Mindaugas Rojus (born 24 January 1981 in

Darbėnai Darbėnai is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,461 people. It is located 16 km north of Kretinga. Darbėnai is the capital of Darbėnai eldership. Histor ...

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) is a Lithuanian opera singer (

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

), a soloist of

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State Music Theatre, and a member of a stage duo ''Žemaitijos perlai'' (

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's Pearls).

Biography

Graduated high school of Darbėnai. In Klaipėda, Stasys Šimkus Conservatory he studied choral conducting (class of A. Purlienė) and solo singing (class of V. Balsytė). In 2001 and 2002, attended the

Lithuanian Academy of Music The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a state-supported conservatory that trains students in music, theatre, and multimedia arts. History Composer Juozas Naujalis founded a music school in 1919 in Kaunas. This s ...

preparatory studies (class of prof. Vladimiras Prudnikovas). Since 2004, he studied at Klaipėda University's Faculty of Arts Singing Department (class of M. Gylys, prof. Eduardas Kaniava), gained a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

. He has two siblings – a younger sister, Sandra, and an older brother, Rimantas. With Klaipėda State Music Theatre

ballerina A ballet dancer is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. Ballet dancer ...

Viktorija Gulnickaja has a son Augustinas Rojus (born June 9, 2010). Currently lives in a Lithuania's seaport town

Roles

In 2006, he won the audition for the role of Eugene Onegin and straight after that was invited to work in Klaipėda State Music Theatre. Notable roles: * Onegin – in

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...

opera ''

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (, Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: Евгеній Онѣгинъ, романъ въ стихахъ, ) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. ''Onegin'' is considered a classic of ...

'' * Germont – in

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma ...

opera '' La traviata'' * Aristide – in

Paul Abraham Paul Abraham (; 2 November 1892 – 6 May 1960) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, who scored major successes in the German-speaking world. His specialty – and own innovation – was the insertion of jazz interludes into operett ...

operetta '' Ball im Savoy'' * Prince Ypsheim – in

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operetta '' Wiener Blut'' * Jake – in musical drama ''Passion Spree'' by

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opera ''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' ( ) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play ''Porgy (play), ...

'' * Pelléas – in opera readings ''

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'' by

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

music and

Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in ...

play * Eisenstein – in

operetta ''

Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original literary source for ' was ...

'' * Boy – in Audronė Žigaitytė opera–phantasmagoria ''Frank'Einstein: The 21st Century'' * Phoebus – in Zigmars Liepins' opera–melodrama ''

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'' by

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novel * Fiorello – in

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opera ''

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'' * Juozelis – in

Giedrius Kuprevičius Giedrius Antanas Kuprevičius (born April 8, 1944 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian composer and music educator. Life Giedrius Kuprevičius graduated from Prof. Eduardas Balsys' composition class at the Lithuanian Academy of Music in 1968. From 1966 t ...

musical ''Veronica'' * Radish – in Antanas Kučinskas opera ''Potato's Tale'' * Brother – in

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opera ''Morning Star'' * Pjeras – in Jurgis Gaižauskas opera ''Pinocchio'' * Herstwood – in Raimond Pauls musical ''

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'' * Rohnsdorff – in

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operetta ''

Die Csárdásfürstin ' ( or ; ''The Csárdás Princess''; translated into English as ''The Riviera Girl'' and ''The Gipsy Princess'') is an operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, with libretto by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach. It premiered in Vienna ...

'' * Perchik – in

Jerry Bock Jerrold Lewis Bock (November 23, 1928November 3, 2010) was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical '' Fiorello!'' and the Tony A ...

musical ''

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'' * Dido – in

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opera ''

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'' * Gianni Schicchi – in

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opera ''

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Baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

parts in other works: * In

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–

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l setting of the

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Mass for the Dead ''

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'' for baritone, soprano and chorus * In

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scenic cantata ''

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'' for tenor, baritone, soprano and chorus

Other projects

In 2009, he participated

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and

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opera singers contest Triumfo arka (''Triumphal Arch'') where he was one of the viewers' biggest favorites, reached semifinal. Performed Mister X aria " Zwei Märchenaugen" from

operetta ''

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'', Xerxes aria "

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" from

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opera ''

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'', Don Quixote aria "

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" from

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musical ''

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'', Germont's aria " Di Provenza il mar" from

opera '' La traviata'', Yeletsky's aria " I love you beyond measure" from

opera '' The Queen of Spades'', and others. Collaborates with his colleague from Klaipėda State Music Theatre,

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Loreta Ramelienė as a stage duo Žemaitijos perlai (Samogitia's Pearls). Its repertoire includes well known

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pieces and

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songs. Also cooperates with the Kretinga School of Art ensemble Lyra, with whom he released an album. Performed in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Russia, Italy, Germany, participated in music competitions (

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festival, the International Belvedere Competition of soloists etc.

Awards

The winner of ''Vox Rotary'', a Republican contest of young vocalists, and the recipient of ''J. Augaitytė Prize'', as well as the graduate of international

Competition (2008, Moscow), where he also won a special prize for the best interpretation of

' piece. In 2009, for the role of Prince Ypsheim in

operetta '' Wiener Blut'' he was nominated for ''The Golden Cross of the Stage''.

Discography

* 2004 – ''Kartu'' (with ''Lyra''). * 2009 – Giedrius Kuprevičius. Musical ''Veronica'', Klaipėda State Music Theatre. * ''Triumfo arka. Auksiniai balsai II'' ( CD /

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, released in 2010) includes his performings of Hussar's song from

operetta ''

'' and a Neapolitan song ''

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'' by

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and

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. * In 2011, M. Rojus recorded an official anthem of Šventoji – ''Šventas krantas (Šventosios himnas)'' (lyrics by known Lithuanian writer and poet Vidmantė Jasukaitytė).

Biography

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Awards

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