Jure Počkaj is considered to be one of the most promising Slovenian opera singers by international critics and media. The young baritone, graduate of the prestigious UCLA, 2010 gold winner of the most important Young Singers’ Competition of Slovenia, and 2014 Western Regional Finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council, has already performed on all the major stages and opera houses in his native country.
In 2015/2016, he appeared as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia in cooperation with Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale in cooperation with HNK Zagreb, Abimelech in Samson et Dalilah in cooperation with Opéra-Théatre Metz Métropole and Jack Rance in La fanciullla del West at Slovene National Theatre Maribor, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Jochanaan in Salome in cooperation with Hong Kong Opera at Slovene National Theatre Ljubljana.
Highlights of the 2016/2017 season include most definitely Alberich in the very first production ever of Wagner’s Das Rheingold in Slovenia, and Il Conte di Luna in Verdi’s Il trovatore.
Among his future engagements are Il Conte di Luna in Il trovatore, Marcello in La Bohème and Don Carlo di Vargas in La forza del destino at Slovene National Theatre Maribor, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Don Giovanni at Slovene National Theatre Ljubljana, Escamillo in Carmen with Los Angeles Opera Buffs.
In 2015/2016, he appeared as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia in cooperation with Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale in cooperation with HNK Zagreb, Abimelech in Samson et Dalilah in cooperation with Opéra-Théatre Metz Métropole and Jack Rance in La fanciullla del West at Slovene National Theatre Maribor, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Jochanaan in Salome in cooperation with Hong Kong Opera at Slovene National Theatre Ljubljana.
Highlights of the 2016/2017 season include most definitely Alberich in the very first production ever of Wagner’s Das Rheingold in Slovenia, and Il Conte di Luna in Verdi’s Il trovatore.
Among his future engagements are Il Conte di Luna in Il trovatore, Marcello in La Bohème and Don Carlo di Vargas in La forza del destino at Slovene National Theatre Maribor, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Don Giovanni at Slovene National Theatre Ljubljana, Escamillo in Carmen with Los Angeles Opera Buffs.