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Gunta Gelgote
Gunta Gelgote is a Latvian soprano who lives and sings in Lithuania. She has created quite a few roles in the Latvian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, and is often invited to perform with Latvian orchestras. She has participated in performances of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Gustav Mahler’s 4th symphony and Francis Poulenc’s Gloria with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
Biography
From the Ondine artist archive. Appointments and season references reflect the original biography.
In Lithuania, the singer is also an active participant in musical life. At the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, she sang the role of Adele in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, the Dream Girl in Onute Narbutaite’s Kornet, Kunigunda in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, Olympia in Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. With the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, she sang soprano part in Gustav Mahler’s 4th symphony as well as Laurynas Vakaris Lopas’ Five Love Songs.
Gunta Gelgote received the Latvian Great Music award for the Debut of the Year in 2009 and was also nominated for this award in the category “For dedicated work throughout the year” in 2024. She was awarded the Golden Cross of the Stage in Lithuania in 2022 for the role of Julia in Bronius Kutavicius’ opera Lokys at the Klaipda State Music Theater. Gunta was also nominated for this award for the role of the Bird Woman in Bronius Kutavicius’ opera-poem The Thrush – Green Bird.
Gunta Gelgote regularly organizes chamber music programs, collaborates frequently with contemporary composers Martinš Vilums, Imants Zemzaris, Georgs Pelecis, Mykolas Natalevicius, Jonas Jurkunas, Martynas Bialobžeskis, Evija Skuke, Gundega Šmite, Dimitris Marionidis, among others. Onute Narbutaite dedicated her piece Labyrinth with texts by Ingeborg Bachmann and Jorge Luis Borges to the duet of Gunta Gelgote and flutist Giedrius Gelgotas. The piece was awarded Best Work of the Year Prize by the Lithuanian Composers’ Union.