Monika Falcon mesmerizing opera concert with surprises

Making a name for Lithuania aboard, international lyric spinto soprano Monika Falcon invites you to an enchanting orchestral concert of opera arias, and more, with conductor Jonas Januliavičius, on February 19, 7 p.m.

Ms. Falcon has performed internationally with such conductors as Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti, at such companies as the Festspiel Baden-Baden, the Berlin Philharmonic, Ravenna Festival, and others.

Principal roles in Monika Falcon’s performed repertoire include the eponymous role in Aïda, Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello, Leonora La Forza del Destino, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Nedda in I Pagliacci, and others. 

The diverse and adept young Lithuanian soprano Monika Falcon began a successful and prominent career as a singer, actress, and television personality at the tender age of 3, performing with orchestra during, and going on to win the audience and grand prizes of the esteemed national competition “Dainų Dainelė”, at the national opera house in Vilnius. Since that time, Miss Falcon has toured as a singer, appeared in televised music programs, videos, hosted regular television programs, and is a national personality in Lithuania. Upon deciding to move into classical vocal performance, Monika made her debut as Nedda in “I Pagliacci” in Germany with Opera Classica Europa, and, in 2019, covered the role of Desdemona at Baden-Baden in a new production by Robert Wilson with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta. Due to her work in Baden-Baden, Maestro Mehta invited her immediately to work with him in Berlin, again with the Philharmonic, and to take over a contract as the soprano soloist in Verdi’s Messa di Requiem for performances in Italy.

Monika made an acclaimed role, house and Italian debut as the title role of Verdi’s Aïda, at the Ravenna Festival - Teatro Comunale Alighieri, in a new production by Cristina Mazzavillani Muti. Of her performances, acclimations included Opera Magazine contending that "Aida was sung by Monika Falcon with both sensitivity and determination" (John- Pierre Joyce). In reprising the role of Aïda in 2021-22 in a staged production in Germany with the Brno Opera Orchestra, The Gazet wrote that Ms. Falcon is a “gem of a singer”. 

Other appearances last season included as principal guest soloist in the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet - Vilnius' international opera gala, in a duet and solo concert with the Kaunas Philharmonic, and in Ms. Falcon's acclaimed role debut as Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) with the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, in concert performances in Wiesbaden, DE, and the symphony hall in Hradec Králové, CZ.

Subsequent seasons see Monika's United States debut as soprano soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Verdi's Messa di Requiem, in her role debuts as Mimi in La Boheme, and as Giovanna in Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani.

Other roles currently in Monika’s repertoire include Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly), Liu (Turandot), Iolanta, Lisa (Pique Dame), and Rusalka.

Monika resides in Kaunas, Lithuania, and in New York City.