Biography

Marija Jelić is one of the most prominent Serbian sopranos of the younger generation, with an already well-established international career. She has performed with Plácido Domingo, Elīna Garanča, Jonathan Tetelman, José Cura, and many other opera stars. She has appeared at the Ohrid Summer Festival, the Ljubljana Festival, and the Jerusalem Opera Festival, and has given a solo concert at Carnegie Hall (USA). She has performed with the Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia, at the National Theatre, the Serbian National Theatre, and with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the past year, she performed with the Sofia Philharmonic, at the National Opera in Skopje, in Cairo in the role of Aida, as well as in Mexico, the USA, Korea, Italy, and Estonia. Her operatic roles include Micaëla (Carmen), Mimì (La Bohème), Tosca, Aida, Elisabetta (Don Carlo), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), and Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle).

She has also performed solo parts in major symphonic works such as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Carmina Burana, Symphony No. 3 by Górecki, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, Britten’s song cycle Illuminations, and others. She has performed in Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel, China, Korea, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, France, Latvia, Estonia, Argentina, Mexico, Egypt, and the USA.