Olivera Miljaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Миљаковић, pronounced [ɔliˈʋɛra miˈʎakɔʋit͡ɕ]; born 26 April 1934[1] is a Serbian-born opera singer, who had a major career centered on the Vienna State Opera.
She studied solo singing with Mile Stojadinović, then at Academy of Music in Belgrade with Josip Rijavec and Nikola Cvejić,[1] and later furthered her studies with Gina Cigna in Milan and Ludwig Weber in Vienna.
[3] Her first great success in Vienna State Oper was Despina (Così fan tutte, 1967), followed by Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro, 1968), Zerlina (Don Giovanni, 1969), Serpina (La serva padrona, 1970), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), and others.
[3] Miljaković performed on many important opera and concert stages and festivals,[1][3] with conductors such as Lovro von Matačić, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Lorin Maazel, Georges Prêtre and Carlos Kleiber.
Miljaković holds many master classes and concerts all over the world; she was music director of Bassano del Grappa OperaEstate festival, and from 2003 music director of Ambassadors concert.