Ljuban Zivanovic

• In August 2019, Ljuban won the prize for the best male voice at the MOA Montecatini Opera
• Academy Competition in Italy.
• The Stuttgart Press described his voice as a “crystal clear voice, with fantastic abilities’’.
• Opera Magazine wrote about his Alfredo in La Traviata: “Ljuban Zivanovic is a perfect cast for the
• role of Alfredo. With charme, carisma and a beautiful, clear voice he fascinates the audience.”
• NDR Hamburg TV reported on Ljuban's performance as Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly:
• “He climbs the dramatic heights effortlessly. He performs as Pinkerton with toxic masculinity and
• vocal power.”
• Das Opernglas wrote about his Faust in opera Faust by Charles Gounod :
• “Ljuban Živanović sings the title role with a powerful, agile, well rounded tenor voice and delightful
• and touching joy of acting.”

Ljuban Živanović, Tenor, was born in Serbia and

graduated from the Mannheim University of Music

and Performing Arts in Germany in 2017.

He participated in master classes of and worked with

Nelly Miricioiu, Virgilius Noreika, Anna-Maria Dur,

Douglas Yates, Sergey Aleksashkin and Vladislav

Piavko. During his studies, he was a scholar of the

Life Music Now Foundation Heidelberg, Germany. For

15 years his mentor was KS Biserka Cvejic, former

soloist of the Wiener Staatsoper.

Ljuban sang at the Opera Frankfurt, Belgrade opera,

Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Theater Baden-Baden,

Sankt Petersburg Opera, Chamber opera Hamburg,

Young Music Theater Hamburg, Theater

Ludwigshafen, Theater Neustadt and at the

Opernstudio at Mannheim University of Music and

Performing Arts.

His repertoire includes: Alfredo (La Traviata), Duke of

Mantua (Rigoletto), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly),

Tamino (The Magic Flute), Ruggero (La Rondine),

Lenski (Eugen Onegin), Faust (Faust), Werther

(Werther), Don Jose (Carmen), Don Ramiro (La

Cenerentola), Alberto (La Gazzetta), Camille du

Rosillon (The Marry Widow), Selim (Adina), Boni (Die

Csardasfürstin), Spalanzani (the Tales of Hoffmann).

In August 2019, Ljuban won the prize for the best male voice at the MOA Montecatini Opera

Academy Competition in Italy. He won six times the first price at the National singing competition

in his home country.

As a concert singer he performed in Germany, Italy, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and

Herzegovina and gave a recital at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival in Heidelberg, Germany.