Olga Busuioc

Olga Busuioc
Born 1986
Republic of Moldova
Occupation Musician
Soprano
Years active 2011–present
Website olgabusuioc.com

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

Biography

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 Music Academy and the State Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chisinau, where she studied singing.[7] After graduating in 2010, she completed a one-year post-graduate course at the Bel Canto Academy in Modena, Italy where studied under Mirella Freni.[7]

Career

Since her professional debut in 2011, she has performed in several operas at National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova,[8] mostly during the September Festival season.[9] She made her successful international debut in La Boheme at the Hungarian State Opera in 2011.[10] After this she followed the performances “Iolanta” P.I Tchaikovsky and Tatiana in “Eugene Oneghin”, she has distinguished herself by the Puccini’s repertoire.

She participated in the Concerts of Honor of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena (both in 2010 and 2011).[11] Kirsten Flagstad Festival in Norway, “ Peralada “ in Spain , also at festivals in Moskow , Sankt-Petersburg, Warsaw, Budapest. She performed in the solo-concert winner of “ Francisc Vinas “ competition,Summer festival Peralada in Girona .She sang with the Chamber Music Concert with Rossini program, she performed in a Lyric Gala at the Teatro Bonci in Cesena, and in numerous other concerts in Italy. In 6 December 2015 she part of the cast of Cavalleria rusticana performed at the National Opera in Chisinau.[12]

In May 2016 she featured twice as Mimi in La Bohème performed by the Los Angeles Opera.[13][14] In September she featured as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin performed in Chisnau.[15] In October 2016 she featured as Lilia, one of the lead roles in the grand opera Herculanum by Felicien David, directed by Jean-Luc Tingaud.[16][17] A review in the Guardian marked her performance 'memorable',[18] while the Irish Times cited her as the 'edgy and excitable Lilia' and noted her duet with Andrew Haji's Helios as one of the highlights.[19]

Repertoire

Her repertoire also includes Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Liu in Turandot, Micaela in Carmen and the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Desdemona “ Otello “ and Michaela “ Carmen “, Musetta „La Boheme”, Lilia „Herculanum „The last engagements was Mimì in La Bohème in Los Angeles Opera, the title role Manon Lescaut in Valencia , and Cio-Cio- San in “ Madame Butterfly “ in Bologna. In October 2016, she performed the title role In French opera Herculanum in Wexford Festival Ireland. Mimi “La Boheme “ In Teatro di San carlo Naples, title role in Eugene Oneghin ,Teatr Wielki Warsaw, and Michaela (Carmen) Teatro Real Madrid.

Awards

She is the recipient of a number of awards. In 2011, she reached second place in the Operalia competition held in Moscow,[20] where she was also awarded the Zarzuela Prize.[21]

She was a finalist at the Hans Gabor Belvedere competition in Vienna.[22][23] She won the Francesc Viñas Singing Competition in Barcelona in January 2012.[24] In July she featured as a one of the special prize winners at the Premi Extraordinari Festival Castell de Perelada in Barcelona, Spain.[25] In 2013 she was awarded first place in Stanisław Moniuszko Singing Competition in Warsaw.[26]

In 2014 she was arwarded the third prize in 27th edition of the Iris Adami Corradetti International Singing Competition.[10]

Personal life

Busuioc is married to Igor Stribiţki, singer with the Moldovan group Akord.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Olga Busuioc - soprana care a dus faima Moldovei în întreaga lume - Impact". Impact (in Romanian). 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  8. ↑ "National Opera and Ballet - listing March 2012". artinfinit.md. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  9. ↑ "Spectacole de excepție la Festivalul International de Opera si Balet "Maria Biesu", ediția a XXIII-a (PROGRAMUL/VIDEO)". realitatea.md. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  10. 1 2 "XXVII Concorso Lirico Internazionale Iris Adami Corradetti 2014 | Padova Cultura". padovacultura.padovanet.it. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  11. ↑ "Stage Door - Olga Busuioc". www.stagedoor.it. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  12. ↑ "Cavalleria rusticana". www.nationalopera.md. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  13. ↑ Nockin, Maria (30 May 2016). "Opera Today : La bohème, LA Opera". www.operatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  14. ↑ Schnell, Richard S. (15 May 2016). "L.A. Opera delivers some Parisian déjà vu in 'La Bohème'". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  15. ↑ "Piesa „Evgheni Oneghin", interpretată în cadrul Festivalul Internaţional de Operă şi Balet „Maria Bieşu"". Jurnal.md. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  16. ↑ "Felicien David's Herculanum, Opera on 3 - BBC Radio 3". BBC. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  17. ↑ Christiansen, Rupert (31 October 2016). "Herculanum was a long lost opera, and should have stayed that way - review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  18. ↑ Hall, George (2016-10-28). "Herculanum/Vanessa review – Wexford makes a strong case for Barber's uneven opera". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  19. ↑ Dervan, Michael (29 October 2016). "Herculanum review: all smoke, no fire". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  20. ↑ Ng, David (2011-07-25). "Placido Domingo announces Operalia winners in Moscow". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  21. ↑ Full list of 2011 awards given at the Operalia competition.
  22. ↑ "Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition: Rathaus Final review". vonheuteaufmorgen.blogspot.co.uk. July 2012. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  23. ↑ "Participants of the Finals". belvedere-singing-competition.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  24. ↑ "La soprano moldava Olga Busuioc gana el Concurso de Canto Francesc Viñas". El Pais (in Spanish). 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  25. ↑ "Peralada » 2012 » juliol". blog.peralada.org. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  26. ↑ "Wiadomości - Śpiewając Moniuszkę - wyszli zwycięsko ! Laureaci Konkursu już znani - Kulturalna Warszawa". Kultruralna Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 2016-11-02.

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