About us

Opera that embraces its audience

Three baritones from three European countries, with experience at major opera houses – and a wish to bring great music to everyone.

Our story

How three voices met

The idea came from Osijek's principal opera baritone Dalibor Hanzalek: to bring together outstanding baritones from different countries and take opera out of the opera house – onto town squares, summer stages and into concert halls.

“I've always wanted to reach a wider audience,” says Hanzalek. He was joined by Pole Dariusz Perczak, a long-standing soloist at Graz Opera, and young Czech Robin Červinek, winner of the Prague Singer competition. And so the European 3 Baritones were born.

Their concert brings together the best of four musical worlds: opera arias, timeless evergreens, Italian canzone and Croatian hits. The big-stage sound comes from the orchestra and band of composer and conductor Josip Cvitanović.

Three baritones singing under turquoise lights, Osijek 2026

The baritones

Meet the singers

Dalibor Hanzalek

Croatia

Dalibor Hanzalek

Baritone · founder of the project

He grew up in Samobor, where he attended music school. He built his career in the Czech Republic, singing in Plzeň, Prague and at the National Theatre Brno, and spent two years as principal baritone in Opava.

He came to Osijek in 2006 and is today the leading baritone of the Osijek Opera. For the role of Sever in Bajamonti's “The Translation of St Domnius” at the Varaždin Baroque Evenings, he received the “Ivan Lukačić” Award.

He has made guest appearances at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest (title role in “Nikola Šubić Zrinjski”) and the concert hall in Valencia.

  • HNK Osijek
  • “Ivan Lukačić” Award
  • Budapest
  • Trieste
Dariusz Perczak

Poland

Dariusz Perczak

Baritone

Born in 1989 in Kielce, he graduated from the Academy of Music in Łódź, continued his studies in Mannheim, and in 2022 earned a doctorate in the arts at the academy in Wrocław.

From 2015 to 2023 he was a soloist at Graz Opera, where he sang more than 200 performances and nearly 30 roles, among them Marcello, Onegin, Figaro and Enrico.

He has performed on the lake stage of the Bregenz Festival and at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw, and since 2024 he has been with the Stadttheater Klagenfurt.

  • Graz Opera
  • Bregenz
  • Warsaw
  • Klagenfurt
Robin Červinek

Czechia

Robin Červinek

Baritone · the youngest of the trio

Born in 1994, he studied at the Janáček Academy in Brno and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

In 2018 he was the overall winner of the Prague Singer competition and won second prize at the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition.

As a soloist he has performed at the national theatres in Brno and Olomouc, the Silesian Theatre in Ostrava and the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň, and from 2019 to 2021 he worked with the Czech Philharmonic.

  • Prague Singer 2018
  • Czech Philharmonic
  • Brno
  • Vienna

Music director

Josip Cvitanović

Conductor, composer and arranger

Composer, conductor, arranger and music producer, winner of the Porin Award in 2001, 2008 and 2021. He is artistic director of the Chansonfest festival in Krapina, and from 2003 to 2007 he was chief conductor and arranger of the Porin Awards ceremony. Under his direction, the orchestra and band give the baritones the sound of a big stage.

  • Porin 2001
  • Porin 2008
  • Porin 2021
  • Chansonfest Krapina
The three baritones with the orchestra on stage in Čepin

Our journey so far

Our timeline

  1. June 2025

    Opatija

    A grand gala concert on the Summer Stage opens the summer season of the Opatija Festival.

  2. August 2025

    Posedarje

    A summer spectacular at the Fish and Wine Festival – opera by the sea with the flavours of Dalmatia.

  3. May 2026

    Čepin

    An open-air concert for Municipality Day, with orchestra – and the first drone above the stage.

  4. July 2026

    Osijek

    A sold-out Franjo Krežma Hall and a standing ovation at the end of the evening.

  5. Next

    Your town?

    Invite us – we're always happy to take to new stages.

For towns, festivals, companies and celebrations

Bring three baritones to your stage

A festive concert for the whole family – from opera to Sinatra and Croatian evergreens. Get in touch and we'll tailor the programme to your audience.

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