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The Lithuanian bass, Liudas Norvaišas, graduated in 1993 from the Lithuanian Academy of Music (class of Prof. Virgilijus Noreika). Later he continued his vocal training in Hochschule für Musik in Salzburg (class of Professor R. Knoll).
However, Liudas Norvaišas began his career on the stage much earlier. Already in 1982 he began to sing in the the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Chorus in Vilnius. From 1990 he became a soloist of this same theatre. He also sings in the Bremen Opera and Erfurt Opera Theatre in Germany.
Liudas Norvaišas constantly performs on the concert stage too. He collaborates with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, etc. He has toured in Russia, Finland, Italy, USA, Austria, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, Japan, etc. He participated in festivals in Savonlinna (Finland), Malmo, Shinminato (Japan), Domstufen Festspiele in Erfurt (Germany), Bregenz (Austria) etc.
Since 2007 Liudas Norvaišas has been teaching at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Repertoire includes: Ulrich in V. Klova’s Pilėnai, Oroveso in V. Bellini’s Norma, Raimondo in G. Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Leporello in W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Figaro in W.A. Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Angelotti in G. Puccini’s Tosca, Don Basilio in G. Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Philip II and the Grand Inquisitor in G. Verdi’s Don Carlos, Banco in G. Verdi’s Macbeth, Tom in G. Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, Zaccaria in G. Verdi’s Nabucco, Barone Douphol and Doctor in G. Verdi’s La Traviata, The Marquis of Calatrava in G. Verdi’s La forza del destino, Monterone in G. Verdi’s Rigoletto, Albano in A. Ponchielli’s I lituani, Pimen in M. Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Masalskis in B. Dvarionas’ Dalia, Daland in R. Wagner’s Der fliegende Hollander, Professor in B. Kutavičius’ The Bear, Eskamillo and Zuniga in Georges Bizet’s Carmen, Soldier and Nazarene in R. Strauss’ Salome, Pilot in J.S. Bach’s Johannes-Passion in BWV 245, Spook of the Forest in J. Tamulionis’ The Tiny Lingonberry, Lodovico in G. Verdi’s Otello, Cardinal of Brogni in J.F. Halevy’s La Juive, Junkman, Inquisitor, Judge, Hermann Augustus & Ragotsky in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, Gremin in P. Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, etc. |
