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Princess Marthe Bibesco
Ana Blandiana
Smaranda Braescu
Madelene “Madi” Cancicov
Nina Cassian
Elena Ceausescu
Ioana Celibidache
Queen Elisabeth of Romania
Princess Gregoire Ghica
Princess Ileana of Romania
Dora D’Istria
Monica Lovinescu
Ileana Malancioiu
Queen Marie of Romania
Dr. Agnes Kelly Murgoci
Mabel Nandris
Countess Anna de Noailles
Ana Novac
Oana Orlea
Ana Pauker
Marta Petreu
Elisabeta Rizea of Nucsoara
Sanda Stolojan
Leontina Vaduva
Anca Visdei
Sabina Wurmbrand
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Leontina Vaduva
Soprano, exile, (b. 1964, Romania),
resident of France
Fulfillment:
“The Romanian artist can only fulfil itself abroad”.
(Interview to a Romanian newspaper, 2001)
Positive Discrimination:
“I am sorry when I see that the Romanians are willing
to pay huge amounts of money to bring foreign singers to Romania,
yet, at the same time they expect the Romanian singers to perform
for free. They simply want to save monies when it comes to the
Romanians. But when they deal instead with Domingo, Carreras,
or Pavarotti, they would do anything. Why? We have presently
Romanian singers abroad perhaps on par with the big names, yet
they are offered only a fraction of the going rate for the big
stars, to come and perform on the stage of the Romanian Opera.
(Interview to a Romanian newspaper, 2001)
Opera:
“In general the state of the Opera reflects the economic
health of the country. Who might be interested in being patrons
of the Arts? The rich people in Romania are rich only for themselves.
We lack the culture of the Patronage in Romania. The sponsors,
instead of paying the earth for Pavarotti would do better paying
for the sheet music, the costumes and the salaries of musicians.
The vain-glorious feeling of paying for a star to come over
be it even of Pavarotti’s fame does not make sense when
the Romanian cultural scene is in doldrums”. (Interview
to a Romanian newspaper, 2001)
Biography:
Since Leontina Vaduva’s debut on
the stage of the Toulouse Opera House, in 1987, her rise to
success was meteoric: she was acclaimed successively at the
Royal Opera House Covent Garden (1988), at Vienna Staatsoper
(1991) and again at Covent garden in 1994. This followed with
her American debut with San Francisco Opera in 1996, adding
to the series of her performances on the stages of Munich, Paris,
Brussels, Barcelona, the Scala Milano and the New York’s
Metropolitan Opera. Her debut at the Metropolitan, in 2000,
was in the role of Mimi in La Boheme. This was followed by the
Los Angeles Opera (Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust), in the
year 2000 and and again at the opera in Baltimore in 2001.
Leontina Vaduva is a resident of France where she was honoured,
in 1999, with the Legion d’Honneur. (Chevalier de L'Ordre
des Arts et Lettres).
For her performance of Manon she received in 1988 the Laurence
Olivier Award.
Credits:
Mimi, “LA BOHEME “(San Francisco
Opera, 1996)
“Romeo and Juliette”, 1995
Susanna, in Mozart’s “le Nozze di Figaro”
Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore,
Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale,
Gilda in Verdi's “Rigoletto”
Antonia, in Offenbach’s “Hoffman’s Tales”
Manon, in Jules Massenet’s “Manon Lascaux” (Covent
Garden, 1988)
Michaela in Bizet’s “Carmen”
Marguerite in Gounot’s “Faust” (Los Angeles)
Leila in Bizet’s “Les Pecheurs de perles”
Bruxelles, unde cant in Nunta lui Figaro de Mozart.
Tokio cu Manon Lescaut
Metropolitan, in 2000, was in the role of Mimi in La Boheme.
Baltimore in 2001, Mimi in La Boheme
Discography:
In 1995 she made her debut recording for EMI Classics, of Mimì
in Puccini's La Bohème. The recording released in September
1996 features a formidable cast of international opera stars:
Roberto Alagna as Rodolfo, Thomas Hampson as Marcello, Simon
Keelyside as Schaunard, Samuel Ramey as Colline and Ruth Ann
Swenson as Musetta. The Philharmonia Orchestra is conducted
by Antonio Pappano.
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Performer: Leontina Vaduva, Roberto Alagna, et al.
Orchestra: London Voices, London Oratory Junior Choir
Label: EMI
Catalogue Number: CDS5561202
Released: 16 September, 1996
Audio CD DDD
Number of Discs: 2
ASIN: B000002RWC
Puccini: La Bohème [ENHANCED]
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Performer: Leontina Vaduva, Roberto Alagna, et al.
Orchestra: London Voices, London Oratory Junior Choir
Label: EMI
Catalogue Number: CDS5561202
Released: 16 September, 1996
Audio CD DDD
Number of Discs: 2
ASIN: B000002RWC
Leontina Vaduva's latest release for EMI Classics is a recital
disc of opera arias, conducted by Placido Domingo.
Gold and Silver Gala: From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
(1996)
Romeo Et Juliette (1995)
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