Violeta Urmana

Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana (born 19 August 1961) is a Lithuanian opera singer who has sung leading mezzo-soprano and soprano roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America.

Urmana originally sang mezzo-soprano roles but from 2001 began singing dramatic soprano roles.

Roles Roles sung by Urmana in the course of her career include: Medea in Medea Waldtaube/Tove in Gurre-Lieder Aida/Amneris in Aida Azucena in Il trovatore Amelia in Ein Maskenball Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos Brünnhilde in Siegfried Elisabetta/Eboli in Don Carlos Isolde/Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde Judith in Herzog Blaubarts Burg Ortrud in Lohengrin Kundry in Parsifal Lady Macbeth in Macbeth Norma/Adalgisa in Norma Sieglinde, Fricka, Brünnhilde in Die Walküre Tosca in Tosca Wally in La Wally La Gioconda in La Gioconda Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana Venus in Tannhäuser Waltraute, Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung Soprano/mezzo-soprano in Requiem by Verdi

Awards (selection) 2001 Woman of the Year (Lithuania) 2001 Female Singer of the Year (Lithuania) 2001 National Prize of the Republic of Lithuania for the Arts (Lithuania) 2002 Franco Abbiati Prize Premio Franco Abbiati della Critica Musicale Italiana, Italy 2002 L'Opera Award Italy 2002 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award (Great Britain) 2007 Honorary citizenship of Violeta Urmana's home town Marijampole (Lithuania) 2007 LT-Tapatybe Award in the arts category for the reputation of Lithuania abroad (Lithuania) 2007 World Intellectual Property Organization Creativity Award 2009 Austrian title of Kammersängerin 2011 Highest Honour bestowed by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture 2011 "Shine Your Light and Hope Award" by Carson J. Spencer Foundation (Denver, USA) 2012 Granting of the title of honorary doctor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre 2014 Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia 2016 Designated as a UNESCO Artist for Peace

Discography (selection) Das Lied von der Erde, Rückert-Lieder (Gustav Mahler): Deutsche Grammophon Best of Wiener Philharmoniker Vol. VII: Deutsche Grammophon Andrea Chénier: Decca Messa da Requiem Soprano: Naxos Messa da Requiem Mezzo-soprano : EMI Violeta Urmana singt Lieder von List, Strauss, Berg: FARAO La Gioconda: EMI Oberto: Philips Tristan und Isolde: EMI Puccini ritrovato (famous arias und ensembles by Puccini): Deutsche Grammophon

DVDs (selection) Aida – Metropolitan Opera, New York: Decca Macbeth: Bel Air Classiques La canzone dei ricordi (Giuseppe Martucci) medici arts Aida – Teatro alla Scala, Milan (Italy) Decca La forza del destino – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Arthaus – Rai Trade Cavalleria rusticana Opus Arte Un ballo in maschera – Teatro Real Opus Arte Don Carlos Opus Arte Le rossignol EMI Parsifal Arthaus