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Alenka Gotar
Country	Slovenia
Years active	2000–present
Genres	Opera, Pop music

Alenka Gotar is a Slovene soprano singer, born in Ljubljana. With the song ‘’Cvet z juga’’ (“Flower of the South”), she will represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Opera Roles 3 See Also 4 Links

Alenka Gotar began her musical interest by attending a small music school where she learned piano and guitar. Afterwards she attended music and ballet school in Ljubljana, where Markos Bajuk taught her solo singing. After graduating in 1996, she applied to study singing at the Musical Academy in Basel, Switzerland, and in 1999, she attended the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, where she was taught by Professor Lilijan Sukis. Alenka gained her diploma in 2000. In Salzburg, she continued studies in singing and opera with Prof. Sukis, along with perfecting her craft in Rim with Maya Sunari-Biankini, and with Marjana Lipovšek and Alfred Burgstaller. She gained her Master’s degree in 2006.

Alenka Gotar is a guest in the Maribor Opera and as a soloist, she sings in the state theatres in Salzburg and Ljubljana. She toured with an orchestra and chamber choir in Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, and Scandinavia. Her repertoire ranges from baroque to modern musical pieces. She also works as music teacher.

On 4 February 2007, Alenka Gotar won EMA 2007, the Slovenian national selection for Eurovision 2007. In Helsinki, during the semi-final on 10 May 2007, Alenka will sing ‘’Cvet z juga’’, which is described as a fast rhythmic ballad combined with operatic vocals. The song was written and composed by Andrej Babić and arranged by Aleksandra Valenčić. EMA 2007 was the edition of the competition to decide the winner completely by televoting. After two semi-finals and a final, the Slovenian public had a choice between Alenka and Eva Černe. With 44,636 votes, Alenka was crowned the winner and given the right to represent Slovenia at Eurovision.

From the summer of 2000, Alenka Gotar has been a frequent guest in the SNG opera and ballet in Ljubljana, where she has sung in the following roles:

• Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart);
• Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni - Mozart);
• Rusalka (Rusalka - Dvorak);
• Hanna Glawary (The Merry Widow - Lehár);
• Pamina (The Magic Flute - Mozart/Schikaneder)
• Gran Sacerdotessa (Aida – Verdi).

In the 2004/2005 season, she performed the following roles:

• Brigitte (Iolanta - Tchaikovsky);
• Bubikopf (The Emperor of Atlantis – Ullmann)
• Kristine (Brata - Alojza Ajdiča)

In Salzburg she performed the following roles:

• Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart);
• Pamina (The Magic Flute - Mozart);
• Arminda (La finta giardiniera - Mozart);
• Hyazintus (Apollo et Hyacinthus - Mozart)
• Mimi (La bohème - Puccini).

In the festival Europäische Musikmonat 2001 in Basel, she sang the soprano role in the opera "Skamander", by the Swiss composer Beata Gysina. In 2000, Alenka worked with the well known composer György Kurtag for the Swiss radio DRC3.

• Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

• Winning song from EMA 2007 - RTV SLO
• Alenka's homepage