Elena Moșuc

Born in Iași, Moșuc was educated at the George Enescu National University of Arts. Before completing her studies in 1990, she made her opera debut at the Iași Romanian National Opera in the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute.[3] In the same year, she won the first prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, which opened the way for an international career.[1]

At the Zürich Opera House, she appeared in various roles, among others as the Queen of the Night, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Linda in Linda di Chamounix, Elvira in I puritani, Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La traviata, Luisa in Luisa Miller, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Aminta/Timidia in Die schweigsame Frau, Musetta in La bohème, Micaëla in Carmen, Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, Liù in Puccini's Turandot, Medora in Il corsaro, Nedda in Pagliacci, Mrs. Alice Ford in Falstaff, Stella, Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann.[3]

In October 2010, Moșuc made her US debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, sharing the role with Anna Christy.[4] In October 2011, she opened the season at the Dallas Opera in the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor.[5]

Moșuc received many prestigious prizes. In 1991, she won the international Monte-Carlo music competition, followed by the European Furtherance Prize for Music, in 1993, and the Premio Bellini d' Oro, in Catania, in 1995. In 2002, Moșuc received the Premio Zenatello di Verona, and in 2004 the Premio Verdi di Modena and the Premio Verdi di Verona.[6] In 2009, Moșuc was the first soprano in Eastern Europe to receive the international award Siola d'oro.[7]

In 2005, Moșuc was appointed an Officer of the Arts by the Romanian presidency. She received Romania's "Woman of the Year" award in 2009. In the same year, she received her doctor's degree in music science at the National University of Music Bucharest. In 2010, Elena Moșuc became honorary citizen of her native city Iași.[6] In 2015, she received the Grand Prize of the National Operas of Romania.[8]

In 2019, Elena Moșuc has been awarded with the International Opera Awards - Oscar della Lirica - as the world's best soprano of the year.[9]

• Notre Amour – French and Romanian songs (with texts and translations): George Enescu – Sept chansons de Clement Marot Op. 15; Ernest Chausson – 5 chansons; Claude Debussy – Nuit d'Étoiles; Gabriel Fauré – 6 chansons; Diamandi Gheciu – Si daca...; Sabin Drăgoi – Crizanteme; Carmen Petra Basacopol – Zoril-si mana cerbii de foc; Vasile Spătărelu – Somnoroase pasarele; Felicia Donceanu – Note de primavara; Pascal Bentoiu – April; Mihail Jora – Primavara; Tiberiu Brediceanu – Floricica de pe apa Doina Stancutei. Achim Stoia – Cand treci, bade, pe la noi; Eduard Caudella – Ochi albastri-s dragalasi. With Sabine Vatin, piano. Arte Nova Voices 2002[10]
• Donizetti Heroines[11][12]

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