Jadranka Jovanović

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Jadranka Jovanović
Јадранка Јовановић
Serbia is Winning
Personal details
Born (1958-01-08) 8 January 1958 (age 66)
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Political partySerbian Progressive Party
Occupation
  • Opera singer
  • politician
AwardsOrder of Karađorđe's Star

Jadranka Jovanović (

National Assembly of Serbia
since 2016.

Life and musical career

Jovanović was born in Belgrade. In her native town she graduated B.A. in theory of music and solo singing and M.A. in solo singing. She debuted as Rosina in

Il barbiere di Siviglia
at the National Theater in Belgrade, where she interpreted all main mezzo-soprano roles.

Her international career started at

Teatro alla Scala in Milan where she appeared in Carmen (Mercedes) and Andrea Chénier (Bersi), conducted by Claudio Abbado and Riccardo Chailly. At La Scala she also appeared in the leading role in the world premiere staging of Orfeo by Luigi Rossi
.

She mostly performed in Italian theatres, opera houses and festivals:

She sang in various operas in other countries:

Jovanović sung leading role in the first performance of Carmen in the Middle -East, in Abu Dhabi. She also sang at The Royal Opera de Vallonie(Liege), L'Opera de Nice, L`Opera de Toulon, L`Opera de Bordeaux, Teatro Cervantes (Malaga), Teatro della Maestranza (Siviglia), Teatro Victoria Eugenia (San Sebastian), Teatro Vittorio Emanuele (Messina),[7] Bedzih Smetana Hall (Prag), Opera Budapest, Opera Odessa (Ukraina), Salzburg (Mozarteum), Dubrovnik Samer Festival, Opera Ljubljana i Opera Maribor (Slovenia), Thessaloniki, Brno, Beijing...

At Figeras (Spain) she participated first world performance fragment of the opera Être Dieu with libretto of Salvador Dalí.[8] She has performed two recitals at Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C)[9] as well as a performance at Carnegie Hall (New York).[10]

Political career

Jovanović was given the twelfth position on the Serbian Progressive Party's

United States of America.[13]

She received the twenty-third position on the Progressive Party's list in the 2020 election[14] and was elected to a second term when the list won another landslide majority with 188 mandates. She continues to serve on the diaspora and culture committees and lead Serbia's delegation to the Francophonie. She is also now the leader of Serbia's friendship group with France and a member of the friendship groups with Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Qatar, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America.[15]

Awards

In 2021, she was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star.[16]

References

  1. ^ Jadranka Jovanović
  2. ^ Carmen with José Carreras
  3. ^ Teatro Bellini Catania Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. ^ Teatro Liceo Barcelona
  5. ^ Carmen - Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Theater Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  6. ^ Open Air Festival Aida YouTube, 12 August 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  7. ^ Mozzart Requiem - Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  8. ^ Etre Dieu Salvador Dali Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  9. ^ Kennedy Center Recital
  10. ^ Postponed: Jadranka Jovanovic, Mezzo-Soprano Nikola Rackov, Piano Carnegie Hall, Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  11. ^ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ - СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ) Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 February 2017.
  12. ^ JADRANKA JOVANOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 11 August 2017.
  13. ^ JADRANKA MA JOVANOVIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 25 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Ko je sve na listi SNS za republičke poslanike?", Danas, 6 March 2020, accessed 30 June 2020.
  15. ^ JADRANKA MA JOVANOVIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 8 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Председник Вучић уручио одликовања поводом Дана државности Републике Србије". Председник Републике Србије. Retrieved 2021-02-24.

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