Ljubomir Puškarič

(baritone)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Croatian baritone Ljubomir Puškarič began his singing career at Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb where he is a soloist since 2006. After finishing his studies at Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington Indiana, he launched an international career. As a guest he has sung in the Chicago Lyric Opera, Seattle Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Rome Opera among others. He has collaborated with the following distinguished conductors: Sir Andrew Davis, James Conlon, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Dimitriy Kitajenko, Leopold Hager, Emanuel Villaume, Nikša Bareza etc. Beside opera repertoire, Puškarič has a wide concert repertoire as well. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Puškarič was named “The Best Young Musician of the Year” by Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra in 2011. He also won the 1st prize at Ondina Otta competition in Maribor and is a recipient of awards from Metropolitan Opera National Council. Also, Mr. Puškarič is a recipient of many distinguished awards in Croatia for performing opera repertoire. 

REPERTOIRE
Silvio (Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci”)
Figaro (Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia”)
Enrico (Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”) 
Belcore (Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore”)
Dr. Malatesta (Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale”)
Dr. Falke (Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus”) 
Marcello (Puccini’s “La bohéme”) 
Lescaut (Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut”)
Sharpless (Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”) 
Valentin (Gounod’s “Faust”)
Heerrufer (Wagner’s “Lohengrin”)
Don Giovanni (Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”)
Count Almaviva (Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro”)
Ford (Verdi’s “Falstaff”) 
Germont (Verdi’s “La traviata”) 
Guy de Montfort (Verdi’s “Les Vêpres siciliennes”) 
Rodrigo (Verdi’s “Don Carlo”) 
Conte di Luna (Verdi’s “Il trovatore”)
Nabucco (Verdi’s “Nabucco”)
Rigoletto (Verdi’s “Rigoletto”) 
Onegin (Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”)