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She graduated and received her two master’s degrees from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade: Vocal Arts in the class of Professor Radmila Bakočević and Conducting in the class of Professor Stanko Šepić. She continued her professional development in Italy by attending master classes of the famous sopranos: Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, Magda Olivero and Bruna Baglioni. The most important and final contribution to her development was made by Professor Nikola Mitić. During her studies, she had the opportunity to sing in the National Theatre in Belgrade as Musetta (La Boheme), Cherubino and Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro), Mary Warren (Witches from Salem). Aida, Tosca and Abigail (Nabucco) are her signature roles. Since 2002 her other important roles are: Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Marguerite (Faust), Leonora (Il Trovatore), Leonora (La forza del destino), Adriana Lecouvreur, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni). She is a regular guest at the opera houses of Novi Sad, Belgrade, Osijek, Maribor, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Craiova, and she had successful performances also in the Netherlands, in Belgium, in Italy, in Germany and in Egypt. In 2008 at a concert in Valencia, Spain she performed with Juan Pons, Mariella Devia, Daniela Barcelona and the great maestro Placido Domingo. In February 2013, she cooperated with Zurich Kammerphilharmonie for the concert dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of G. Verdi. In 2014 she sang on the Summer Festival in Schwerin where she had excellent success with role of Abigail. In October 2014 she opened a new season in Cairo Opera with the role of Aida. In October 2015 she has her 6th production of Tosca in HNK Osijek, Croatia.
Dragana Radakovic