Stancu, Antonia Cosmina

Voice: Mezzo-soprano / Alto

Country of birth: Romania

Date of birth: 8 May 1993

After finishing her instruction at the George Enescu Secondary School of Music, she was accepted at the Vocal studies department of the National University of Music Bucharest under the tutelage of Cristina Şoreanu. She has taken part in the masterclasses of Toma Popescu, Maria Diaconu, Elisabeth Lund, Vasile Moldoveanu, Marina Krilovici, Stefano, Sylvia Greenberg Giannini and Nelly Miricioiu. She is the award winner of numerous singing competitions, among others she won first prize of The Competitionfor young Opera Singers of Europe Aslico, Italy and was the winner of both the Grand Prize and the first prize of the  Victor Giuleanu National Music Competition. She has sung the part of Dorabella in Cosí fan tutte, that of Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Flora in La Traviata and Maddalena in Rigoletto.   

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

Liszt: Die drei Zigeuner (N. Lenau)

Tchaikovsky: Da, chas nastal! (Yes, the time has come!) – Joan of Arc’s Aria from The Maid of Orléans

Gounod: Plus grand, dans son obscurité – Balkis’ Aria from La reine de Saba

Semi-final

Bellini: Se Romeo l’uccise un figlio – Romeo’s Aria from I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Saint-Saëns: Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix – Dalila’s Aria from Samson et Dalila

Final

Donizetti: O mio Fernando – Léonore de Guzman’s Aria from La favorite

Bizet: Chanson Bohémienne (Les tringles des sistres tintaient) – Carmen’s Aria from Carmen

Tchaikovksy: Podrugi milyye (My friends, take heed of me) – Pauline’s Romance from The Queen of Spades