Olga Busuioc (born 1986) is a Moldovan soprano, currently based in Germany.[1][2]

Olga Busuioc
Born1986
Occupation(s)Musician
Soprano
Years active2011–present
Websiteolgabusuioc.com

Biography edit

Busuioc was born into a musical family.[3] Her mother Tatiana is a soloist with the Chisinau National Opera,[4] who often took her young daughter with her to performances.[5] Her father is the tenor Nicolae Busuioc.[6] She attended the Stefan Neaga as a chorus conductor, her professor was Oleg Constantinov. Music Academy and the State Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chisinau, where she studied singing with her mom Tatiana Busuioc. After graduating in 2010, she completed a two-year post-graduate course at the Bel Canto Academy in Modena, Italy where she studied with Mirella Freni.[7]

Awards edit

In 2011, she reached second place in the Operalia competition held in Moscow,[8] where she was also awarded the Zarzuela Prize.[9]

She was a finalist at the Hans Gabor Belvedere competition in Vienna.[10][11] She won the Francesc Viñas Singing Competition in Barcelona in January 2012.[12] In July she featured as one of the special prize winners at the Premi Extraordinari Festival Castell de Perelada in Barcelona, Spain.[13] In 2013 she was awarded first place in Stanisław Moniuszko Singing Competition in Warsaw.[14]

DVDs \ Recordings 2018 Madama Butterfly ( Glyndebourne Festival ) DVD Opus Arte

Repertoire edit

Puccini

La Bohème, Mimi

Manon Lescaut, Title role

Turandot, Liu

Madama Butterfly, Title role

G. Verdi

  Don Carlos , Elisabeth

Otello, Desdemona

Simon Boccanegra, Amelia

• Requiem

A. Boito

Mefistofele, Margherita/Elena

P.I Tchaikovsky

Iolanta, Title role

Eugene Onegin, Tatyana

J.Bizet

Carmen, Micaela

Cilea

Adriana Lecouvreur, Title role

W.A Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro, Contessa Almaviva

Offenbach

Les contes d’Hoffmann, Antonia/Giulietta

J. Massenet

Manon, Title role

Poulenc

• Gloria

Felicien David

Herculanum

References edit

  1. ^ Tataru, Nadia (7 February 2012). "Interviu exclusiv cu soprana Olga Busuioc". Timpul - Ştiri din Moldova (in Romanian). Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  2. ^ "Management biography". IOA-Management. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  3. ^ "O voce "de valută": dacă nu deveneam soprană, tot soprană aș fi devenit | ea.md". ea.md (in Romanian). 17 November 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  4. ^ "Tatiana Busuioc - Opera Scotland". www.operascotland.org. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  5. ^ "Tatiana şi Olga Busuioc: "Noi am creat relaţia de 3 ori mai puternică , relaţia "mamă-fiică-prietenă""!". Unica.md (in Romanian). 8 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  6. ^ "NICOLAE BUSUIOC biography". www.nationalopera.md. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  7. ^ "Olga Busuioc - soprana care a dus faima Moldovei în întreaga lume - Impact". Impact (in Romanian). 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  8. ^ Ng, David (2011-07-25). "Placido Domingo announces Operalia winners in Moscow". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  9. ^ Full list of 2011 awards given at the Operalia competition.
  10. ^ "Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition: Rathaus Final review". vonheuteaufmorgen.blogspot.co.uk. July 2012. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  11. ^ "Participants of the Finals". belvedere-singing-competition.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  12. ^ "La soprano moldava Olga Busuioc gana el Concurso de Canto Francesc Viñas". El Pais (in Spanish). 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  13. ^ "Peralada » 2012 » juliol". blog.peralada.org. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  14. ^ "Wiadomości - Śpiewając Moniuszkę - wyszli zwycięsko ! Laureaci Konkursu już znani - Kulturalna Warszawa". Kultruralna Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 2016-11-02.

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