Verdi: Caro nome – Gilda áriája a Rigolettóból
Mozart: Crudele! Ah no, mio bene! - Non mi dir, bell'idol mio – Donna Anna áriája a Don Giovanniból
Strauss, J.: Mein Herr Marquis, ein Mann wie Sie – Adél áriája A denevérből
Hardy, Veronika
No. 17
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Croatia
Date of birth: 14 July, 1987
She started her tertiary musical studies at the Voice Department of the Academy of Arts in Osijek in 2006, where she earned her M.A. as the student of Berislav Jerković in 2010. She took part in Simon Dešpalj’s masterclass, where she studied the roles of Gilda and Anne Boleyn. Since her graduation, she has been working as an adjunct lecturer at her old alma mater and teaches singing courses at two music schools. She took to the stage at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek, where she played the part of Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. She has also collaborated with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Pavle Dešpalj and Leopold Hager. In 2015, she came first at the Vera Kovac Vitkai 2nd International Singing Competition, and in 2013, she won the second prize of the Bruna Špiler International Singing Competition.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst (F. Freiligrath)
Donizetti: Regnava nel silenzio – Lucia áriája a Lammermoori Luciából
Mozart: Welcher Wechsel herrscht... Traurigkeit ward mir zum Loose – Konstanze áriája a Szöktetés a szerájból című operából
Semi-final
Donizetti: Piangete voi?... Al dolce guidami – Anna áriája a Boleyn Annából
Mozart: D’Oreste, d'Ajace – Elektra áriája a Così fan tuttéból
Final