Praised as "the asset of the show both vocally and histrionically" and "surely, Ms Govednik dominated the stage"  (The Gazette of Montreal,

 Le Devoir), Serbian-born mezzo-soprano made her European debut as Carmen in the Franco-German production of L'Academie de la Roche d'Hys which toured in France, Germany and Poland. Ms Govednik has since been a regular on Canadian and European stages. Her recent roles include Mercédès in Opera Kelowna's production of Carmen and the creation of Grizelda for the East Van Opera debut-production of Alma by local librettist and composer A. Cocciani. Ms Govednik is a regular chorus artist with the Vancouver Opera.

During classical piano studies, which she completed at the Belgrade Faculty of Music, Ms Govednik discovered her love of singing jazz standards, transitioning eventually to opera.  She moved to Montreal in 2003 where she obtained Licentiate Diploma with Honours and  Master’s Degree in Voice at the McGill Schulich School of Music. During those years Govednik took part in all of the Opera McGill main-stage productions starring as Métella in Offenbach’s La vie parisienne, Zita in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Mother, Dragonfly and Squirrel in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, The Old Woman in Bernstein’s Candide, Bianca in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia and The Third Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute, and also interpreted various roles in the OSM's production  L’orchestre enchanté. 

Ms Govednik also appeared as a soloist in Mahler's Das Klagende Lied and Dvořák’s Requiem with the McGill Symphony, Berg’s Altenberglieder and Berio’s Folksongs with the McGill Contemporary Ensemble and Mahler’s Des Knabenwunderhorn with the American International Music School Symphony in Graz, Austria. 

Other engagements include the title-role in Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires with Ponticello ensemble of Ottawa, Lady in Waiting in Pucinni’s Turandot with Opéra de Montréal, Métella in La vie parisienne with SALR of Saguenay, Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with POD Theatre of Montreal, Maria Callas in L’hommage aux Divines with Opéra-théâtre Rimouski, as well as solo parts in Rossini’s La petite messe solennelle with Choeur et ensemble de Joliette, Christmas Oratorio with Orchèstre Symphonique de Longueuil and Vivaldi’s Gloria and the Canadian premiere of Palmeri's  Misa Tango with Musica Viva Vocal Ensemble of Montreal.

Ms Govednik has studied and collaborates with conductors Leslie Dala, Jacque Lacombe, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Alexis Hauser, Julian Wachner, Aleksandar Kalajdzic , Jean-Philippe Tremblay and Jon Washburn, as well stage-directors Mo Zhou, Alain Gauthier, Amiel Gladstone, Jeannette Aster, François Racine, Guillermo-Silva Marin and Eric Chalifour, to name a few.  

Ms Govednik has recently returned to her original love of vocal jazz and improvisation and  can often be heard performing live in Vancouver. She also cultivates traditional Serbian and Balkan repertoire - her arrangements for voice and piano Songs Of Kosovo, as well as the rock-fusion album Byzantine Blue II can be enjoyed online.