BIOGRAPHY


Serbian mezzo-soprano Marija Jokovic studied solo singing at Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in the class of Prof. Ljudmila Gross- Popovic and at the Universitaet fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna where she finished postgraduate and master studies with highest honors in the class of Prof. Gabriele Lechner, musical interpretation by Christoph Ulrich Meier and scenic interpretation by Paul Esterhazy and Beverly Blankenship. At the same time, she studied Italian language and literature at the University of Philology in Belgrade.
As a student she performed in a lot of productions at the Schloss Schoenbrunn theatre and Neue Studiobuehne in Vienna singing Orfeo in Haydn's "Orfeo ed Euridice", Annio and Sesto in "La clemenza di Tito", Idamante in "Idomeneo", Lola and Mamma Lucia in "La cavalleria rusticana" , Costanza in Haydn's "L'isola disabitata", Celia in Haydn's "La fedelta' premiata" and Giulia from Rossini's "La scala di seta". As a member of the Opera Studio in the National Theater in Belgrade, Ms Jokovic appeared as Fidalma in Cimarosa's "Il Matrimonio Segreto" and as La zia principessa in Puccini's "Suora Angelica".

In 2012 she appeared in the role of Nancy in the production of Britten's "Albert Herring" in Innsbruck Landestheater under the stage direction of Ks Brigitte Fassbaender. At the Belcanto Festival "Rossini in Wildbad" she sang the title role in Rossini's "Adina" and Azema in "Semiramide" which was recorded for Naxos Records.
At the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and at the festival in Castle Weikersheim (Germany) she sang Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte under the direction of Bruno Weil.

2012/13 Marija Jokovic was part of the ensemble of the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerpen and Gent (Belgium) where she sang Giunone in Agrippina (Haendel), Third Lady in The Magic Flute, Fenena in Nabucco, Blumenmaedchen in Parsifal (Best Anniversary Wagner Production - Opera Awards 2014), Paquette in Candide. She sang at the 2013 Vlaamse Opera New Year's Belcanto Gala Concert.

2013/14 she sang Dorabella in "Cosi' fan tutte" at the Theater Heidelberg and Altichiara in Zandonai's "Francesca da Rimini" at the Theater Freiburg which was recorded for the label CPO. At the Kolarac Concert Hall in Belgrade, she sang the solo parts of Bach's Mass in B minor with the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia. In Sciacca (Sicily) she sang in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.

2014/15 she sang Haensel in "Haensel und Gretel", Mad.lle Dangeville in "Adriana Lecouvreur", Blumenmaedchen in "Parsifal" at the Tiroler-Landesthheater in Innsbruck and the title role in the production of "The Snow Queen" by S. Banewich in the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt (Austria)- under the patronage of Anna Netrebko.
At 3. and 4. Lech classic music Festival in Austria she performed as Amor in Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" and as alto soloist in Mozart's Requiem and Haendel's Messiah.

In 2017/18 she sang Waltraute in Wagner's Walkure at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater and was soloist in Haendel's Messiah at the Kolarac Concert Hall and at the New Year's Concert in Sava Center Hall in Belgrade, both with the Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Serbia.

2018/19 she sang Carmen in National Theatre in Osijek (Croatia) and at the "Operosa Montenegro Opera Festival".

In 2019/20 she will sing Carmen at the National Theater in Osijek, Frau Grubach and Washerwoman in "The Trial" from Philip Glass at the Moravian-Slesian Theatre in Ostrava and Zerlina in Reichenau (Austria).

Conductors with whom she has collaborated include: Simon Rattle, Paul McCreesh, Dimitri Jurowski, Eliahu Inbal, Antonino Fogliani.
Stage Directors include: Mariam Clement, Nigel Lowery, Tatjana Gurbaca and Brigitte Fassbaender.

She attended Master Classes with Brigitte Fassbaender in Vienna, Raul Gimenez in Barcelona and Marijana Mijanovic in Belgrad. Ms Jokovic was winner of the International Opera Competition "Junge Oper Schloss Weikersheim" 2011, winner of the International Oper Competition of "Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg" 2012, and finalist of the International Competition of Schlossoper Haldenstein 2009 and of the Francisco Vinas competition.
She had various concerts and recitals with different orchestras in Serbia, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and South Korea.