C RISTINA P ASAROIU – Soprano “Highly intense stage and musical presence”, “poignant low notes, high notes and passage work, enormous stamina and nuanced expression” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Cristina Pasaroiu has been celebrated at many of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, concert halls and festivals. Cristina Pasaroiu was born in and began her singing studies when she was 12 years old at the Music College “Dinu Lipatti” of her hometown, then she continued her studies at the Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” in with Maestro Vittorio Terranova. In 2009 she graduated at the “Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst” in Wien and entered the Young Artist Program of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, where she worked with Dolora Zajick and Jaume Aragall. In Bologna she made her stage debut, at the age of 21, as Magda in La rondine , and there she interpreted also for the first time Micaela in Carmen , working with , and Mimì in La bohème . In 2014 she made her company debut at Garn Teatre del de , in the title role of Puccini’s Suor Angelica . One of her most acclaimed interpretation is the role of Violetta Valery in , that she has already performed at Tiroler Festpiele in Erl, under the baton of Gustav Kuhn, at Bucharest National Opera, in Temeswar, at Oper Frankfurt and at Opéra de Nice. Other highlights of her carreer include great primadonna roles such as the title role of Adriana Lecouvreur (Frankfurt Opera, Opéra de Nice), Rachel in (Opéra de Nice, conducted by Frédéric Chaslin), Magda in La rondine (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Micaela in Carmen (Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Bregenz Festival), Leila in Les pêcheurs de perles (Tel Aviv), Mimì in La bohème (Opera di Roma at Terme di Caracalla, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brasil, ), Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (Vlaamse Opera), Desdemona in Verdi’s (Frankfurt Opera), Contessa d’Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro (St.Gallen), Gilda in (Essen and Wiesbaden) and her successful debut in all the four leading roles in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann , in a new production at Deutsche Oper Berlin. On the concert side, Cristina Pasaroiu has been heard at the Rosenblatt Recital Series, Wigmore Hall in London, and also at Wien Musikverein, Teatro Regio di Parma, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Konzerthaus in Berlin as well as in Beijing, Paris, Sao Paulo, Milan and Florence. She recorded Carmen (Frasquita), alongside Elina Garanca, with Teatro Regio di Torino for the Deutsche Grammophon and La bohème for Magazzini Sonori. LATEST PERFORMANCES : Les Contes d’Hoffmann at Deutsche Oper Berlin, new production; La Bohème (Mimì) at Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen; Handel’s Alcina (title role debut) at Staatstheater Wiesbaden; Carmen at Bregenz Festival; Massenet’s Manon (title role) at Korea National Opera in Seoul; (Liù, role debut) at Deutsche Oper Berlin; Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi) and Massenet’s Manon (title role debut) at Staatstheater Wiesbaden. FORTHCOMING PROJECTS : Carmen at Bayerische Staatsoper ; Alcina and Rigoletto at Staatstheater Wiesbaden; La traviata (Violetta) in Novara; Turandot (Liù) in Budapest; Rigoletto at Savonlinna Festival; Les Contes d’Hoffmann (four roles) in Bogotà and in Seoul; Massenet’s Manon in Tel Aviv and in Wiesbaden; La Bohème in Basel.

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