SOFIJA PIZURICA

Sofija Pizurica, - soprano, finished basic and post-gradual studies from The Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade in the class of Professor Biserka Cvejic. She is a winner of a number of awards and recognitions. She was a fellowship holder of CEE Musikteater, the prestigious cultural institution from Vienna which supports specialized training of the most promising young artists of Central and Eastern Europe. She made her debut being still a student in 2001 with the role of Musset at the scene of the National Theatre in Belgrade. After that, other roles followed: Pamina and Papagena in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Adina in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, Musseta in Puccini’s Bohemians, Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Despina in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Oscar in Verdi’s Masked Ball, Antonia and Gulietta in Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. Micaela in Bizet’s opera Carmen, Countess in Mozart,s The Marriage of Figaro, Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Sophie in Jules Massenet’s Werther, Celina in Mozart’s Don Juan. Since 2002 she has been a permanent participant of Madlenianum stage production.