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Mindaugas Rojus (b. 24 January 1981 in Darbėnai, Kretinga district, Lithuania) is an opera singer (tenor / baritone). He studied choral conducting (teacher Audronė Purlienė) and solo singing (teacher Valerija Balsytė) at the Klaipėda Stasys Šimkus Conservatory. In 2001–2002 he completed preparatory studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, in the class of Prof. Vladimiras Prudnikovas. Since 2004, he has been studying at the Singing Department of the Faculty of Arts of Klaipėda University, with Mindaugas Gylys and Eduardas Kaniava, where he completed his Master’s degree.
Since 2006, he has been soloist of the Klaipėda State Music Theatre. He has performed dozens of roles in operas, operettas and musicals, among which the most important are: Figaro (in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, 1996), Germont (in Verdi's La traviata, 2003), Phoebus (in Zigmars Liepiņš’s opera-melodrama Parīzes Dievmātes Katedrāle, 2005), Eugene Onegin (in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, 2006), Gabriel von Eisenstein (in Johann Strauss II operetta Die Fledermaus, 2006), Markizas Aristidas de Fobla (P. Abrahamo operetėje „Balius Savojoje“, 2007), Marquis Aristide de Faublas (in Paul Abraham’s operetta Ball im Savoy, 2007), Radish (in Antanas Kučinskas’ opera for children A Potato Tale, 2007), Prince Ypsheim-Gindelbach (in Strauss's II operetta Wiener Blut, 2008), The Man with the Cow (in Vladimiras Konstantinovas’ opera for children Whatever Grandpa Does, Everything Will Be Fine, 2008), Brother (in Vidmantas Bartulis' opera Dawn), Jake (in a semi-staged concert after George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, 2008), Pelléas (in Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Melisande, 2009), Juozelis (in Giedrius Kuprevičius' musical Veronika, 2009), Pierrot (in Jurgis Gaižauskas' opera for children Burattino, 2009), Herstvuds (in Raimonds Pauls’s musical Māsa Kerija, 2009), Perchik (in Jerry Bock's musical Fiddler on the Roof, 2011), Aeneas (in Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, 2011), Gianni Schicchi (in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, 2011), Girdvainis (in Vyacheslav Ganelin's musical The Devil's Bride, 2012), Sergeant Belcore (in Donizetti's L’elisir d’amore, 2013), Mister X (in Kálmán's operetta Mister X (Circus Princess), 2014), The Spaghetti King (in Antanas Kučinskas’ opera for children The Noodle Opera, 2014), Bud Frump (in Frank Loesser's musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 2015), Ted Hinton (in Frank Wildhorn's musical Bonnie & Clyde, 2016), Marcello (in Puccini's La bohème, 2016), Ibn-Hakia (in P. Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, 2016), Tonio (in Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, 2017), Herkus Mantas (in Giedrius Kuprevičius' opera Prussians, 2018), Dr. Pangloss/Martin (in Leonard Bernstein's operetta Candide, 2018), White Crow (in A. Kučinskas' opera for children The Star Opera, 2019), Don Giovanni (in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, 2019), Rafter (in Eduardas Balsys’ opera The Journey to Tilsit, 2019), Jupiter (in Offenbach's operetta Orphée aux enfers, 2020), and The Wedding Marshal (in Bronius Kutavičius' opera The Bear, 2022). He was nominated twice for the Golden Stage Cross award for the role of Prince Ypsheim in the operetta Wiener Blut (2009) and the role of Herkus Mantas in Kuprevičius' opera Prussians (2019), and for The Masque of Gratitude award for the role of the Marquis Aristide de Faublas in Abraham's operetta Ball im Savoy (Debut of the Year, 2008) and the role of Gianni Schicchi in Puccini's opera of the same title (Role of the Year, 2012).
The soloist also took part in the KSMT's concert programmes, including Straussiana (based on the music of Johann Strauss II, 2006), I will pick the red rose (based on the popular songs by Algimantas Raudonikis, 2005), Spanish Sarsuela (2017), Italian Songs (2018), and The Feast of Operetta (dedicated for the jubilee of Stanislavas Domarkas, 2019).
Together with his fellow soloist, soprano Loreta Ramelienė, they perform as the duo “Žemaitijos perlai” (Pearls of Žemaitija), whose repertoire includes popular classics and songs. In 2009, he became a semi-finalist in the Lithauanian National Television project-competition for singers, called “Triumphal Arch.”
He has given concerts in Poland, Latvia, Russia, Italy, Germany and participated in vocal competitions.
- Tevye (role debut), Tevye - Jerry Bock FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Premiere 2011.03.19)
- Radish - THE POTATO TALE (Premiere 2007.10.24)
- - Giedrius Kuprevičius PRUSSIANS (Premiere 2018.02.17)
- Girdvainis - THE DEVIL’S BRIDE (Premiere 2012.08.17)
- Jupiter - Jacques Offenbach ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD (Premiere 2020.09.18)
- Schlendrian - LONG LIVE COFFEE! (Premiere 2020.08.05)
- Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart DON GIOVANNI (Premiere 2019.05.17)
- Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers - Zigmars Liepiņš PARĪZES DIEVMĀTES KATEDRĀLE (Premiere 2005.08.19)
- Baritone - Vocal Recital RED POPPY NOTES (Premiere 2021.06.04)
- Baritone - FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM! A benefit concert in support of Ukraine (Premiere 2022.03.30)
- Baritone - THE VICTORY OF HOPE (Premiere 2022.04.18)
- The wedding marshal - Bronius Kutavičius THE BEAR (Premiere 2022.10.07)
- Baritone - A FEAST OF OPERETTA (Premiere 2022.10.20)
- The Wedding Marshal - Introducing THE BEAR (Premiere 2022.10.21)
- Baritone - LOOK DEEPER! (Premiere 2022.10.25)
- Harlequin / The Talking Cricket (role debut) , Harlequin / The Talking Cricket, Harlequin / The talking cricket - Jurgis Gaižauskas BURATTINO (Premiere 2022.11.19)
- Baritone - WE ARE BORN AS LITHUANIANS (Premiere 2023.01.14)
- Baritone - SONGS OF WAR AND PEACE (Premiere 2023.07.28)
- Martynas Jankus - KLAIPĖDA (Premiere 2023.08.04)
- Don Giovanni - Pocket performance DON GIOVANNI (Premiere 2023.06.02)
- Tenor - MUSICAL FIREWORKS (Premiere 2023.12.31)
- Girdvainis - Introducing THE DEVIL'S BRIDE (Premiere 2023.11.14)
- Baritone - BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC (Premiere 2023.12.16)
