Josipa Bilić

Competition repertoire

Preliminary

• Mozart: Davide penitente - Tra l'oscure ombre funeste K. 469. 

Semi-final

• Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade Op. 2. D. 118
• Bellini: I Puritani - O rendetemi la speme... Qui la voce... Vien diletto (Elvira)

Final

• Händel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 - Da tempeste (Cleopatra ) 
• Gounod:Roméo et Juliette - Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veines... Amour, ranime mon courage (Juliette)

The young soprano has been studying between 2016-2021 at the Zagreb Music Academy, but she also participated in other training programs of institutes, such as the Opera Studio of CNT in Zagreb in 2018/2019 or the Canto Vocal Programs in 2017-2020. She had been working with the teachers Lidija Horvat Dunjko, Rainer Trost, and Claudia Visca.

Her talent was acknowledged with awards, such as the Rector’s Award of the University of Zagreb (2020), the Zoltán Kodály Award of the ISA (2019), and the Dean’s Award of the Music Academy in Zagreb (2018). She has been already a contestant of the József Simándy Singing Competition.

Josipa stood on stage already a numerous time as the following list testifies hat:

Dec 2020 – Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra – L. van Beethoven – Ah! Perfido, Op. 65
Jan 2020 – Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra – C. Gounod – Dieu… Quel frisson court dans mes veines
2020 – Hansel and Gretel – Gretel – Zagreb Zvonimir Hall
2020 – Cendrillon – Cendrillion – Zagreb Music Academy
2020 – Idomeneo – Ilia – Zagreb Music Academy
2020 – The Merry Widow – Valencienne – Zagreb Festival
Apr 2019 – Szeged Symphony Orchestra – G. Rossini – Stabat Mater
Feb 2019 – Opera Orchestra of Croatian National Theatre – Zagreb
Jan 2019 – Symphonic Wind Orchestra of Croatian Army
2019 – The Bat – Adele – Theatre Gandusio
2019 – Don Carlo – Una voca del cielo – CNT in Zagreb
2019, 2018 – Il Trovatore – Ines – CNT in Zagreb
Ap 2018 – Szeged Symphony Orchestra – G. Donizetti – Quel guardo il cavaliere
Jan 2018 – Choir and Orchestra of the Medical University – Vienna – W. A. Mozart – Requiem in d, KV 626
2018 – Cosi fan tutte – Despina – CNT in Zagreb
2017 – The Magic Flute – Papagena – Masterclass Croatia

She has been working with the conductors Dawid Runtz, Marcello Modatelli and Sándor Gyüdi.