Legendary mezzo-soprano Marjana Lipovšek and Alfred Burgstaller held a Masterclass for young opera singers in Belgrade on Nov. 14 through 17, with a final concert on Nov. 17.

The masterclass by Lipovšek and Burgstaller was organized by Professor Ljubiša Jovanović of the Faculty of Music at the University of Arts in Belgrade while Professor Katarina Jovanović made the final selection of young artists who would participate in the masterclass.

Pianist Jelena Polović Šiljeg accompanied young artists sopranos Mina Gligorić, Biljana Jovanović, Maja Dabović, Branislava Podrumac and Milica Milić, mezzo-soprano Zorica Beloica, baritones Strahinja Tričković and Vladimir Jakšić, and bass-baritone Milan Obradović. The final concert saw arias from “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “La Bohème,” “Werther,” “Don Giovanni,” “Die Zauberflöte,” as well as works by Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Marx and R. Strauss.