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Born in Zadar (1988), soprano NELA ŠARIĆ attended the Blagoje Bersa Elementary Music School. After completing her studies in the piano department, she continued her musical education as a singer, first with Mario Petani, and then with Dubravka Krušelj-Jurković. Soprano Nela Šarić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Music (prof. Cynthia Hansell-Bakić) and the Wales International Academy of Voice, where she studied with the renowned tenor Dennis O'Neill and soprano Nuccia Focila. While at WIAV, Nela worked and studied with several prominent coaches, including Mo. Richard Bonynge and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. She was a member of the 2015 International Opera Studio in Gijon, Spain. Nela is the winner of the 1st and special prize of the Tokyo Metropolitan Opera Foundation at the 2017 Riccardo Zandonai International Competition in Italy, the 1st and audience prize at the 2017 Stuart Burrows International Voice Award in Wales, UK, and the 2nd prize at the Otto Edelmann Singing Competition in Austria. In addition, Nela was a finalist at the prestigious Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition in Russia and the Zinka Milanov International Singing Competition in Croatia. Recent highlights include studying the role of Violetta Valery in La traviata at the Welsh National Opera, singing Musetta in La bohème at Sendai Music Hall and Gilda in Rigoletto at Emerald Hall in Japan, Faure's Requiem with New York's West Village Chorale, the gala concert marking the 70th anniversary of the Croatian National Theatre in Zadar, and at the Milka Trnina Award ceremony. She has performed with all major Croatian orchestras and ensembles. She recorded 19th century Baroque music by Zadar composers produced by Edo Mičić and toured Croatia performing Renaissance music with the prominent lutenist Edin Karamazov. Nela was awarded the Coat of Arms of the City of Zadar for exceptional successes and achievements in the field of music. .