Stancu, Antonia Cosmina
No. 53
Voice type: Mezzo-soprano/Alto
Country: 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)
Csajkovszkij: Da, chas nastal! (Igen, itt az idő!) – Jeanne d’Arc áriája Az orléans-i szűzből
Gounod: Plus grand, dans son obscurité – Balkis’ Aria from La reine de Saba
Semi-final
Bellini: Se Romeo l’uccise un figlio – Rómeó áriája a Rómeó és Júliából
Saint-Saëns: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix – Delila áriája a Sámson és Delilából
Final
Donizetti: O mio Fernando – Leonóra áriája A kegyencnőből
Bizet: Chanson Bohémienne (Les tringles des sistres tintaient) – Carmen áriája a Carmenből
Csajkovszkij: Podrugi milyye (Barátaim, vigyázzatok rám) – Paulina románca A pikk dámából