Time: 14.7.2026.
Location: Mali Lošinj, piazza in front of the Parish church
The Josip Kašman Days festival is dedicated to the most important Croatian baritone of all time, born on Mali Lošinj - Josip Kašman (1850-1925) - a baritone who sang at the opening night of the famous Metropolitan Opera in New York and who was hailed all over the world as il principe dei baritoni - the prince of the baritone.
"Opera under the starry shy of Lošinj - In memory of Kašman" - a unique musical event - under the clear sky of Lošinj, famous Croatian opera singers will perform arias and excerpts from the operas that made Josip Kašman famous all over the world - from Milan's La Scala, where after his at the first performance he was declared the king of baritone and the most important baritone of his time until the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at the very opening of which he sang while the audience cheered him "il principe dei baritoni" - the prince of the baritone. In 2026 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Festival Josip Kašman’s Days.
The program is designed around the character of Josip Kašman as the central soloist (at the concert it will be baritone Jaka Mihelač, soloist of the Berlin opera), through which all the great works of opera literature that marked Josip Kašman's career are covered, as well as opera titles that Kašman himself did not perform, but are part of the iron repertoire of every eminent theater today. In excerpts from the aforementioned titles, Mihelač will be joined in duets, tercets and quartets as well as in arias by the most successful Croatian soprano of the younger generation, Darija Auguštan and great tenor Roko Radovan. After las year’s great success, we will be able to listen again the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra under the batton of Darijan Ivezić. The originator of this spectacle and thw whole project is the artistic and executive director of the festival, Danijel Gašparović.
Free admission!
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