Thursday, 10 September

Princess Ljubica’s Residence, 6:00 p.m.

FMU AT BELEF

Soprano Recital by Ana Bosert

Programme

G. F. Handel: Armida’s aria, “Vo’ far guerra,” from the opera Rinaldo

G. F. Handel: Cleopatra’s aria, “Da tempeste,” from the opera Giulio Cesare

A. Thomas: Philine’s aria, “Je suis Titania,” from the opera Mignon

R. Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano, Op. 82

J. Strauss II: Adele’s aria, “Mein Herr Marquis,” from the operetta Die Fledermaus

R. Strauss: Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67

L. Bernstein: La Bonne Cuisine: Four Recipes for Voice and Piano

Ana Bosert was born in Moscow, Russia, in 2000. In 2015, she enrolled in the Solo Singing Department of the Mokranjac Secondary Music School in Belgrade, where she studied under Professor Valentina Taškova and graduated in 2020.

In 2021, she continued her education at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, studying under Professor Katarina Jovanović. She completed her undergraduate studies in 2025 and is continuing her master’s studies under the same professor.

In 2019, she was a member of the Opera Studio at the Madlenianum Opera and Theatre. During this period, she made her operatic debut as Carolina in Domenico Cimarosa’s The Secret Marriage.

She was a member of the Opera: Past, Present, Perfect project, organised by the Music Opera Theatre Organisation MOTO with the support of Creative Europe.

She took part in the Opera for Peace project in Rome, where she had the opportunity to work with Maestro Kamal Khan and participate in masterclasses led by Angela Meade, Thomas Hampson, Ludovic Tézier and Lawrence Brownlee.

She has also attended several masterclasses with Maestro Srboljub Dinić, as well as a masterclass given by tenor Leonid Bomshtein in late 2023.

In May 2023, she made her debut as the Queen of the Night in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the National Theatre in Niš.

In 2025, she attended a masterclass led by Đorđe Nešić in May and another led by Snežana Stamenković in July.

She won first prize at the 2025 Lav Mirski International Competition and has received numerous other first and second prizes at national and international competitions.