Leontina Văduva

Leontina Văduva , actually Liliana Ciobanu , (born November 29, 1960 in Roșiile , Vâlcea district ) is a Romanian- French opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Leontina Văduva was born under the name Liliana Ciobanu as the daughter of the Romanian folklore singer Maria Ciobanu . She joined with her mother in numerous TV shows and completed her studies at the Conservatory of Music in Bucharest from before she left Romania 1984th In 1985 she won the first prize for singing of the city of Toulouse and made her debut in the same year at the Théâtre du Capitole with the role of Manon in the opera of the same name by Jules Massenet under the direction of Michel Plasson .

Manon became her star role with which she celebrated great success in Paris , Vienna and Tokyo . With the French repertoire she made guest appearances all over Europe. She celebrated further successes with the Italian repertoire. Her performance of Mimi in La Bohème brought her to the stages of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City . She sang with Susanna in Figaro's wedding in Toulouse and earned great recognition.

Awards

• 1987 First prize at the Toulouse International Singing Competition
• 1989 Music Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS), London
• Laurence Olivier Prize
• Holder of the Chevalier de l ' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Web links

• Leontina Vaduva at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Leontina Văduva at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Profile of Leontina Văduva at the artist agency Stafford Law

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Realitatea from October 15, 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 25, 2010 (Romanian)  
2. ^ List of the RPS award winners , accessed on February 25, 2011