Josipa Bilić is a Croatian soprano born in 1997. She studied at the Zagreb Academy of Music under Professor Lidija Horvat-Dunjko, and graduated in 2021. She currently participates in the Opera Studio of the Croatian National Theatre. Bilić is the winner of the 12th Froville International Baroque Singing Competition, where she also secured a recording deal with Ensemble I Gemelli. Her opera roles include Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Ilia in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Papagena in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon.
2024
Josipa Bilić
Repertoire
Preliminary round
J.S. Bach
Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis: “Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not”
F. Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade (Goethe)
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Otchego (Why?) (Mey)
G. Charpentier
Louise: “Depuis le jour” (Louise)
Semifinals
J. Sibelius
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (Runeberg)
C. Debussy
Ariettes oubliées (Verlaine):
C‘est l’extase langoureuse
Il pleure dans mon cœur
L’ombre des arbres
Chevaux de bois
Green
Spleen
G. Donizetti
Linda di Chamounix: “O luce di quest’anima” (Linda)
Final
J. Haydn
Scena di Berenice
C. Gounod
Romeo et Juliette: “Amour, ranime mon courage” (Juliette)