the Mariinsky Theatre Young Singers Summer Academy in
Mikkeli and masterclasses with Irina Gavrilovic, Maria Acda, Larissa
Gergieva, Hartmut Höll, Maria Cleva, Vladimir Atlantov and Jeffrey Goldberg.
Awards include second prize in the Studio Bel Canto Vocal Competition in
Malmö 2006 and third prize in the Mart Saar Song competition 2002.
September 2007 he joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme and made
her Royal Opera House debut as Flora
La traviata,
followed by Second Lady
Die Zauberflöte
and Mércèdes
Carmen.
At the Royal Opera House has also performed Olga
Eugene Onegin,
Dryad
Ariadne auf
Naxos,
Second Maid
Elektra,
Ines
Il trovatore,
Lady Artist
Lulu as well
as Giulietta
Les Contes d’Hoffmann,
Mary Der
fliegende Holländer,
Maddalena
Rigoletto
and
Madame
Popova
The Bear.
Opera roles include as well Voice from Above Parsifal, Serving Maid and Voice of Unborn Child Die Frau ohne Schatten for Finnish National Opera, Paulina The Queen of Spades and Third Lady Die Zauberflöte for Estonian National Opera. She has performed in concert in Estonia, Finland, France, Lithuania, Sweden and Russia.
Future Plans include Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro for Finnish National Opera, Second Lady in Die Zauberflüte, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare- Bauge Opera, France and Haydn’s Requiem in Estonia.
