Kaire Vilgats
| Kaire Vilgats | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 11, 1976 Pärnu, Estonia |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Website |
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Kaire Vilgats (born January 11, 1976[1]) is an Estonian vocalist and actress, known for numerous roles in stage musicals.
Early life
Kaire Vilgats was born and spent her childhood in Pärnu, a resort town in the south-west of Estonia, where she also went to school. She learnt the accordion in a music school before taking classes in singing.
Career
Vilgats has later been trained in pop-jazz singing at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn, with Silvi Vrait as her vocal coach.
In 1999, Vilgats was awarded third place in the Kaks takti ette contest for young singers, organized by Estonian Television. The winner of that season was an Estonian rock star, Tanel Padar, with Eda-Ines Etti in second position. The same year, she was cast in the company of the Estonian production of the musical La Cage aux Folles which was her theatre début. A series of supporting roles in musicals were to follow.
Kaire Vilgats has been the musical director of the Estonian Puppet Theatre in Tallinn, where she composed music for children's musicals and plays, like, The Little Witch by Otfried Preußler.
In 2006, she was nominated for an Estonian theatre prize for the supporting role of Amps in the musical Romeo ja Julia but did not win.
Roles
- 2000: Tanz der Vampire (Magda)
- 2000: Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal)
- 2000: Zorba (Leader)
- 2001: Les Misérables (Mme Thenardier, understudy)
- 2002: Miss Saigon (Gigi)
- 2003: Fiddler on the Roof (Golde)
- 2004: Crazy for You (Irene Roth)
- 2006: Fame (Esther Sherman)
- 2006: Romeo & Julia (Amps)
- 2006: Lumekuninganna (Snow Queen) (Grandmother/Snow Queen)
- 2007: Phantom (Carlotta)
- 2008: Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney)
- 2008: Buratino senitundmatud seiklused ("Buratino`s Yet Unknown Adventures") (Malviina)
- 2011: The Warewolf (Grandmother)
- 2011: The Beauty and the Beast (Teapot)
- 2011: Karlsson on the Roof (Hildur Sokk), drama
- 2012: Seljatas sada meest ("Fought a Hundred Men") (Maria Loorberg), drama
- 2013: Shrek (Dragon)
- 2014: Koerhaldjas Mia (Dog-Fairy Mia) (Christmas Mom)
- 2015: Billy Elliiot (Mrs Wilkinson)
- 2015: Karlsson on the Roof, the musical, (Hildur Sokk)
- 2016: Mamma Mia (Rosie)
Vilgats has appeared in the choir of a number of shows in Estonia, such as Evita, La Cage aux Folles, Georg, No, No, Nanette and Mort.
Other credits
Vilgats provided her vocals for the album Family. We are Family, released in 2003 as a cooperative effort of several popular vocalists, such as Nele-Liis Vaiksoo and Lauri Pihlap.
Vilgats often supports Estonian pop acts as a backing vocalist, Anne Veski, Ivo Linna and Maarja to name a few. She took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2002 singing backing vocals for the Estonian and Maltese songs, receiving 4th and 2nd place respectively. In the 2014 and 2016 contest she once again represented Estonia as a backing singer for the Estonian entry at the contest. She has also performed with the Estonian Police Orchestra and a number of other orchestras and groups.
Vilgats has been open about her weight problems and has therefore given patronage to sporting events, like Tartu Maraton in which she successfully participates.
She has co-hosted and participated in TV-shows, Your Face Sounds Familiar among many.
Personal life
Vilgats is a mother of three children, two sons and a daughter. She is divorced from a music producer Johannes Lõhmus.
Vilgats' mother is Ester Vilgats, a news journalist for Estonian Public Broadcasting.