Oliver Njego
{{short description|Serbian operatic baritone (born 1959)}}
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|birth_place = Niš, Serbia (Yugoslavia)
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|occupation = Opera singer, baritone
| awards = Order of Karađorđe's Star
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Oliver Njego (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Њего, {{IPA|sh|ɔ̌liʋɛr ɲɛ̌ːɡɔ|pron}}, born 19 September 1959) is a Serbian opera singer, baritone, and professor at the University of Kragujevac, who also crossed over into popular music. For his exceptional contributions and achievements in the field of opera art, he was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star in 2025 by decree of the President of Serbia.{{Cite web|url=https://rtv.rs/sr_lat/drustvo/vucic-urucio-87-odlikovanja-zasluznima-povodom-dana-drzavnosti_1606906.html|title=Vučić uručio 87 odlikovanja zaslužnima povodom Dana državnosti|last=Vojvodine|first=Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija|website=JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine|language=sr-Latn|access-date=2025-02-19}}
Biography
Njego was born on 19 September 1959 in Niš. He graduated in 1990 at the Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade in the class of Professor Radmila Bakočević.{{Cite web|url=http://draganlekovic.me/2018/09/oliver-njego-biografija/|title=Oliver Njego - Biografija|date=2018-09-19|website=ART mozaik|language=bs-BA|access-date=2019-07-04}} In 1991 becomes the member of National Theatre in Belgrade opera department, where he performed in Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, and many other famous operas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicapassionata.com/intervju-oliver-njego/|title=Intervju - Oliver Njego|date=2019-03-04|website=Musica Passionata|language=bs|access-date=2019-07-04}} He has won three major awards at the competition Belgrade Spring, and won many prizes in various cultural events throughout the country and the world. Until now, he has performed in China, United Arab Emirates, France, Italy, Korea, Great Britain, Hungary, Republic of Macedonia, and many other countries.{{Cite web|url=http://nikolacvejic.rs/wp-content/uploads/pdf/biografije/njego_bio.pdf|title=Biography - mr Oliver Njego}} With his godfather Predrag Miletić, actor of the National Theater, he has traveled for several years in a row with a bike to the monastery Hilandar on Mount Athos in Greece.{{Cite web|url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/189209/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC-%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%98-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC|title=Bio sam i na Svetoj gori tri puta, i to biciklom|last=Trošelj|first=Slavko|website=Politika Online|access-date=2019-07-04|language=bs}} Their journey was published in the book Biciklom do Hilandara by Predrag Miletić.
Personal life
References
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Sources
- [http://www.politika.rs/ilustro/2340/2.htm Jasna i Oliver Njego: Rupice na njenim obrazima], Politika, 26.11.2006.
- Biciklom do Hilandara ("By bicycle to Hilandar") by Predrag Miletić. {{ISBN|86-905255-0-5}}
External links
- [http://www.sdcafe.rs/smederevo/jadranka_i_oliver/ Photographs of Jadranka Jovanović and Olivera Njego in Smederevo]
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