Liliana Nikiteanu

Liliana Nikiteanu (born October 10, 1962 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

Life

After graduating from the Bucharest Music Academy in 1986, she began her career at the Galati Music Theater. In 1989 she came to Vienna from Romania . Since 1991 she has been a member of the Zurich Opera House . Her steep career brought her as a guest in opera houses such as: Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Barcelona, Hamburg, Dresden, Paris or in major festivals such as: Salzburg Summer and Easter Festival , Aix-en-Provence , Montpellier , Bregenz and La Coruna . It has an immense repertoire: it contains over 60 roles, including: Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss , Carmen by Georges Bizet , Jezibaba in Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák , Margarete in La damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz and Ljubascha in Die Zarenbraut by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov . In addition, ten Mozart parts, Thérèse by Jules Massenet , Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Fricka in Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner .

As a concert singer she sings a repertoire from Bach to Berio. Among other things, she sang in Paris Cité de la musique Les nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz with Heinz Holliger , Mozart's Requiem in Sao Paulo under John Neshling, the concert aria Berenice in Bamberg with Ádám Fischer , Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem in Copenhagen with Aldo Ceccato, in Zurich Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Zubin Mehta , Gioachino Rossini's Stabat Mater under Nello Santi and the Mass in C major by Mozart, together with Franz Welser-Möst in the Basilica St. Pietro in Rome, at the 500-year-old Swiss -Guard celebration where the mass by Pope Benedict XVI. has been celebrated. Liliana Nikiteanu sings with conductors such as Claudio Abbado , John Eliot Gardiner , William Christie , René Jacobs , Philippe Jordan , Zubin Mehta and Nicolae Moldoveanu.

She has made many live recordings with the Zurich Opera, including:

Mozart's Da Ponte trilogy directed by Jürgen Flimm and Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the conductor's desk ,

Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten ,

Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck - both under Welser-Möst, or

Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni under Stefano Ranzzani directed by Grischa Asagaroff.

She won numerous singing awards:

Marianne Koller: Liliana Nikiteanu . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1325 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Nikiteanu, Liliana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bucharest