Tamara Ivaniš, born in Croatia in 1994, began her singing studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna at the age of 17, graduating in summer 2016 with Professor Karlheinz Hanser.
The young soprano has won prizes in several international competitions: in 2009 she won a first prize in the Dubrovnik State Competition. 2010 another 1st prize and the jury prize for the most impressive performance at the 12th International Competition “Iuventus canti” in Vrable/Slovakia. In 2013 Tamara was the youngest finalist of the 1st International Otto-Edelmann Singing Competition in Vienna. In 2014 she won the 3rd prize, as well as the jury prize for the best interpretation of a Mozart aria at the international Feruccio Tagliavini competition for Belcanto in Deutschlandsberg. That same year, Tamara also attracted attention as an accomplished song interpreter as a finalist at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach am Wörther See. In 2015 she won the 3rd Prize, the Special Prize of the New Opera Vienna (donated by artistic director Walter Kobera) and the Bosporus Prize (donated by the Austrian Cultural Forum Istanbul), at the international Hilde Zadek Competition. In 2015 she won the Nico-Dostal Singing Competition in Vienna.
Tamara Ivaniš was already on stage in 2011 at the National Theatre in Varaždin in the role of Lucy in J. Gay’s baroque opera “The Beggars opera”. One year later she sang the role of Cupid in the opera “Venus and Adonis” by J. Blow.
As part of isaOperaVienna 2012, the young soprano, only eighteen years old, made her Vienna opera debut at the historic Schönbrunn Palace Theatre as Barbarina in the opera “Le nozze di Figaro” by W.A.Mozart, conducted by Guido Mancusi. As part of this annual festival, she appeared as Zerlina in W.A. Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” in 2014.
In university productions in 2013 she impersonated the role of Pimpinella in the ballet opera “Pulcinella” by Igor Stravinsky and in March 2015 in the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, the role of Lauretta in the opera “Gianni Schicchi” by G. Puccini.
In 2014-16, while still a student, the young soprano made her successful role debut as Queen of the Night in the opera “Die Zauberflöte” by W.A.Mozart in a production of the Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn. In the same year she completed a master class with Ioan Holender and was last invited to record the aria “Chi il bel Sogno” from G. Puccini’s opera “La Rondine” for the film music for Karl Markovics’ film “Superwelt”.
She made her debut as Flaminia in Haydn’s opera “Il Mondo della Luna” at the Salzburg Landestheater under the musical direction of Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla and directed by Andreas Gergen and sang the role of Blonde in “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” at the Sommerserenaden Graz.
From 2016-2018 she was a member of the opera studio Gerard Mortier of the Salzburg Landestheater and sang roles such as Taumännchen (“Hänsel und Gretel”), Ilia (“Idomeneo”). “Olympia” in “Hoffmann’s Narratives” and the Spring Voice Waltz at the New Year’s Eve concert under Massimo Zanetti at the Great Festival Hall in Salzburg.
Since 2018 she has been a member of the ensemble at the Landestheater Salzburg and has appeared in the female leading role in Rossini’s “La Gazzetta” and as Despina. In 2019 she will guest as Frau Silberklang in Mozart’s “Der Schauspieldirektor” in a production of the Opera Studio of the Stuttgart State Opera.
