An audience favorite, Monika Krajewska returns to perform favorite selections from the symphonic pops repertoire.

Jurate Svedaite

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Diva & Guests • January 16, 8PM
Torp Theatre, Central Connecticut  State University,  New Britain
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Pops Concert
Monika Krajewska: Mezzo-soprano

Guest Appearances: 
Jurate Svedaite, soprano
Maksim Ivanov, baritone

Concert Program:
Selection of Arial and Duets from Rossini to Gershwin & Kurt Weill, 
Operatic Highlights from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen
Musical Tunes, Ragtimes, and some musical surprises.

Tickets: $15 (regular), $10 (seniors), $5 (students)
(tickets on sale before the concert of by calling (860) 612-4371

Artists:

Monika Krajewska, mezzo-soprano, has garnered numerous prizes, including the Giuseppe Verdi Prize at the Palm Beach Opera Competition and first prizes at the Music Teachers National Association competition, the Amici Competition, MacAllister Opera Competition, and the Rosa Ponselle Competition. She was also a winner at the Sembrich Kochanska competition in New York and, most recently, at the New Jersey State Opera Competition. She appeared with the Aspen Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Des Moines Opera, Utah Opera, Chattanooga Opera, Opera Theater of Connecticut, Yale Opera, Caramoor Festival, Poznan Spring Festival and Vratislavia Cantans in Poland, Hartford and Waterbury Symphonies, Erie Philharmonic, New Britain Symphony, the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and the Hartford, New Britain, and New Haven Chorales. She has also appeared in recital at the Lincoln Center Polish Festival, the Festival of Russian Music in Amherst, and the Weimar Music Festival in Germany. Ms. Krajewska made her Carnegie Hall debut in the Mozart Requiem and her European debut as Carlotta in Donizetti’s Il Borgomastro di Saardam at Belcanto Festival (Holland).

Her operatic credits include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Suzuki in Madam Buttherfly, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Der Trommer in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Angelina in Cenerentola, Nicklausse, and Gulietta in Les Contes d’ Hoffmann, , Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Pierotto in Linda Chamounix, Laura in Tchaikovsy’s Jolanta, Madelon in Andrea Chenier, and Myrthis in Cold Sassy Tree.

Monika Krajewska holds a Master of Music degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Connecticut. Prior to her coming to the United States, Ms. Krajewska studied both acting and singing at the Paderewski Academy in Poland where she was featured in the title role of Pupil in Yonesco’s play “Lesson”.

Future engagements  include the title role in Cenerentola with Utah Opera, as wellas Carmen with Connecticut Lyric Opera.

Jurate Svedaite

Born into an artistic family, Jurate's love of song began at an early age - by four she was singing along to her favorite operas, and by age twelve was performing throughout the Soviet Union as a soloist with the well-known Liepaitis girl's choir. After graduating from the English-language Salomeja Neris School, Jurate was accepted into the Lithuanian Music Academy, where she went on to receive her Bachelor's Degree in Operatic Performance and Concert Singing and her Master's Degree in Chamber Singing and Higher Vocal Instruction. She has performed as a soloist with the renown Lithuanian State Chamber Orchestra (S. Sondeckas cond.), the European Baroque Festival Opera and the Kaunas Chamber Orchestra, among others, and has performed the roles of Marguerite, Adina, Tatyana, Speranza and Amahl's Mother.

Her voice has been recognized by professionals and listeners alike as full of color, passion and potential. Jurate is currently studying in New York with former Metropolitan Opera soloist, Loretta DiFranco, and teaches voice at the Thames Valley Music School in New London, Connecticut.