Serbian baritone, Zeljko Lučić, continues to gain recognition for his performances of the dramatic repertoire in the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, l’Opéra National de Paris, Teatro alla Scala and the Wiener Staatsoper. For his appearance in La forza del destino with San Francisco Opera, the Financial Times declared, “with this Don Carlo, Zeljko Lucic served notice that he is one of today’s pre-eminent Verdi baritones.”
His many engagements back in the 2007-08 season included the Metropolitan Opera, singing the title role in a new production of Verdi’s Macbeth (conducted by James Levine); the Wiener Staatsoper as Germont in La traviata; Staatsoper Dresden for the title role in Rigoletto; and Oper Frankfurt to reprise the title roles of Simon Boccanegra and Macbeth, as Iago in concert performances of Otello, and Michele in Il tabarro and the title role of Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s Il trittico.
In subsequent seasons, he sang Iago in a new production of Otello at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Traviata at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and La Forza del Destino at the Wiener Staatsoper as well as Un Ballo in Maschera at Teatro alla Scala and Macbeth conducted by Muti at the Salzburg Festival. He also performed in new productions of Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera and Simone Boccanegra at the Bayerische Staatsoper.
During the 2015/16 season, he returned to the Metropolitan Opera (Otello, Tosca), to the Lyric Opera of Chicago (Nabucco), to the Oper Frankfurt (Gianni Schicchi), to the Opéra National de Paris (La Traviata) and to Covent Garden (Il Trovatore). In 2016/17, Zeljko Lucic sang namely Otello in Zurich and at Covent Garden, Rigoletto at the Paris Opera and Nabucco and Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera. He also appeared at the Met as a soloist in the Opera’s 50th anniversary Gala.
The following season’s engagements included, among others, his return to the Wiener Staatsoper for Salomé and Macbeth and to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Tosca and Simon Boccanegra, as well as to the Paris Opera (Il trovatore) and Covent Garden (Macbeth). He also reprised the title role of Rigoletto at Oper Frankfurt, and appeared again at the Metropolitan Opera in Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci.
His most important engagements during the past seasons season included the Metropolitan Opera, singing La Fanciulla del West and Otello, La traviata at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tosca at the Opéra National de Paris and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin for its 50th anniversary of the production, La Forza del destino at the Opéra National de Paris, Andrea Chénier and Macbeth at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera, La Traviata at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Tosca at the Wiener Staatsoper and Adriana Lecouvreur at the Opéra National de Paris, among others.
His engagements this season include Pagliacci in A Coruña, Rigoletto at the Opéra Bastille and Oper Frankfurt, Tosca in Romania, Serbia and at the MET, Rigoletto, La forza del destino and Il Trittico (Il Tabarro and Gianni Schicchi) at the Oper Frankfurt and Tosca at the MET.
In the 22/23 season, his engagements include, among others Tosca at the MET and at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
Zeljko Lucic has also appeared with many orchestras, including the Hessischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmony, RTB Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is a recipient of the 1997 first prize at the International Competition Francisco Viñas in Barcelona. Mr. Lucic has studied extensively with world-renowned mezzo Biserka Cvejic.
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2021-2022 Performances
ZELJKO LUCIC, EL PODER DEL BARÍTONO 19 de septiembre de 2021 Teatro Colón, Corunha, Espanha
PAGLIACCI 24 de septiembre de 2021 Teatro Colón, Corunha, Espanha 26de septiembre de 2021 Teatro Colón, Corunha, Espanha
RIGOLETTO 5 de noviembre de 2021 Opéra Bastille, Paris 8 de noviembre de 2021 Opéra Bastille, Paris 11 de noviembre de 2021 Opéra Bastille, Paris 14 de noviembre de 2021 Opéra Bastille, Paris 17 de noviembre de 2021 Opéra Bastille, Paris 20 de noviembre de 2021 Opéra Bastille, Paris 24 de noviembre de 2021 Opéra Bastille, Paris
TOSCA 18 de diciembre de 2021 Opera Nationala Romana Timisoara, Timişoara, Rumania 12 de enero de 2022 Madlenianum Opera & Theatre, Belgrado, Serbia
TOSCA 2 de marzo de 2022 The Metropolitan Opera 5 de marzo de 2022 The Metropolitan Opera 9 de marzo de 2022 The Metropolitan Opera 12 de marzo de 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
RIGOLETTO 17 de marzo de 2022 Oper Frankfurt
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO 29 de mayo de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 03 de junio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 12 de junio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 17 de junio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 19 de junio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt
IL TRITICCO (IL TABARRO Y GIANNI SCHICCHI) I 08 de Julio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 11 de Julio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 14 de Julio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 17 de Julio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt 20 de Julio de 2022 Oper Frankfurt