Opera Soloists / Sopranos

In 2002 Ms. Gedmintaitė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (prof. Irena Milkevičiūtė’s class), where she received her MA Degree in vocal performance. After joining the LNOBT opera company in the same year and making her debut there as Donna Anna in W. A. Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni”, she became the winner of the "Operos Švyturiai" Awards in the category Opera Hope of the Year. In 2004 she received another “Operos Švyturiai” award, this time as the Best Female Soloist of the Year (awarded for her interpretation of Rachel in “La Juive“.

She is also the prizewinner of a number of national and international vocal competitions, including "Operete mano meile/Operetta, My Love" (3rd prize, 2002), Vincė Januškaitė-Zaunienė Competition (3rd prizes in 2001 and 2002), International Vocal Competition in Beskow, Germany (hailed as Best Interpreter, 2002), and Fortuna 2004 for the role of Julliette in Charles Gounod’s "Romeo et Julliette". In 2005 Ms. Gedmintaitė represented Lithuania at the “Expo 2005“ exhibition held in Japan. In 2010 J. Gedmintaitė received the “Operos Švyturys” award as the Best Female Opera Soloist of the Year for her role of Susanna in W. A. Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro”.

Ms. Gedmintaitė is often participating in concerts together with the Lithuanian State and Lithuanian National symphony orchestras, performing soprano parts in many oratorios, masses and cantatas. She performed in the UK, Estonia, Japan, USA, France, Sweden, Switzerland and elsewhere.

Repertoire includes:
Donna Anna (W. A. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”)
Juliette (Ch. Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette”)
Nedda (R. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci”)
Gilda (G. Verdi’s “Rigoletto”)
Rachel (J. F. Halevy’s “La Juive”)
Dalia (B. Dvarionas’ “Dalia”)
Mimi (G. Puccini’s “La Boheme”)
Ortlinde (R. Wagner’s “Die Walküre”)
Adina (G. Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore”)
Susanna (W. A. Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro”)
Tiny Lingonberry (J. Tamulionis’ “The Tiny Lingonberry”)
Tatyana (P. Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin")
Cunegonde (L. Bernstein "Candide")
Johanna (S. Sondheim "Sweeney Todd"), etc.  

Born in 1974, she studied singing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music (under prof. Vlada Mikštaitė, Jolanta Čiurilaitė and prof. Irena Milkevičiūtė), obtaining a MA Degree in opera and concert performance in 2001. While studying at the academy, she spent a training period at the "Mozarteum" Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria, under the tutelage of Prof. Lilian Sukis in 1999, and participated in master classes for young singers with Prof. Renatta Scotto at Music Academy Stanislaw Moniuszko, Gdansk, in 2000. Since December 2001 she has been principal soloist with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, appearing in most of the leading soprano roles on its active repertoire.

In 2004 Ms. Janušaitė received the “Operos Švyturiai“ award in the category of the Opera Hope of the Year. Two years later she created a role of the Woman in the world-premiere of G. Sodeika‘s chamber opera “Winter”. In July 2007 she went on tour with the LNOBT to the Ravena Festival in Italy - here she performed Sieglinde in R. Wagner’s opera “Die Walküre”. She also gave a solo concert in El Escorial (Spain) together with the LNOBT’s Orchestra conducted by Robertas Šervenikas. In 2007 she won the "Operos Švyturiai" Award as the Best Female Opera Soloist of the Year for the roles of Sieglinde in R. Wagner's "The Valkyrie" and Cio-Cio San in G. Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". In 2012 she received the same award for Tatyana in "Eugene Onegin".

Ms. Janušaitė performed successfully in the UK and Italy; in 2007 she performed together with the BBC National Symphony Orchestra.  The soloist sang at the Latvian National Opera (G. Puccini' s "Madama Butterfly", "La Boheme"), Opera Theatre of Kazan ("Madam Butterfly"), in Holland. In 2010 S. Janušaitė performed soprano part in S. Gubaidulina's "Johannes Passion", in 2011 in Zurich she sang Rachel in J. F. Halevy's "La Juive" together with the famous tenor Neil Schikoff. She also performed soprano parts in G. Verdi, W. A. Mozart's "Requiem", J. Brahms' "A German Requiem", G. Rossini's "Stabat Mater", A. Honegger's "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher" (St. Marguerite), G. Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (Second Soprano), G. Rossini "Messe Solennelle", Hilarion Alfeyev's oratorio "St. Matthew Passion", etc. 

Repertoire includes:

Solveig (E. Grieg “Peer Gynt”)
2nd Lady (W. A. Mozart “Die Zauberflöte”)
Rachel (J. F. Halevy “La Juive”)
Tatyana (P. Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin”)
Adina (G. Donizetti “L’elisir d’amore”)
Woman (G. Sodeika “Winter”)
Ms. Ford (O. Nicolai “Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor”)
Mimi and Musetta (G. Puccini “La Bohème”)
Micaëla (G. Bizet “Carmen”)
Voice of the Priestess (G. Verdi “Aida”)
Sister Angelica (G. Puccini “Suor Angelica”)
Donna Elvira (W. A. Mozart “Don Giovanni”)
Lisa (P. Tchaikovsky “Queen of Spades”)
Senta (R. Wagner “Der fliegende Holländer”)
Leonora (G. Verdi “La forza del destino”)
Cio-Cio San (G. Puccini “Madama Butterfly”)
The Water (R. Portman “The Little Prince”)
Sieglinde (R. Wagner “Die Walküre”)
Aldona (A. Ponchielli “I Lituani”)
Countess Rosina Almaviva (W. A. Mozart “Le nozze di Figaro”)
Desdemona (G. Verdi “Otello“)
Odabella (G. Verdi "Attila")
Manon Lescaut (G. Puccini "Manon Lescaut"),
Elsa of Brabant (R. Wagner "Lohengrin") etc.  

Irena Milkevičiūtė is a famous performer of lyric and dramatic soprano roles. In 1976 she graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (prof. Zenonas Paulauskas class) and immediately became a soloist with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1978-1979 she worked on probation at the “La Scala” theatre in Milan – here she created the roles of Madama Butterfly, Mimi and Violetta. At the time she also performed the soprano part in G. Verdi’s “Requiem” at the “Piccolo Scala” theatre, participated in concerts organized by the “Piccolo Scala” in Milan, Rome, Parma and elsewhere.

Ms. Irena Milkevičiūtė is a laureate of various competitions, such as M. Glinka‘s (1st prize, 1977), P. Tchaikovsky‘s (Diploma, 1978), F. Erkel and F. Kodaly‘s (2nd prize, Budapest, 1982) and the “Madama Butterfly” competition (2nd prize, Tokyo, 1986). In 1995 the soloist was awarded the “Christopher” prize given by the Lithuanian Theatre Association. A year later she was bestowed the 3rd class Order of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, in 1997 she received “Kipras” Award as the Soloist of the Year, given by the Society of Lithuanian Opera Friends. In 2000 she also received the Lithuanian National Prize, in 2001 – the Grand Latvian Music Award, in 2002 – the Latvian „Aldaris Prize“ for nurturing the art of opera. In 2002 and 2003 the soprano was also given “Operos Švyturiai” awards as the Best Female Soloist of the Year.

Ms. Irena Milkevičiūtė achieved international success – she performed in Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, USA, Holland, France, Scotland, Germany and many other countries in Europe, Asia and South America. She participated in the International Split Festival in Croatia (Aida), the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland (Abigaile in G. Verdi’s “Nabucco”), Dalhalla Opera Festival in Sweden (Abigaile and Turandot). Together with Roberto Scanducci and Leo Nuzzi she sang the role of Leonora in G. Verdi’s “La forza del destino” (conducted by V. Gergiev), produced at “Accaddemia Nacionale di Santa Sicilia” in Rome. She also performed the role of Susanna in “Khovanchina” at “La Scala” in Milan and “Metropolitan Opera” in New York (conductor V. Gergiev). Ms. Irena Milkevičiūtė often performed at the “Mariinsky” Theatre in Saint Petersburg (Aida and Elisabetta in “Don Carlos”). In 2000 together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Theatre Chorus and conductor Paolo Olmi she performed the role of Aida at the theatre of Parma (Italy) and the Grand Opera of Brussels, and the role of Abigaile at the Cologne opera (Germany). The soloist also sang at the “Teatr Wielki” in Warsaw (Violetta), “Opera Krakowska” (Aida), Opera Festival in Riga (Aida), Opera Theatre of Oslo (Turandot), “Bolshoi” theatre in Moscow Grand Opera in Brussels (Abigaile), Lisbon (Aida; together with the Grand Opera of Brussels). She also toured Spain, theatres in Madrid and Barcelona (Abigaile), participated in the Summer Festival in Bergen and Dalhalla Festival (Elisabetta in G. Verdi’s “Don Carlos”).

The soprano is often collaborating with “Teatr Wielki”, “Bolshoi” and “Mariinsky” theatres, Latvian National Opera. She also participated in opera premieres produced by the Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago together with the Chicago Lyric Opera’s orchestra (Leonora in “Il Trovatore”, Desdemona in “Otello”, Norma, Aldona in “I Lituani”, Eglė in “Pilėnai”). Ms. Irena Milkevičiūtė gave many memorable concerts in the United States of America – she sang at the Carnegie Hall in New York, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles and also performed in the countries of South America, such as Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and elsewhere. She also performed in the Baltic and Transcaucasian Countries, Russia (Moscow Conservatoire, Tchaikovsky Hall and Maly Glinka Hall in St. Petersburg), Ireland, England, Austria, Denmark, Philippines, Japan, France, Sweden, Hungary, etc. Her concert repertoire mainly consists of solo parts written by W. A. Mozart, G. Verdi, A. Dvorak, L. van Beethoven, A. Vivaldi, E. Elgar and other composers.

The soloist performed together with Irina Archipova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Maria Biesu, Gegham Grigorian, Maria Guleghina, Kaludi Kaludov, Paata Burchuladze, Sergej Larin, Violeta Urmana, Stefania Toczyska, Olga Borodina, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Dolora Zajick, Leo Nucci, Varen Mok, Virgilijus Noreika, Vladimiras Prudnikovas and many others. Ms. Irena Milkevičiūtė has worked with many famous conductors, such as Valery Gergiev, Valery Kagan, Fuat Mansurov, Paolo Olmi, Florencio, Erik Klaas, Gintaras Rinkevičius, Saulius Sondeckis, Jonas Aleksa, Juozas Domarkas, Vytautas Lukočius, Rimas Geniušas, Liutauras Balčiūnas, Martynas Staškus and Vytautas Viržonis.

Since 1988 Ms. Irena Milkevičiūtė has been teaching at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and is currently a professor.

 Repertoire includes:

Norma (V. Bellini “Norma”) 
Micaela (G. Bizet “Carmen”)
Santuzza (P. Mascagni “Cavaleria Rusticana”)
Susanna (M. Mussorgsky “Khovanchina”)
Aldona (A. Ponchielli “I Lituani”)
Eglė (V. Klova “Pilėnai”)
Cio-Cio San (G. Puccini “Madama Butterfly”)
Mimi (G. Puccini “La Boheme”)
Sister Angelica (G. Puccini “Suor Angelica”)
Tosca (G. Puccini “Tosca”)
Rosalinda (J. Strauss “Die Fledermaus”)
Tatyana (P. Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin”)
Maria (P. Tchaikovsky “Mazepa”)
Kuma (P. Tchaikovsky “The Sorceress”) 
Liza (P. Tchaikovsky “The Queen of Spades”)
Agathe (C. M. von Weber “Der Freischutz”)
Violetta (G. Verdi “ Traviata”)
Aida (G. Verdi “Aida”)
Elisabetta (G. Verdi “Don Carlos”)
Lady Macbeth (G. Verdi “Macbeth”)
Abigaile (G. Verdi “Nabucco”)
Desdemona (G. Verdi “Otello”)
Amelia (G. Verdi “Simon Boccanegra” and “Un ballo in Maschera”)
Turandot (G. Puccini “Turandot”)
Senta (R. Wagner “Der fliegende Holländer”)
Brünnhilde (R. Wagner “Die Walküre), etc.

In 1984-1992 Regina Šilinskaitė studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, in Vlada Mikštaitė‘s class. She also participated in masterclasses held by Lilian Šukys (1992, Austria), P. Orlowitz (1993, Denmark) and Josef Loibl (Germany, 1996).

In 1992 she made her debut as Gilda in “Rigoletto” at the Kaunas State Musical Theatre. That same year in Saint Petersburg she also won a competition for young singers “Baltic Stars”. Since 1998 she has been a soloist with the opera company of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

In 2004 Ms. Šilinskaitė was nominated for the Golden Cross of the Stage Award for her portrayal of Valencienne in F. Lehar’s operetta “Die lustige Witwe”. One year later she received the same award for the role of Princess Eudoxie in J. Halevy’s “La Juive”, which is considered to be one of her most successful and mesmerizing performances.

The soloist has prepared chamber music programmes consisting of French and German music. She collaborated with conductors Yehudi Menuhin, Ingo Ernst Reihl, Jonas Aleksa, Liutauras Balčiūnas, Saulius Sondeckis, Martynas Staškus and Vytautas Viržonis.

The soloist toured France, Finland, Switzerland, Germany and other countries.

 Repertoire includes:

Adina (G. Donizetti “L'elisir d'amore“)
Gilda (G. Verdi “Rigoletto“)
Oscaro (G. Verdi “Un ballo in maschera“)
Olympia (J. Offenbach “Les contes d'Hoffmann“)
Susanna (W. A. Mozart “Le nozze di Figaro“)
Konstanze (W. A. Mozart “The Abduction from the Seraglio“)
Donna Elvira (W. A. Mozart “Don Giovanni“)
Lauretta (G. Puccini “Gianni Schicchi“)
Eudoxie (J. F. Halevy “La Juive“)
Micaela and Frasquita (G. Bizet “Carmen“)
Lia San (P. Abraham “Viktoria un ihr Husar“)
Bella (F. Lehar “Paganini“)
Adele, Rosalinde (J. Strauss “Die Fledermaus“)
Arsena (J. Strauss “The Gypsy Baron“)
Julia (B. Britten “Let's Make an Opera“)
Franziska and Pepi (J. Strauss “Wiener Blut“)
Valencienne (F. Lehar “Die lustige Witwe“)
Julija (B. Kutavičius' “Lokys“)
Malvina (J. Gaižauskas “Buratino“)
Paquette (L. Bernstein "Candide"), etc.

Ms. Sigutė Stonytė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music in 1982 - here she studied singing with Prof. Z. Paulauskas. In 1982-1984 she also studied with vocal teacher Joana Kepenienė. In 1984 the soloist won the International Competition for Singers in Riga and a year later made her debut at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre as Tatyana in P. Tchaikovsky‘s opera “Eugene Onegin” - since then she has been performing leading soprano parts in most performances produced by the LNOBT and other companies. In 1991 Sigutė Stonytė won the second prize at the International Marian Anderson Vocal Arts Competition in Maryland, USA (first prize was not awarded).

Ms. Sigutė Stonytė is currently one of the most acclaimed Lithuanian opera singers, also enjoying wide international recognition. In 1996 she became a laureate of the Kristoforas Prize for the role of Lady Macbeth in G.Verdi's opera “Macbeth”, in 1999 - a laureate of the “Kipras” Prize of the Society of Lithuanian Opera Friends. In 2000 she was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas. In 2003 she received a Special Prize given by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania for her interpretations of Amelia in G. Verdi‘s “Un ballo in maschera” and Zerlina in W. A. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”. One year later she has been honoured with the Lithuanian National Prize - the most important award given to Lithuanian artists for their achievements. In 2005 the soloist was also given the “Operos Švyturiai“ Award as the Best Female Soloist of the Year. Her newest award is the “Golden Cross of the Stage” Award (2011), given for her portrayal of Countess Rosina Almaviva in W. A. Mozart's “Le nozze di Figaro”.  

The soloist has an extensive concert repertoire - she’s often singing soprano parts in oratorios and masses (around 30 soprano parts ranging from Bach to Britten) and is an acclaimed performer of chamber pieces (including R. Schumann’s “Frauenliebe und Leben”, G. Mahler’s “Rueckert-Lieder”, O. Messiaen’s “Poemes pour Mi”, works by S. Rachmaninoff, R. Strauss, J. Karnavičius and many other authors). 

Sigutė Stonytė participated in various music festivals, such as Savonlinna Opera Festival (Abigaile), “Verdianaeum” in La Roncole (Abigaile), Bratislava Cantans, Heilbronn Festival in Germany (Agathe), Glamorgan Valley, Norrtelje Chamber Music festival, Holland Opera Festival (Aida), among others. She regularly sang Abigaile, Aida and Lady Macbeth at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn, also performed the role Violetta together with the Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago, sang Aida in Taiwan, Abigaile and Zerlina in England, and Salome in Tel Aviv. Together with the Latvian National Opera she toured France, where she performed Abigaile in the Opera Festival in Arles. 

The soloist has sung with the National Symphony Orchestra of the USA in the J. F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., with the Moscow Philharmonic, Odense Symphony, the Lithuanian State and National Symphony orchestras, the Estonian and Latvian Symphony orchestras, with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, etc.

Sigutė Stonytė performed in Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, the USA, Taiwan ROC, Japan and elsewhere. 

In 1992 she started teaching at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and is currently a Professor and one of Lithuania‘s most acclaimed teachers of vocal performance, often giving master classes abroad. She is also a judge in many local and international singing competitions.

 Repertoire includes:

Tatyana and Larina (P. Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin”)
Violetta (G. Verdi “La Traviata”) 
Lady Macbeth (G. Verdi “Macbeth”)
Abigaile (G. Verdi “Nabucco”)
Leonora (G. Verdi “Il trovatore”)
Aida (G. Verdi “Aida”)
Ramunė (J. Karnavičius “Gražina”)
Marguerite (Ch. Gounod “Faust”)
Cherubino (W. A. Mozart “Le nozze di Figaro”)
Fanny (G. Rossini “La cambiale di matrimonio”)
Elisabeth (R. Wagner “Tannhäuser”)
Marcellina (L. van Beethoven “Fidelio”)
Agathe (C. M. von Weber “Der Freischutz”) 
Tosca (G. Puccini “Tosca”)
Antonia (J. Offenbach “The Tales of Hoffman”)
Sister Angelica (G. Puccini “Suor Angelica”)
Liza (P. Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades”)
Senta (R. Wagner “Der fliegende Holländer”)
Zerlina (W. A. Mozart “Don Giovanni”)
Amelia (G. Verdi “Un ballo in maschera”)
Liu (G. Puccini “Turandot”)
Leonora (G. Verdi “La forza del destino”)
Salome (R. Strauss “Salome”)
Countess Almaviva (W. A. Mozart “Le nozze di Figaro”) 
Desdemona (G. Verdi “Otello“), etc.

Ms. Julija Stupnianek studied singing with Assoc. Prof. Irena Argustienė at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, graduating in 2001. Her international training included “Wiener Musikseminar” with Ingeborg Wamser in 1999, master classes with famous baritone H. Hugegord (Sweden) in 2000, Russian Art Song Courses together with O. Preobrazhenska and Opera Island Bornholm summer academy in 2002, where she appeared as Fiordiligi in the premiere performances of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte directed by Jonathan Miller. She completed her post-graduate studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music in 2003. In 2000 she made her debut at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre as Violetta in G. Verdi’s “La Traviata”.

That same year she also participated in the Usedomer Festival in Germany and St. Christopher Summer Festival in Vilnius, one year later 2001 - in Rostock Baltic Countries Festival and Helsinki Festival (Finland). Ms. Julija Stupnianek was also a participant in the production of J. Juzeliūnas cantata “The Speech of Flowers”, presented together with the St. Christopher’s Chamber Orchestra at the contemporary music festival “Gaida” in Vilnius. In 2004 she made her debut at the Latvian National Opera as Liu in G. Puccini’s “Turandot”.

Ms. Julija Stupnianek is the prizewinner of Dichler-Sato Competition in Vienna (3rd prize, 1999), “Romansiada” International Vocal Competition in Moscow (3rd prize, 2000), Vincė Jonuškaitė-Zaunienė Competition in Vilnius (1st prizes in 2000 and 2001). In 2003, she won the "Operos Švyturiai" Award in the category "Opera Hope of the Year". She also received Grand prix awards at the International Competition for Singers in Kiev (Ukraine, 2005) and International Competition for young opera singers “Art and Education in the 21st Century” (Finland, 2006).

The soloist has prepared soprano parts in oratorio pieces by W. A. Mozart, R. Schubert, J. Haydn. In her concerts of chamber music she’s often singing music by different German, French, Italian, Russian and Lithuanian authors.

In her opera and concert career Ms. Julija Stupnianek has performed under the baton of many notable conductors, including Jonas Aleksa, Juozas Domarkas, Saulius Sondeckis, Robertas Šervenikas, Donatas Katkus, Liutauras Balčiūnas, Vytautas Viržonis, Joseph Walnig, Bernhard Sieberer and Manfred Honeck.

The soloist has performed in Australia, Denmark, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia and Italy.

Since 2005 Ms. Julija Stupnianek has been teaching vocal performance at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

 Repertoire includes:

Rita (G. Donnizetti “Rita”)
Franziska Cagliari (J. Strauss “Wiener Blut”)
Violetta (G. Verdi “La Traviata”)
Fiordiligi (W. A. Mozart “Cosi fan tutte”)
Donna Anna (W. A. Mozart “Don Giovanni”)
Agathe (C. M. von Weber “Der Freischutz”)
Prilepa (P. Tchaikovsky “The Queen of Spades”)
Juliette (Ch. Gounod “Romeo et Juliette”)
Apollonia (E. Geist “The Return of Dionysus”)
Princess Eudoxie (J. F. Halevy “La juive”)
Dalia (B. Dvarionas “Dalia”)
Gerhilde (R. Wagner’s “Die Walküre”)
The Water (R. Portman “The Little Prince”)
Amelia (G. Verdi “Un ballo in maschera”)
Adina (G. Donizetti “L’elisir d’amore”)
Eglė (V. Klova “Pilėnai“)
Mercedes (G. Bizet “Karmen”)
Marcellina (W. A. Mozart “Le nozze di Figaro”)
Tiny Lingonberry (J. Tamulionis “The Tiny Lingonberry”)
Tatiana (P. Tchaikovsky „Eugene Onegin")
Rosalinde (J. Strauss „Die Fledermaus"), etc.

Irena Zelenkauskaitė studied singing at the Vilnius’ J. Tallat-Kelpša Music School (currently Vilnius Conservatory) and at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (A. Kiselienė’s class).

In 1992 she became a soloist with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1998 she won the “Kristoforas” Prize, given by the Lithuanian Theatre Association. In 2006 she was bestowed an “Operos Švyturiai” Award as the Best Female Opera Soloist of the Year, and a year later received the “Golden Cross of the Stage” Award for her role of Cio-Cio San in G. Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”.

Ms. Zelenkauskaitė is singing soprano parts in oratorio pieces written by L. van Beethoven, B. Britten, C. Orff, G. B. Pergolesi, F. Poulenc and others. She has performed together with such orchestras as Lithuanian National Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony, conductors Juozas Domarkas, Jonas Aleksa, Saulius Sondeckis, Gintaras Rinkevičius, Justus Franz, Juri Bashmet, Vytautas Viržonis, Rimas Geniušas, Julius Geniušas, Martynas Staškus, Vytautas Lukočius, Modestas Pitrėnas, David Parry and others.

Her voice can also be heard on the CD recording of B. Kutavičius’ opera “Lokys”, conducted by Martynas Staškus. The CD was released by “Ondine” (Finland).

Ms. Zelenkauskaitė performed in Holland, Germany, Savonlinna Opera Festival (Finland), USA, Bulgaria, UK and elsewhere.

Repertoire includes:

Violetta (G. Verdi "La Traviata")
Gilda (G. Verdi "Rigoletto")
Pepi (J. Strauss "Wiener Blut")
Rovena (B. Britten "Let's Make an Opera")
Lucia (G. Donizetti "Lucia di Lammermoor")
Gretel (E. Humperdinck "Hansel and Gretel")
Monica (G. C. Menotti "The Medium")
Thibault and Voice from Heaven (G. verdi "Don Carlos")
Blonde (W. A. Mozart "The Abduction from the Seraglio")
Fiordiligi (W. A. Mozart "Cosi fan tutte")
Carlotta (A. L. Weber "The Phantom of the Opera")
Aennchen (C. M. von Weber "Der Freischütz")
Anna (G. Verdi "Nabucco")
Voice of the High Priestess (G. Verdi "Aida")
Olympia (J. Offenbach "Les contes d'Hoffmann")
Lauretta (G. Puccini "Gianni Schicchi")
Oscaro (G. Verdi "Un ballo in maschera")
Donna Elvira (W. A. Mozart "Don Giovanni")
Julija (B. Kutavičius "Lokys")
Valencienne (F. Lehar "Die lustige Witwe")
Cio-Cio San (G. Puccini "Madama Butterfly")
Frasquita (G. Bizet "Carmen")
Adele (J. Strauss „Die Fledermaus"), etc.