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Maria Milenic

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I miss singing La Zia Principessa almost every single day👸🏻

Thank you to @dawmarte for the wonderful review! @operacanada 💛

“Maria Milenic was magnificent as The Princess. Her chilling acting made her character’s confrontation with Margison a highlight of the opera, and her velvety mezzo voice gave her the air of a powerful aristocrat.”

Also shoutout to #simoneluti for coaching me on the role and helping me make sense of the language ~~ my interpretation of the role was all thanks to him 🫰

@highlandsopera you are the best! Xx

📸: @ibfreezin taken in Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion by @maria_milee

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Kind of chic to follow your dreams™

📸: @kceniakoutorjevski 🩷 taken in Abbey Gardens by @maria_milee

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2 months ago

Little appreciation post for RUR a Torrent of Light
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It was such a fulfilling experience getting to work with @michaelhmori , @gregohgreg and @amandatestini on this incredible project!

Since Tapestry premiered this opera back in 2022, the team has continued workshopping it with the hope of adding new layers and exploring a fresh take on the piece - especially given how much AI has progressed in the past four years.

Playing Heléna really challenged me as an actor and inspired me to think about the people who might have shaped her. I decided that Heléna’s role model would be Jane Goodall, so our wonderful stage managers even printed a photo of her to keep on my desk onstage!

The opera incorporates electronic tracks that play live alongside the performers’ voices, creating an absolutely stirring soundscape. (But not only that!) this workshop also incorporated electronic wearables into our costumes, complete with wireless speakers and lights, provided by the OCAD wearable electronics team.

Did I mention I love contemporary opera?

I’m so glad to have been a part of this one. 🩶

-M

📸: @rememberingourlight // 1st slide taken in Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity by @maria_milee

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2 months ago

Introducing our participants! ✨

Meet Maria Milenic from Newmarket, Ontario! 🇨🇦

We are thrilled to welcome Maria to Highlands Opera Studio this summer, where she will be a member of the Independent Study Program and will play the role of La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica!

Swipe to learn more about Maria ➡️

Visit our website to purchase tickets for our upcoming performances this summer!
🎟️ www.highlandsoperastudio.com 🎟️

#opera #operacanada #operasingersofinstagram #youngartist by @maria_milee

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Happy birthday to my favourite person 🩵 @christhabib

I’ve been waiting my whole life to meet someone like you ~ and I’m the luckiest girl in the world that I met you three and a half years ago. Thanks for always being there for me and for being my best friend and my number one fan. You’re the most incredible human, and life is more special when I get to spend it by your side.

You put your heart into every performance and you inspire me to do the same ~ watching videos of you play guitar literally transports me. Love you to the moon and back.

🌝 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @maria_milee

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3 months ago

REHEARSAL ROOM 10 with the fantastic mezzo-soprano @maria_milee at the @banffcentre taken in Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity by @maria_milee

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Summer engagements 🌹

Banff Center for Arts / R.U.R. A Torrent of Light / Helena / July 10th / Margaret Greenham Theatre

Highlands Opera Studio / Suor Angelica / La Zia Principessa / August 22nd / Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion

📸: @_curtisperry 🌹 taken in Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity by @maria_milee

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4 months ago

Lil’ May photo dump cause it was a special month
🌝🧚🏻‍♀️🌷🌟🔍⁉️💛🎂 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @maria_milee

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5 months ago

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They ate sweets and drank
Mosquito played the bagpipe
Violet was singing
Sunflower was laughing
You purple Violet, why are you so small

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I’m not gonna lie, rehearsing with @danramjattanguitar has been a blast ~

Here’s a behind the scenes of our creative process ♪

You don’t want to miss the @apocryphonia A Cabinet of Curiosities coming up this Saturday at 2:30 at ArrayMusic ✿

We will be performing some Bulgarian folk songs by Ourkouzounov, alongside six other very gifted artists.

Ticket link in bio 🌻 taken in Arraymusic by @maria_milee

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@christhabib and I are so excited to be performing part of the Toronto Guitar Weekend Festival this evening!

You won’t want to miss this concert featuring a variety of pieces commissioned by the Guitar Society of Toronto over the past 70 years.

I feel so grateful to be able to perform alongside my friends @danramjattanguitar @naokorhythms @navidgtr @medinaguitar and @jeanluctherrienpiano xx

We will be opening for the guitar legend @david_russellguitar who will be performing his own solo feature concert tomorrow night!!!

Ticket link is in my bio 💚

📸: @alexbougiemusic taken in St. Andrew's Church, Toronto by @maria_milee

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6 months ago

Thank you to Marg Bruineman for writing this lovely article about me in @newmarkettodayca sharing the story of my musical journey ~ from where it began in Newmarket, to where it has taken me now in Calgary. I’m especially thankful to the Newmarket music community, and to the incredible teachers in my network, for supporting my career since day one. 🤍

Check out the link in my bio through my website 💌

Swipe for a photo of me in my first musical “Honk” at Huron Heights high school, and my solo concert at the Newmarket Old Town Hall. 🩶 taken in Newmarket, Ontario by @maria_milee

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7 months ago

It was such a special opportunity getting to play the role of the Sandman in Hansel and Gretel with Calgary opera 🍭

One of the highlights for me was incorporating puppetry into the performance👂 and learning how to maneuver an ear across stage while singing. With the help of @oldtroutpuppetworkshop and @alideregt we brought to life the illusion of a face with its individual features hovering over me.

This concept was inspired by a tree sculpture in Alberta that featured individual facial elements placed on different trees 🪾coming together to form a single face.

From Calgary Herald: “The Sandman, sung by Maria Milenic, made a strong impression, delivering some of the opera’s most appealing music with evident enjoyment.”

Get a behind the scenes listen: tap the audio to hear me singing in a rehearsal with the Calgary Phil Orchestra 🔊

📸: @benlairdphoto taken in Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium by @maria_milee

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