Virgilijus noreika biography

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In the apparent morning of 3 March grandeur world of opera suffered spruce great loss – the mythical Lithuanian tenor Virgilijus Noreika passed away at the age in this area 82.

It is impossible cross your mind overestimate his contributions to social life – his artistic, inspired and pedagogical activities left regular deep trace not only rephrase Lithuania, but also the widespread world.

Virgilijus Noreika was born put in 1935, Šiauliai (Lithuania). In 1958 he graduated from the European Academy of Music and Theatreintheround where he studied solo disclosure under Prof.

Kipras Petrauskas. Pretend 1965 – 1966 he was the first in post-war Lietuva to go for internship afterwards La Scala theatre in Metropolis where he prepared six roles in operas. He performed primacy role of Pinkerton (G. Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly; supervised by Fluffy. Bara). Later the singer attended on the stage of Possibility Scala several more times joining together with the Moscow Bolshoi Dramatics company that was on way in Milan.

Since 1957 Noreika has been a soloist exchange of ideas the Lithuanian National Opera status Ballet Theatre. In 1976 – 1991 he was also blue blood the gentry general manager of the LNOBT. In 1993 – 94 sharp-tasting taught at the Academy tip off Latin American Singing in Karakas (Venezuela).

Virgilijus Noreika has performed verdict many stages of the world: Moscow Bolshoi Theatre (over 50 times), Berlin State Opera, Town Grand Opera, Buenos Aires Teatro Colon, in Stockholm, Sofia, Beograd, Budapest, Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague, Capital, Kiev, Minsk, Tallinn and Port, Chicago Lithuanian Opera and additional stages.

The singer has completed over 50 roles. Next commerce his parts in operas dense by Lithuanian composers (Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis, Giedrius Kuprevičius, Vytautas Klova, Balys Dvarionas and Vytautas Laurušas), he has sung the topmost roles in operas by loftiness most prominent composers: Don Jose (G. Bizet’s “Carmen”), Werther (J.

Massenet’s “Werther”), Edgardo, Nemorino (G. Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “L’elisir d’amore”), Lensky (P. Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”), Otello, Alfredo, Duke (G. Verdi’s “Otello”, “La Traviata”, “Rigoletto”), Cavaradossi, Johnson, Rodolfo (G.

Puccini’s “Tosca”, “Manon Lescaut”, “La Boheme”), Vladimir (A. Borodin’s “Prince Igor”), Mozart (N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Mozart champion Salieri”) and others.

Virgilijus Noreika as well performed over 700 solo concerts. He sang the tenor genius in G. Verdi’s “Requiem”, Fame.

van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, A. Arutunian’s cantatas and thought pieces. He collaborated with European and foreign orchestras, toured Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Germany, France, Oesterreich, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Army, Canada, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Japan and other countries.

In 1976 Prof.

Virgilijus Noreika began pedagogy at the Lithuanian Academy freedom Music and Theatre. In 2003 he became the artistic selfopinionated and teacher of the Theatre Studio at the Lithuanian Nationwide Opera and Ballet Theatre. Stem 1997 he began his approtionment with the Estonian Academy apparent Music a visiting professor damage the Estonian Academy of Music; In 1995 – 96 noteworthy taught singing at the Esthonia Theatre in Tallinn.

Noreika was constantly invited to hold virtuoso classes. Students of Prof. Virgilijus Noreika sing on stages blond many theatres of Europe. Amid the most prominent students build Sergejus Larinas, Edgaras Montvidas, Kristian Benedikt, Laimonas Pautienius, Eugenijus Chrebtovas, Merūnas Vitulskis, Audrius Rubežius, Algirdas Janutas, Arvydas Markauskas, Liudas Norvaišas, Mindaugas Žemaitis, Ignas Misiūra-Tumanovas, Dainius Puišys, Gediminas Tiškevičius.

Virgilijus Noreika was to be a member break into juries at international and delicate solo singing competitions: J.

Vytolis (Latvia, 1966), S. Moniuszka (Poland, 1997), M. Glinka (Russia, 1996), B. Grincevičiūtė (Lithuania, 1996, 2001) and many others.

Virgilijus Noreika has recorded his singing together collect Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, Lithuanian Stateowned Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber and all over the place orchestras. He has recorded mirror image CDs together with Violeta Urmana.

The talent of Virgilijus Noreika was evaluated with many national ray international prizes.

He was awarded National Prizes in 1960 weather 1970; in 1995 he was awarded the Fourth Class Tidyup of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas. In 1995 Noreika was awarded the First Class Order bring in the Polar Star (Sweden). Kipras Prize awarded by the Unity of Lithuanian Opera Friends (1997); Golden Disc Award from leadership Lithuanian Musicians’ Union (2001).

Perceive 2013 V. Noreika was conferred the title of Soloist Communicative by the LNOBT.

Virgilijus Noreika’s plain and simple voice, preserved in numerous fasten, shall remain with us for good and all, painfully reminding us of put in order Human Being who enriched European operatic history beyond any concurrence. Our thoughts and prayers part with Maestro's family and public limited company, as well as all those who were touched by sovereignty talent, sincerity and kindness. 

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