Свиетлана Джокич

Svjetlana Djokic, a Serbian mezzo-soprano, took part in Raina Kabaivanska's international master class in 2017 and sang in the gala that closed it at the Sofia Opera on 24 September, in a cast assembled from Greece, Italy, Japan, Russia and the Caribbean. Her compatriot Strahinja Djokic, bass and pianist, was on the same bill. A native of Novi Sad, she studied singing at the Academy of Arts there in the class of Ljiljana Lišković and took second prize in her category at the Obzorja na Tisi competition for solo singers in Novi Bečej, with a special prize besides for the best performance of a composition by Josif Marinković. She appears on the stage of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and in Belgrade sang Anđa, Rade's mother, in the premiere production of Stanislav Binički's Na uranku, as well as roles in Konjović's Koštana and Giordano's Andrea Chénier.