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Evelin Novak (born 1985 in
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) is a Croatian
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. Novak was born in Croatia. At the age of 12 she started her singing education, four years later she won two first prizes at international competitions in Croatia. At the age of 17 she became the youngest student at the Music Academy in
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, Austria. Afterwards she studied at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart with Dunja Vejzović, where she received her diploma in spring 2008.


Biography

From April 2009 until June 2011, Novak was holding a scholarship of the Liz Mohn Kultur- und Musikstiftung at the International Operastudio of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin."Evelin Novak"
, Liz Mohn Kultur- und Musikstiftung, 15 August 2009 (in German) In the 2009/10 season she sang on the opera stage Servant in '' Simon Boccanegra'', Berta in '' Il Barbiere di Siviglia'' and Kate Pinkerton in ''
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''. The season 2010/11 included additionally 1. Dame/'' Die Zauberflöte'', Tebaldo/'' Don Carlo'', Arminda/'' La finta giardiniera'' and Die Vertraute/'' Elektra''. She gave her debut as Berta/''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'' at the Bayerische Staatsoper München in March 2010. In the summer of 2011 Novak gave her debut with Saffi in '' Der Zigeunerbaron'' (director:
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) at the Seefestspiele Mörbisch (recorded for TV and DVD). Since season 2011/12 she is a member of Staatsoper Berlin, where she made her debut as Eurydike/'' Orphée aux enfers'' in December 2011, followed in season 2012/13 by her first Pamina in Mozart's '' Die Zauberflöte'', as well as the new production of Frank Martin's '' Le Vin herbé'', followed in 2014 by Jenny/'' Mahagonny'' (new production). She also sang her first Violetta/'' La traviata'' there. In summer 2012 she made her debut as Micaëla in Bizet's ''
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'' at the , Austria, also recorded for DVD. The year after she sang her first Mimì/''
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'' there. Further guest appearances led her to Graz ('' Gasparone'') and Barcelona Liceu (Micaëla/''Carmen'' production
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). Novak is also a regular guest on numerous concert stages in Germany and her home country Croatia, e.g. with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. In autumn 2011, she appeared with Dvořák's '' Stabat Mater'' at Theater Heidelberg. She sang concerts under
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at Berlin Philharmonie. She recorded '' La rondine'' in Munich for the
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.


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Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Strausser conducting {{DEFAULTSORT:Novak, Evelin Living people 1985 births Croatian operatic sopranos State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart alumni People from ÄŒakovec