Biography
HOME – Hamburg
FACH – Soprano
TRAINED – University of Prishtina
IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS – Kent Nagano, Riccardo Minasi, Zubin Mehta, Donald Runnicles, Ivan Repušić, Omer Meir Wellber
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS – Calixto Bieito, Andreas Homoki, Marina Abramovic, Pierre Rambert
FORMER ENSEMBLE ENGAGEMENT – Aalto Musiktheater Essen; Young Artist Program at Deutsche Oper Berlin; ensemble member at Hamburg State Opera, 2018/19
GUEST – Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera House, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opéra-Comique, Semperoper Dresden, English National Opera, Edinburgh International Festival, Opéra National de Lyon, Aalto Theater Essen, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile
IMPORTANT PARTS – Violetta Valéry in »La traviata«, Micaëla in »Carmen«, Liù in »Turandot«, Mimì in »La bohème«, Musetta in »La bohème«, Manon in »Manon«, Alice Ford in »Falstaff«, Suor Angelica in »Suor Angelica«, Nedda in »Pagliacci«, Tatjana in »Eugen Onegin«, Contessa Almaviva in »Le nozze di Figaro«, Fiordiligi in »Così fan tutte«, title role in »Luisa Miller«
AWARDS / HONOURS – Appointed Honorary Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo by the President of Kosovo, 2022; Audience Prize and 3rd Prize at the inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup, 2018; 1st Prize at the Riccardo Zandonai Competition; 1st Prize at the Spiros Argiris Sarzana Festival Competition in Italy, 2014; Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize of Hamburg State Opera, 2019/20 season
LINK Homepage – www.srcreativeconsultancy.com/artists/elbenita-kajtazi