Titilayo Adedokun

Background

Adedokun was born to Nigerian immigrants in the United States. Her father was a pastor with a doctorate in theology, so she grew up from childhood with church music

Education

She is a graduate of the "Cincinnati Conservatory of Music", where she studied singing. After winning the 1996/97 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship to Milan, Italy, she lived for five years there and studied classical singing with Vincenzo Manno and Renata Scotto.

Career

She stepped in numerous opera roles worldwide and has also recorded and collaborated in several jazz albums. She also earned a bachelor of arts in English from Judson College in Marion, Alabama, United States of America. She also worked with the jazz pianist and composer Giorgio Gaslini. When Adedokun was at the Judson College in Marion, Alabama, a teacher persuaded her to take part in a beauty contest.

At the first competition in Marion, Alabama, she was far behind.

Adedokun took this decision "very racist" and proceeded to compete at the Mission Alabama pageant, where she emerged fifth position in the 1990 finalists. Adedokun used her prize winnings to finance her vocal training in Italy.

In 2002, she was engaged for the first time in She stepped into the Festival on Good Immling. The following year, she received in the role of Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann.

To mark the centenary of Verdi"s death, she sang in the Franco Zeffirelli staging of Aida at Teatro Verdi of Busseto in the title role.

Adedokun played roles in Louisiana Bohème, Carmen, Tales of Hoffmann, The Magic Flute, Porgy and Bess and Boccaccio. She has appeared in the United States of America, Italy,, Austria, Switzerland, Russia and Hungary. In 2008, she starred in several German cities in a tour-performance of Kiss Maine, Kate.

Since 2009, Adedokun performs regularly among others at the festival Munich swings.

Some of her songs have been recorded in the Yoruba language.

Achievements

• Then she participated in another beauty contest in 1993 where she was crowned "Mission Ohio", and later became second runner-up in the Mission America pageant in 1994.