Alexandru, Aghenie
No. 1
Voice type: Baritone/Bass-baritone
Country: Romania
Date of birth: 23 April, 1985
After finishing the Music High School of Sfântu Gheorghe in 2004 Alexandru Aghenie continued his studies at the Academy of Music Transylvania in Brașov. He also graduated from the National Academy of Music in Bucharest in 2010.
In 2012 he appeared on stage in various performances in Italy, for example at the Teatro Sociale di Stradella, Teatro Lirico di Magenta, Teatro Sociale di Como and Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna. These performances included operas such as La traviata by Verdi, Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti and Il trovatore by Verdi as well as opera concerts. Recently, he played Silvio from Pagliacci by Leoncavallo and Gianni Schicchi from Puccini's opera at the Brașov Opera House in 2012 and 2013.
Alexandru Aghenie has won several prizes at singing competitions in Piatra Neamț (Romania), Manfredonia (Italy) and Bucharest (Romania).
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt F.: Oh! Quand je dors (V. Hugo)
G. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - Cruda funesta smania… La pietà de…
G. Puccini: Edgar - Questo amor, vergogna mia
Semi-final
R. Leoncavallo: Zazà - Zazà, piccola zingara
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin - Kagda bne bati
Final
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Iolanta - Kto mojet sravnitsa's Motildoi moei
G. Verdi: Il trovatore - Tutto è deserto... Il balen del suo sorriso
Ch. Gounod: Faust - Avant de quitter ces lieux