Željko Lučić

After studying for some years with Spasić, his teacher sent him to the voice studio of the famous mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejić at the Music Academy in Novi Sad in 1991.

[1] Lučić made his professional opera debut in April 1993 as Silvio in Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad.

Some of the Verdi roles which he has sung in Frankfurt are Amonasro in Aida, the Count di Luna in Il trovatore, Ezio in Attila, Germont, Guy de Montfort in Les vêpres siciliennes, and Renato in Un ballo in maschera.

[2] In 2006 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Barnaba in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda with Violeta Urmana in the title role and Bertrand de Billy conducting.

At the Vienna State Opera he sang Giorgio Germont, Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo in La forza del destino, Nabucco and Scarpia.