Marko Mimica

Born in 1987 in Split in Croatia, bass Marko Mimica first completed a course in trumpet performance at the Josip Hatze Music School in Split. In June 2010, he graduated in vocal performance from the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb, where he studied in the classes of Martina Zadro and Gerhard Zeller (song and oratorio); he also took private lessons from Dunja Vejzovic and Vitomir Marof to further hone his technique. In 2007, he won the First Prize at the State Vocal Competition in Dubrovnik and subsequently received a CEE Musiktheater Scholarship. In the summer of 2010, he was among the finalists of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Vocal Competition in Vienna. During the 2011-12 season, Marko Mimica holds a Franz Josef Weisweiler Scholarship at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Marko Mimica has appeared regularly at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb, where his roles have included Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, the Notary in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, the High Priest in Verdi’s Nabucco, Dandini in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Pistola in Verdi’s Falstaff, Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Oroveso in Bellini’s Norma and Colline in Puccini’s La bohème.