Leontina Vaduva

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Leontina Vaduva [Văduva] (born in Roșiile, on December 1, 1960) is an acclaimed Romanian soprano. She studied at the Bucharest Conservatory and with Ileana Cotrubaș, and debuted in the title role of Manon at Toulouse, in 1987. A recipient of the Laurence Olivier Opera Award, she has often appeared at Covent Garden, in Rigoletto (opposite Ingvar Wixell and Jerry Hadley, 1989), Carmen (as Micaëla, 1991 and 1994), and Roméo et Juliette (1994).

In 2000, Vaduva appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, in six performances of La bohème (as Mimì, with Luis Lima). The soprano has also sung with the companies of Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Cologne, Vienna, and Paris.

Her discography includes Rigoletto (1993), Les contes d'Hoffmann (as Antonia, with Roberto Alagna, conducted by Kent Nagano, 1994-96), La bohème (again with Alagna, led by Sir Antonio Pappano, 1995), and an album of "Opera Arias," conducted by Plácido Domingo (1997). Especially noteworthy is her DVD of Roméo et Juliette, with Alagna, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras and directed by Nicolas Joël (1994).

References

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-280028-0

External links

Leontina Vaduva in an excerpt from Roméo et Juliette (1994).

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 85510876 LCCN: no96006252 ISNI: 0000 0001 0921 6762 GND: 134842057 BNF: cb13977755g

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Name	Vaduva, Leontina
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Short description	Singer
Date of birth	December 1, 1960
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