Ieva Vaznelytė
Ieva Vaznelytė (soprano) was born in Kaunas. She studied in Vydūnas High School and later in the Kaunas Music School No. 1. Ieva entered the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1995 and began her solo singing studies in the class led by Martinaitytė. Five years later she graduated and received a Master’s degree. She actively participated in various competitions and concerts during her studies. She performed many roles in the Kaunas State Musical Theatre, took part in singing courses in Canada and the Czech Republic. She also sang with Panevėžys Chamber Music Orchestra in not only in Lithuania but abroad also (Sweden). Ieva won the 1st prize in the first young singers’ competition – festival in 2003.
Ieva works as a singer at the Kaunas State Musical Theatre since 2003 and here she has successfully created more than twenty various performances in operas, musicals and operettas.
She received the Fortūna diploma in 2005 for the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret by Kander, Ebb and Masteroff and 7 years later she was a laureate of the Fortūna prize for her role as Aida in Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice.
Roles in performances (2000 – 2013):
Liza in The Sound of Music by Roger Rogers,
Papagena in the musical tale for children (including motifs from The Magic Flute by Mozart),
Amanita in War and Peace of Mushrooms by Bružaitė,
Giannetta in The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti,
Countess Stasi in The Riviera Girl by Emmerich Kálmán,
Papagena and The Queen of Night in the musical tale for children (including motifs from The Magic Flute by Mozart),
Minerva in Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach,
Bersi in Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano,
Stephano in Romeo and Juliette by Charles Gounod,
Salomėja Nėris in Kipras, Fiodoras and Others by Kuprevičius,
Mariette in Die Bajadere by Emmerich Kálmán,
Princess in The Bremen Town Musicians by Gennady Gladkov,
Sally Bowles role in Cabaret by Kander, Ebb and Masteroff,
Mercédès in Carmen by Georges Bizet,
Bronislava in The Beggar Student by Carl Millöcker,
Hattie in Kiss me, Kate by Cole Porter,
Skylark in Spider’s Wedding by Zita Bružaitė,
Sylviane in The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar,
Helen in Sweet Charity by Cy Coleman,
Belotta in Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall,
Aida and Amneris in Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice,
Nina in Siegfried Werner Cabaret,
Brown cat in The Hat with Ears by Eduard Chagagortian.
Sofi de Palma in tragic comedy Master Class written by Terrance McNally (in Kaunas theatre Džiugena).