Leontina Vaduva

Leontina Văduva born 1 December 1960 is a Romanian soprano Born in Roșiile she studied at the Bucharest Conservatory 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 Leontina Vaduva is the daughter of the Romanian popular music singer Maria Ciobanu 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 Chicago Cologne Vienna and Paris Her discography includes Rigoletto 1993 Les contes dHoffmann as Antonia with Roberto Alagna conducted by Kent Nagano 199496 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 Source Article Leontina Vaduva from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30