Monika-Evelin Liiv (mezzo), William Vann (piano), Simon Rowland Jones (viola): NNMF Winter Series

Monika-Evelin Liiv is from Estonia where she studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and then at the Lithuanian Music Academy in Vilnius. She is an alumna of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and has appeared with the company on many occasions. Her most recent role was as Marthe in Faust and this season she will sing the role of La Badessa in Il trittico by Puccini. This summer she can the role of Erda in Das Rheingold in Saaremaa in her native Estonia, and in the spring 2027 she will cover the role of Amneris at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Monika's programme will include Mahler's song cycle, Rückert Lieder, and songs by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. She will be joined by Simon Rowland-Jones for two songs for mezzo-soprano and viola by Brahms. Folk songs from Estonia will also be included and she will sing two of her favourite arias. Monika will be one of two musicians from Estonia appearing in Norfolk this winter.