Marin Čargo
Marin Čargo graduated in vocal performance from the Music Academy in Zagreb, under the mentorship of Professor Martina Zadro. During his academic studies, he received the Dean’s Award and was three times awarded the Rector’s Award. He has performed numerous operatic roles at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, including: Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Baron Duphol and Marquis D’Obigny (La traviata), Marullo (Rigoletto), Sacristan (Tosca), Morales (Carmen), Speaker (The Magic Flute), Commissioner (Madama Butterfly), Fiorello (The Barber of Seville), Perichaud (La rondine), Benoit (La Bohème), Levi (Nikola Šubić Zrinjski), and Vagav (Judith). At the Korkyra Baroque Festival, he appeared in the role of Uberto (La serva padrona).
He has also performed in concert works by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Charpentier, Gounod, Duruflé, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Fauré, Handel, Papandopulo, and Michael Haydn. He refined his skills through masterclasses with Thomas Hampson and at the Laboratoire Lyrique workshop in Luxembourg.
Marin has collaborated with many conductors (P. G. Morandi, L. Passerini, E. Boncompagni, I. Repušić, S. Dinić, A. Kalajdžić, I. Hut, S. Krečić, I. Lipanović, I. Šego) and directors (H. de Ana, P. F. Maestrini, M. Pontiggia, K. Dolenčić, A. Bernard). He is currently a soloist with the Opera Studio of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.
In addition to his musical career, he is in the final year of a doctoral program in biomedicine at the University of Split School of Medicine, where his research focuses on vocal pathology in voice professionals and singing students.