Celebrating International Opera Day 25 October 2025

This month we celebrate -  International Opera Day 25.10.2024 in R. North Macedonia – Message author Mrs. Slavica Petrovska Galikj – Opera Singer (N.U. Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Skopje, R. North Macedonia).

Producers / Promoters. Macedonian Center ITI/PRODUKCIJA

Promoter/Producer: Ivanka Apostolova Baskar 

Fragment from the author`s message - Slavica Petrovska Galikj: 

…What I want to conclude in my message for this year is the same thing that I have been conveying to my students throughout my many years of teaching work. To all young people, who are starting to deal with opera art, but also to all those who have already started to achieve their goals on the stage, I tell them to be dedicated, persistent and responsible.

The path to creating a role is difficult, sometimes bumpy, but at the same time beautiful and noble. On the other hand, I wish the audience, for whom I sincerely perform all my life, to enjoy the perception of opera art for a long time, to draw energy from it and to admire the creations of my colleagues, especially the younger generations of opera performers who in the future will be the pivot of opera life in our country.

Fragment from the author`s biography - Slavica Petrovska Galikj: 

… In addition to many concert solo recitals, she has also performed "Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra" by Glier, "Escultate Jubilate" by Mozart, Ninth Symphony by Beethoven, Seventh Symphony by Mahler, Mass in C Major by Mozart, "Requiem" by Verdi, Requiem by Mozart, Salve Regina and Stabat Mater by Pergolesi. She has held a large number of solo concerts, and she also cultivates chamber singing. She is a member of the chamber trio "Skopje". She also collaborated with the Macedonian Philharmonic. In 2002, she became the artistic director of the Macedonian Opera at the MOB Skopje and she performed that duty until 2005… During her professional engagements, she performs in all major music centers, such as Copenhagen, Nizhny Novgorod, Thessaloniki, Rome, Blagoevgrad, Plovdiv, Sofia, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Rijeka, Osijek, Paris, Dusseldorf, Dortmund and others.

More information on the links below:

YouTube – Audio Reading by Slavica Petrovska Galikj. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTpepxFG-iA&t=102s 

Facebook Promo Album – Photos by Slavica Petrovska Galikj (25.10.2024).  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1066111648853513&type=3   

Google Macedonia (Wikipedia). https://shorturl.at/JI9Rh