Marina Krilovici (born 11 June 1942[1]) is a German opera soprano of Romanian birth. She first studied with Mme Vrabiescu-Vatianu, Arta Florescu, Petre Ştefănescu Goangă, Aurel Alexandrescu in Bucharest, then with Maria Caniglia and Luigi Ricci in Rome. Debut in 1966 at the National Opera of Bucharest as Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni". In the same year she was winner of the Dutch International Vocal Competition in ´s Hertogenbosch and another competition in Montreal. She arrived at the Opera of Bucharest to major achievements in lots from the lyric as the dramatic roles, especially in the field of Italian opera. From 1968-1976 she was a member of the State Opera of Hamburg. In 1971, she decided to defect and settle in Germany.[2]
In 1973 Krilovici became a German citizen. The artist, who was married to the baritone Kostas Paskalis[3] until 1993 (with whom she has two children, Constantin b. 1974, and Alexandra b. 1977)[4] has performed at numerous Opera houses. In 1968 and 1969 she was heard at the Opera House in Toronto as Tosca. In the years 1970-1978 she appeared at the Staatsoper in Vienna in roles like Santuzza, Tosca, and Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlos. In 1972 she performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Santuzza. Other guest appeatances at La Fenice in Venice (1971 as Tosca), the Covent Garden Opera London (1971, Aida), the Teatro San Carlos Lisbon (1975 as Manon Lescaut and 1978 as Tosca), the Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg (1976, Tatiana in "Eugene Onegin"), the Opera de Monte Carlo (1979, Elisabetta), La Monnaie (1979, Amelia in Donizetti's "Il Duca d'Alba"), and the Scottish Opera in Glasgow (1980, Tosca). In 1985-1986 she made a guest appearance at the Opéra de Wallonie Liege as Tosca. Also a guest in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Mexico City and 1982-85 at the opera several times in Athens, where she sang Leonore in "La forza del destino" by Verdi.
Even in America Krilovici had a very successful career, making her debut there in 1972 at the San Francisco Opera as Aida, From 1972-1974 she sang at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Mimi and as Cio-Cio-San. She sang at the Opera House of New Orleans in 1975 as Tosca and appeared at Miami Opera in 1979 as Elisabetta in "Don Carlos". In the seasons 1973-1974 and 1975-1977 she was engaged at the New York Metropolitan Opera where she sang Cio-Cio-San, Giorgetta in Puccini's "Il Tabarro", and Leonora in "Il Trovatore".