Priit Volmer during Birgitta Festival 2014

Priit Volmer (born 6 September 1978 in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n opera singer (

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). Priit Volmer's father was singer and actor

Peeter Volmer Jaan-Peeter Volmer (12 February 1940 Tartu – 7 November 2002 Pärnu) son of Leonid Volmer and Terese Adele Mugasto) was an Estonian singer (baritone) and actor. From 1958 until 1962, he studied medicine at Tartu State University. From 1964 unti ...

. In 2000, he graduated from

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

in singing speciality. 1998–2000, he was an opera chorus artist in

Vanemuine Theatre Vanemuine () is a theatre in Tartu, Estonia. It is the first Estonian language, Estonian-language theatre. Stemming from the Vanemuine Society (1865), the theatre's first performance was Lydia Koidula's ''Saaremaa Onupoeg'' ("The cousin from S ...

, and 2000–2004 in

Estonian National Opera Estonian National Opera (''Rahvusooper Estonia'') is the national opera company of Estonia. The company is based at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn. The theatre has had several names throughout its existence. The latest one being "The Estonian Na ...

. 2004–2013, he was a soloist in Estonian National Opera. Since 2016, he is working again in Estonian National Opera. Awards: * 2005: Theatre Prize of Harjumaa * 2008: Marje and Kuldar Sink Prize for Young Singer * 2008 and 2017: Colleague Prize of Estonian National Opera * 2013 and 2017: Estonian National Opera SEB Audience Award * 2013: Estonian Theatre annual award

Opera roles

* Mityukha (

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's ''Boris Godunov'') * Third Tramp (

Carl Orff Carl Heinrich Maria Orff (; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata ''Carmina Burana (Orff), Carmina Burana'' (1937). The concepts of his Orff Schulwerk, Schulwerk were influential for ...

's ''Die Kluge'') * Vagabond (''Der Mond'') * Adolf Eichmann (

Erkki-Sven Tüür Erkki-Sven Tüür (; born 16 October 1959) is an Estonian composer. Life and career Tüür was born in Kärdla on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. He studied flute and percussion at the Tallinn Music School from 1976 to 1980 and composition wi ...

's ''Wallenberg'') * Heinrich der Vogler (

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

's ''Lohengrin'') * Bass (''To the Distant Beloved'') * Don Pasquale (

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's ''Don Pasquale'') * La Voce (Bass) (

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's ''Idomeneo'') * l'Arbre/La Fauteuil/Wing Chair's Shadow (Bass) (

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

's ''Ma mère l′oye/L'enfant et les sortilèges'' (adaptation)) * Ferrando (Bass) (

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 ...

's ''Il trovatore'')

References

Living people 1978 births 21st-century Estonian male opera singers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni Musicians from Tartu {{Estonia-musician-stub