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- La Frugola – Giacomo Puccini's "Il tabarro"
- Catharina – Eduard Tubinİ's "Reigi õpetaja"
- Marfa – Modest Mussorgsky's "Khovanshchina"
Marika Eensalu (until 1971 Marika Bahvalova; born 20 September 1947) is an Estonian opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and music pedagogue. [1] [2] She was born in Tallinn and attended schools in Peri before enrolling at the Tallinn University of Technology. After graduation, she worked at the AS Kommunaalprojekt construction design company. Eensalu sang in the Estonian girls' choir Ellerhein, and later with the Aare Rüütel Orchestra and studied singing at the Estonian SSR State Philharmonic. In 1973, she graduated from Ludmilla Issakova's class of classical singing at the Tallinn Music School. In 1978, she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory. [1]
From 1970 to 1980 she sang with the Estonia Theatre's choir. From 1980 until 1997, she was an Estonia Theatre soloist. [1]
From 1988 to 1990 she taught at the Tallinn State Conservatory. Since 1990 she is teaching at Georg Ots Tallinn Music College. Students have included Kädy Plaas and Maria Veretenina. Her husband is actor and theatre director Ivo Eensalu. [1]
Awards: [1]
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Georg Ots was an Estonian baritone who besides opera was known as a performer of popular songs. He was on the roster of the Estonian National Opera from 1951 to his death in 1975. He gained wider recognition with the lead role in the 1958, Soviet musical film Mister Iks, based on Imre Kálmán's operetta Die Zirkusprinzessin.
Silvi Vrait was an Estonian singer and music teacher.
Veronika Portsmuth is an Estonian conductor and singer.
Tallinn Music High School was a special music high school in Tallinn, Estonia.
Uku Suviste is an Estonian singer-songwriter, pianist and music producer. He was scheduled to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, before cancellation of the competition that year. However, he finally had the chance to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
Ellen Liiger, was an Estonian stage, television, radio and film actress and theatre teacher. Her stage career began at age six and lasted until she died in 1987.
Heli Lääts was an Estonian singer (mezzo-soprano) whose career began in the mid-1950s. Lääts predominantly performed estrada, chamber, pop, polka, and jazz music.
Helgi Sallo is an Estonian singer and actress.
Kersti Kreismann is an Estonian actress.
Villu Veski is an Estonian saxophonist.
Tiia-Ester Loitme is an Estonian conductor.
Uno Naissoo was an Estonian composer and jazz musician.
Urve Tauts is an Estonian opera singer (mezzo-soprano).
Liisi Koikson is an Estonian singer, singing teacher and actress.
Kädy Plaas is an Estonian opera singer (soprano).
Kristina Vähi is an Estonian opera singer (soprano)
Aarne Saluveer is an Estonian conductor and music pedagogue. He is primarily known by its activity with children's music and children's choirs.
Tiiu Levald is an Estonian opera singer (soprano), pedagogue and music critic.
Viktor Gurjev was an Estonian opera singer (tenor) and pedagogue.
Ivo Eensalu is an Estonian actor and theatre director. Eensalu's career began in the early 1970s, and has appeared as an actor on stage, film and in television. He became widely known after appearing on the Eesti Televisioon children's educational television series Mõmmi ja aabits. From 1995 until 2001, he was the director of the Estonian Drama Theatre.
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