Valentina Naforniţă

Valentina Nafornita was born in Glodeni (Moldova), and studied at the Stefan Neaga Music College in Chişinău, and at the University of Music in Bucharest. As a member of the opera studio of this institution, she for example performed as Norina in Gaetano Donizettis Don Pasquale and as Adina in Donizettis L'elisir d'amore, furthermore, I'd But this in Giacomo Puccinis Gianni Schicchi. She has won several international competitions, among them the Young Opera Singers of Europe to the competition, the Rumanian of the Orange Prize for Young Musicians and the Hariclea Darclee competition. In 2011, the young singer won the renowned BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, she not only won first prize, but also the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Award and was a finalist for the lieder prize. Since 2011 she is member of the ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper-and-found, for example as Lisa (La sonnambula), Papagena, Ein junger Hirt (Tannhäuser), Clorinda (La cenerentola), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Marzelline (Fidelio), hope channel, etc vom Himmel (Don Carlo), Musetta (La Bohème) here.

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