Baritone Steponas Zonys is an ensemble member of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. He has a charming full lyric voice characterized by its delightful quality and powerful delivery. His achievements have been recognized with awards such as the Opera Hope of the Year and Best Opera Singer of the Year at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre for 2021 and 2022.
During the 2026/27 season at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Steponas Zonys will make his role debut as Lescaut in Massenet’s Manon and will reprise the title role in Don Giovanni, as well as Arnoldo in I Lituani, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Marcello in La bohème, and Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
His 2025/26 projects at the LNOBT include Arnoldo in I Lituani, Ping in Turandot, Rodrigo in Don Carlo, the title role in Don Giovanni, Demetrius in a new staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, and Michele in Il tabarro.
Other recent engagements at the LNOBT include role debuts as Titas in Lamb of God, Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in Eugene Onegin, Escamillo in Carmen, Valentin in Faust, and Danilo in Die lustige Witwe, among others.
Internationally, he has appeared as Valentin in Faust at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, made his role debut as Michonnet in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Estonia Opera Festival, and performed Escamillo in Carmen at the Teatro Politeama Greco in Lecce. He has also covered Michonnet in Adriana Lecouvreur in Parma, Modena, and Piacenza, and appeared in Strauss’ The Gypsy Baron in Chicago.
On the concert platform, his projects include Morel in a concert version of Thérèse at the Pažaislis Festival with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Fauré’s Requiem with the Lithuanian National Philharmonic, L. Vilkončius’ The Creation of the World with the Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra, and the Vana Tallinn Baltic Opera Gala (2026) at Rahvusooper Estonia.
Baritone Steponas Zonys graduated from Lithuania Music and Theatre Academy with studies of Vocal Performance in 2016 (class of prof. Eduardas Kaniava). During his studies, he had been working at Klaipėda State Musical Theatre (2014-2019), where he sang several major baritone roles. In 2016-2017 the singer participated in the LNOBT Opera Trainee Programme.
Since 2019 he has been an ensemble member of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In 2021, Steponas portrayed Valentin in Faust and Faninal in D. Michieletto’s production of Der Rosenkavalier at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. His versatility shone through in 2019 with roles such as Marcello in La bohème, Don Giovanni in the production of the same name at Klaipeda State Musical Theatre, Maximilian in Candide, and Mr. Astley in V. Barkhatov’s production of The Gambler at the Lithuania National Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Zonys has a string of notable performances, including Eisenstein in Fledermaus (2019), Ping in R. Wilson’s production of Turandot (2019), and Figaro in Il barbiere di Seviglia(2018) at Klaipeda State Musical Theatre. His earlier contributions to the opera repertoire include the roles of Count Danilo in Die lustige Witwe (2017), Silvio in I Pagliacci (2017), Robert in Iolanta (2017), Belcore in L’elisir d’amore (2016), and Schaunard in La bohème (2016), all performed at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Steponas Zonys is laureate of many republic and baltic states competitions. In 2019 he was given the Opera Hope of the Year award at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Most Beloved Artist prize chosen by the audience at Klaipėda State Musical Theater. In 2021 and 2022 he was given the Best Opera Singer of the Year award at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. The singer has been awarded the Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s award for international merits to Lithuania.
| OPERA |
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| Bizet, G. | Carmen | Escamillo |
| Britten, B. | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Demetrius |
| Cilea, F. | Adriana Lecouvreur | Michonnet |
| Donizetti, G. | L’elisir d’amore | Belcore |
| Lucia di Lammermoor | Enrico | |
| Gounod, Ch. | Faust | Valentin |
| Lehar, F. | Die lustige witwe | Danilo |
| Leoncavallo, R. | I Pagliacci | Silvio |
| Massenet, J. | Manon | Lescaut |
| Mozart, W.A. | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni |
| Le nozze di Figaro | Conte Almaviva | |
| Ponchielli, A. | I Lituani | Arnoldo |
| Prokofjev, S. | The Gambler | Mr. Astley |
| Puccini, G. | La bohème | Marcello |
| Madama Butterfly | Sharpless | |
| Turandot | Ping | |
| Il tabarro | Michele | |
| Rossini, G. | Il barbiere di Seviglia | Figaro |
| Strauss, J. | Der Fledermaus | Eisenstein |
| Strauss, R. | Rosenkavalier | Faninal |
| Tchaikovsky, P. | Eugene Onegin | Eugene Onegin |
| Iolanta | Robert | |
| Verdi, G. | Don Carlos | Rodrigo |
| Simon Boccanegra | Paolo Albiani | |
| CONCERT
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| Brahms, J. | Deutsches Requiem | |
| Fauré, G. | Requiem | |
| Mahler, G. | Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen | |
| Mozart, W.A. | Kronungmesse C-Dur | |
| Saint Saens, C. | Oratorio de Noel | |
Steponas Zonys – Carmen by G. Bizet – Votre Toast – Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (Apr. 2024)
Steponas Zonys – Eugene Onegin by P.I. Tchaikovsky – Vy mne pisali – Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (2022)
I Lituani at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre – Sept. 2025
Rosenkavalier at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre – Sept.2021
Candide at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre – Sept. 2019
