[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” color_style=”light” bg_type=”bg_color” css=”.vc_custom_1504095418476{padding-top: 115px !important;padding-bottom: 150px !important;background-image: url(http://innwithemes.com/composer/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/charity-banner-1.jpg?id=6871) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” bg_color_value=”#222222″][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][gradient_text title=”REBEKA LOKAR (SLO)” font_size=”50px” gradient1=”#ffffff” gradient2=”#e5e5e5″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row remove_padding=”no-padding-vc-row”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”REBEKA LOKAR” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23222222″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Slovenian soprano Rebeka Lokar attended music school in her hometown of Maribor and refined her technique under the guidance of the Italian baritone Mauro Augustini. Starting her singing career as a mezzo-soprano, she received her first engagement in 2005 as Clotilde (Norma) at the Slovene National Theatre of Maribor, followed by other appearances, for example as Berta (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Mistress Benson (Lakmé), Marthe (Faust), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana) and Mercedes (Carmen).
In 2007, she received a scholarship from the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto and then went as Tisbe (La Cenerentola) on tour to Japan and later to Umbria.
Lokar debuted in 2009 as Amneris (Aida), Fenena (Nabucco) and Maddalena (Rigoletto). In the season 2010/2011, she performed as Flora (La traviata) and as Giovanna (Rigoletto) at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice.
After her “fach” change to soprano repertoire and after numerous concerts and recitals, Rebeka Lokar made her debut as Amelia (Un Ballo in maschera) at the Teatro Regio di Torino under the direction of maestro Renato Palumbo. Soon after, she debuted as Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana) at the summer festival in Terni, Italy. Under the baton of maestro Gianluca Martinenghi, she performed the soprano part in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at the National Opera of Maribor in March 2013. Her last and most notable engagements were demanding soprano dramatic roles, such as Minnie in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West (staged by the National Opera Maribor), Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco at the Teatro Antico di Taormina(2015), Hélène in Verdi’s Les Vepres Siciliennes at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (2015) under the baton of Maestro Niksa Bareza, Turandot at National Opera Maribor (February 2016) and Manon Lescaut at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (April 2016) under the baton of Maestro Niksa Bareza.

In July 2016 she makes a successful debut at the Puccini Opera Festival at Torre del Lago (Italy) as Turandot.

In February 2017 she makes her debut as Cio Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at Teatro Coccia in Novara (Italy). In march 2017 follows the debut with Leonora (Il Trovatore) at National Opera Maribor. In May she sing the soprano part in Verdi’s Requiem at The National Theater in Zagreb.

The summer of 2017 is signed with her important debut at the Arena di Verona with the role of Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco under the baton of maestro Jordi Bernacer and Arnaud Bernard as Director.

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