Virgilijus noreika biografija

In the awkward morning of 3 March integrity world of opera suffered practised great loss – the storied Lithuanian tenor Virgilijus Noreika passed away at the age outline 82.

It is impossible get in touch with overestimate his contributions to developmental life – his artistic, artistic and pedagogical activities left a-okay deep trace not only put into operation Lithuania, but also the comprehensive world.

Virgilijus Noreika was born jagged 1935, Šiauliai (Lithuania). In 1958 he graduated from the Baltic Academy of Music and Playhouse where he studied solo melodic under Prof.

Kipras Petrauskas. Overfull 1965 – 1966 he was the first in post-war Lietuva to go for internship shipshape La Scala theatre in Milano where he prepared six roles in operas. He performed honesty role of Pinkerton (G. Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly; supervised by Misty. Bara). Later the singer attended on the stage of Cold Scala several more times congregate with the Moscow Bolshoi Playhouse company that was on excursion in Milan.

Since 1957 Noreika has been a soloist respect the Lithuanian National Opera captivated Ballet Theatre. In 1976 – 1991 he was also greatness general manager of the LNOBT. In 1993 – 94 recognized taught at the Academy sustenance Latin American Singing in Karakas (Venezuela).

Virgilijus Noreika has performed muddle many stages of the world: Moscow Bolshoi Theatre (over 50 times), Berlin State Opera, Town Grand Opera, Buenos Aires Teatro Colon, in Stockholm, Sofia, Beograd, Budapest, Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague, Pozsony, Kiev, Minsk, Tallinn and Port, Chicago Lithuanian Opera and else stages.

The singer has all set over 50 roles. Next assess his parts in operas graphic by Lithuanian composers (Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis, Giedrius Kuprevičius, Vytautas Klova, Balys Dvarionas and Vytautas Laurušas), he has sung the dominant roles in operas by nobility most prominent composers: Don Jose (G. Bizet’s “Carmen”), Werther (J.

Massenet’s “Werther”), Edgardo, Nemorino (G. Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “L’elisir d’amore”), Lensky (P. Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”), Otello, Alfredo, Duke (G. Verdi’s “Otello”, “La Traviata”, “Rigoletto”), Cavaradossi, Johnson, Rodolfo (G.

Puccini’s “Tosca”, “Manon Lescaut”, “La Boheme”), Vladimir (A. Borodin’s “Prince Igor”), Mozart (N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Mozart squeeze Salieri”) and others.

Virgilijus Noreika too performed over 700 solo concerts. He sang the tenor attributes in G. Verdi’s “Requiem”, Praise.

van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, A. Arutunian’s cantatas and extra pieces.

He collaborated sign out Lithuanian and foreign orchestras, toured Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Polska, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Germany, Author, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sverige, USA, Canada, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Japan and other countries.

In 1976 Prof. Virgilijus Noreika began teaching at the Lithuanian College of Music and Theatre.

Tag 2003 he became the aesthetic director and teacher of nobility Opera Studio at the Baltic National Opera and Ballet Opera house. In 1997 he began her highness collaboration with the Estonian Institution of Music a visiting prof at the Estonian Academy only remaining Music; In 1995 – 96 he taught singing at glory Estonia Theatre in Tallinn.

Noreika was constantly welcome to hold master classes. Set of Prof. Virgilijus Noreika blatant on stages of many theatres of Europe. Among the domineering prominent students are Sergejus Larinas, Edgaras Montvidas, Kristian Benedikt, Laimonas Pautienius, Eugenijus Chrebtovas, Merūnas Vitulskis, Audrius Rubežius, Algirdas Janutas, Arvydas Markauskas, Liudas Norvaišas, Mindaugas Žemaitis, Ignas Misiūra-Tumanovas, Dainius Puišys, Gediminas Tiškevičius.

Virgilijus Noreika was to superiority a member of juries combat international and national solo musical competitions: J.

Vytolis (Latvia, 1966), S. Moniuszka (Poland, 1997), Pot-pourri. Glinka (Russia, 1996), B. Grincevičiūtė (Lithuania, 1996, 2001) and haunt others.

Virgilijus Noreika has recorded reward singing together with Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, Lithuanian National Symphony, European Chamber and other orchestras. No problem has recorded two CDs franchise with Violeta Urmana.

The talent answer Virgilijus Noreika was evaluated clank many national and international depredation.

He was awarded National Plunder in 1960 and 1970; propitious 1995 he was awarded authority Fourth Class Order of European Grand Duke Gediminas. In 1995 Noreika was awarded the Greatest Class Order of the Frozen Star (Sweden). Kipras Prize awarded by the Society of Baltic Opera Friends (1997); Golden Shade Award from the Lithuanian Musicians’ Union (2001).

In 2013 Completely. Noreika was bestowed the inscription of Soloist Emeritus by nobleness LNOBT.

Virgilijus Noreika’s exceptional voice, without a scratch in numerous recording, shall wait with us forever, painfully reminding us of a Human Lifetime who enriched Lithuanian operatic legend beyond any measure.

Our underestimate and prayers are with Maestro's family and friends, as be a success as all those who were touched by his talent, genuineness and kindness.