Steponas Zonys

BIOGRAPHY

Baritone Steponas Zonys graduated from LMTA’s studies of Vocal Performance in 2016 (class of prof. Eduardas Kaniava). Already during his studies, he started working at Klaipėda State Musical Theatre (2014-2019), where he created a number of major baritone roles. Since 2019 S. Zonys has been a soloist with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

In 2016-2017 the singer participated in the LNOBT’s Opera Trainee Programme. S. Zonys has regular internships in Italy, France, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom, USA, Austria, Israel and other countries.

In 2017 S. Zonys made his debut at the Jerusalem Opera Festival, playing Marcello in G. Puccini's opera “La Boheme”, conducted by maestro Patrick Baton (Belgium). At the moment, the soloist is performing in various theatres not only in Lithuania, but also around the whole world.

S. Zonys is the laureate of many competitions and recipient of different awards. In 2015 he was bestowed the “Future Scholarship” established by “Švyturys”. In 2019 he was given the "Opera Hope of the Year" award at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater and Audience Prize at Klaipėda State Musical Theater. In 2021 and 2022 he was named “Opera Soloist of the Year” at the LNOBT awards. In 2021 he received the Young Artist Award from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. The singer has also been awarded the Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s award for international merits to Lithuania.

Repertoire includes:

Figaro (G. Rossini “Il barbiere di Siviglia“)
Don Giovanni (W. A. Mozart “Don Giovanni“)
Rodrigo (G. Verdi “Don Carlo”)
Paolo Albani (G. Verdi “Simon Boccanegra“)
Michonnet (F. Cilea “Adriana Lecouvreur”)
Sharpless (G. Puccini “Madama Butterfly”)
Titas (F. Bajoras “Lamb of God”)
Eugene Onegin (P. Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin”)
Valentin (Ch. Gounod “Faust”)
Faninal (R. Strauss “Der Rosenkavalier”)
Escamillo, Morales (G. Bizet “Carmen“)
Ping (G. Puccini “Turandot“)
Mirror (R. Mačiliūnaitė “Forever and a Day“)
Eisenstein (J. Strauss “Die Fledermaus“)
Mr. Astley (S. Prokofiev “The Gambler“)
Belcore (G. Donizetti “L’elisir d’amore“)
Schaunard, Marcello (G. Puccini “La Boheme“)
Silvio (R. Leoncavallo “Pagliacci“)
Robert (P. Tchaikovsky “Iolanta“)
Herkus Mantas (G. Kuprevičius “The Prussians“)
Uberto (G. B. Pergolesi “La serva padrona“)
Pangloss, Martin, Maximillian, Captain, Hermann Augustus, I inquisitor, II signor and Prefect (L. Bernstein “Candide“)
Count Danilo (F. Lehar “Die lustige Witwe“)
Teacher (S. Mickis “Smarty Bunny“)
Vincent (R. Šerkšnytė “Five Miracles of Mary“)