Dubravka Zubovic is an opera singer. She has lived in Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

, USA since 1991.

History

Zubovic began her voice studies at the age of 14 and was soon discovered as a young prodigy, graduating from Zagreb Academy of Music with a B.A. degree. Shortly after, she became a leading mezzo

Mezzo

mezzo is the Italian word for "half", "middle" or "medium". It is pronounced in English, but in Italian.In music, mezzo is the beginning of various Italian musical terms...

 of the Belgrade Opera in Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Serbia

Serbia

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.

In 1977 Zubovic graduated with an M.A. degree from the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

.

From 1977-1978, she studied at La Scala di Milano

La Scala

La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...

 with Gina Cigna

Gina Cigna

Gina Cigna was a French-Italian opera singer, one of the leading dramatic soprano of the inter-war period.- Biography :...

 and Ettore Campogalliani

Ettore Campogalliani

Ettore Campogalliani was an Italian composer, musician and teacher.Campogalliani studied piano in 1921, graduating from the Conservatory of Bologna. He then studied composition at the Conservatory of Parma in 1933...

. Her longtime mentor was renowned soprano Zinka Milanov

Zinka Milanov

Zinka Milanov was a Croatian-born operatic spinto soprano who had a major career centred on the New York Metropolitan Opera.-Biography:...

.

Career

Zubovic is a recipient of many prestigious awards from singing competitions in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 (Spain

Spain

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), Vienna

Vienna

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 (Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

), Ostend

Ostend

Ostend  is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke , Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast....

 (Belgium

Belgium

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), etc. During her 25-year career, she performed all over the world, including the USA

United States

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, Australia

Australia

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, Latin America

Latin America

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 and on many stages in Europe

Europe

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. Her repertory includes opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

, Lieder

Lied

is a German word literally meaning "song", usually used to describe romantic songs setting German poems of reasonably high literary aspirations, especially during the nineteenth century, beginning with Carl Loewe, Heinrich Marschner, and Franz Schubert and culminating with Hugo Wolf...

 and oratorio

Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...

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In 1987, Zubovic made her debut at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

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 in New York

New York

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. She sang with the Pacific Opera

Pacific Opera

Pacific Opera is an opera company based in Sydney, Australia.Founded in 2003 by Sylvie Renaud-Calmel and Christine Douglas, the current Artistic Director, the company has an annual Young Artist Program for emerging opera singers aged 18–33, which integrates coachings, rehearsals and stage craft...

 at the Costa Mesa Performing Arts Center.

In January 2010, Zubovic joined the Saddleback College

Saddleback College

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 Music Department, as an adjunct professor of applied voice and a language coach

Language coaching

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. Zubovic is a member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing

National Association of Teachers of Singing

The National Association of Teachers of Singing is a professional organization for singing teachers, and is the largest association of its kind in the world. There are more than 6,500 members mostly from the United States...

).

Recently, Zubovic opened her own private studio in Laguna Niguel, Orange County, California.