Ion Buzea
Ion Buzea (born August 14, 1934 in Cluj ) is a Romanian opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
After graduating from high school, he studied geology and mining. At the same time he began to train his voice with Lya Popp in Cluj and later with Luigi Ricci in Rome.
He made his debut at the Cluj Opera in 1958 as Alfredo in La traviata . Shortly afterwards he won the George Enescu singing competition and moved to the Opera Națională Bucureşti . The path soon led him to the Vienna State Opera and on to all the major opera houses in the world.
The focus of his large stage repertoire was heroic roles from the Italian, French, German and Slavic repertoire. He also devoted himself to extensive concert activities.
Numerous recordings were made, as well as film and television appearances.
Discography
- Verdi: Rigoletto (complete recording) (recording Bucharest 1965), 1999
- Verdi: La Traviata (complete recording Bucharest 1968), 1999
- Pure Classical Gold, 2003
Verdi: Excerpts from Rigoletto -Falcon L-St 7048 P 1966
literature
- KJ Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A – L, Sp. 415 f., ISBN 3-907820-70-3
- Paul Suter: Ion Buzea . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 315.
Web links
- Ion Buzea in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Ion Buzea's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
- Ion Buzea Official Website
- Ion buzea in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ion Buzea at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buzea, Ion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cluj |