Valentina Naforni?a

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Valentina Naforni?a
OR
Naforni?a in 2015
Born ( 1987-06-10 ) 10 June 1987 (age 36)
Cuhne?ti , Moldavian SSR , Soviet Union (now Moldova )
Education National University of Music Bucharest
Occupation Operatic soprano
Years active 2011?present
Website www .nafornita .com

Valentina Naforni?a (also spelled Naforni?? ; born 10 June 1987) is a Moldovan operatic soprano . She is best known for her interpretation of Mozart and bel canto repertoire.

Childhood and studies [ edit ]

Naforni?a was born in Cuhne?ti , Moldova . Interested in music from a young age, she began studying singing, violin and dancing as a child. She went on to graduate from the ?tefan Neaga Music College (high school) in Chi?in?u , Moldova, in 2006, followed by a degree in Opera from the National University of Music in Bucharest , Romania. There, she studied under Eleonora En?chescu and Maria Sl?tinaru-Nistor.

During and following her studies, she began entering vocal competitions, winning the Romanian Orange Prize for Young Musicians, the Hariclea Darclee Competition, and the Young Opera Singers of Europe Competition. [1] In 2011, she won both the Singer of the World and the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Award at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World [2] competition. This marked a turning point in her career.

Career [ edit ]

In September 2011, Naforni?a became a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble, where she made her professional stage debut as Papagena in Die Zauberflote . As a member of the ensemble, she debuted numerous roles including: Musetta ( La boheme ) , [3] Susanna ( Le nozze di Figaro ) [3] Pamina ( Die Zauberflote ) , [3] Adina ( L'elisir d'amore ), [3] Norina ( Don Pasquale )) [3] Gilda ( Rigoletto ) , [3] Zerlina ( Don Giovanni ) , [3] Nayade ( Ariadne auf Naxos ), [3] Clorinda ( Cenerentola ), [3] Oscar ( Un ballo in maschera ) , [3] and Ilia ( Idomeneo ) . [3] Also in Vienna, in February 2013 and 2018, she was chosen as the singer to open the Vienna Opera Ball . [4]

In 2014, she made her debut at the Salzburger Festspiele as Zerlina in Don Giovanni , [5] and in 2016, she made her debut in Paris in the role of Sophie ( Werther ) [6] at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees opposite Juan Diego Florez and Joyce DiDonato . The following season, in September 2017, she made her Opera national de Paris debut as Valencienne in Die lustige Witwe , [7] and returned to the French capital as Servilia ( La clemenza di Tito ) in November 2017, [7] Adina ( L'elisir d'amore) in 2018, [7] and as the title role in Iolanta in 2019. [7]

In 2018, Naforni?a made her debut at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Musetta ( La boheme ) , [7] as well as her role and house debut as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte at the Opera de Lausanne. [7] The later was broadcast on Arte , becoming one of the most viewed operas in 2018 on the channel's online platform.

Other notable debuts include Norina ( Don Pasquale ) in a new production (2015) by Irina Brook with Juan Diego Florez and Michele Pertusi , conducted by Jesus Lopez Cobos . She was invited twice to perform in the televised Christmas in Vienna concert in 2015 and 2018, [8] broadcast on ORF III and Arte . In 2017, she made her house debut at the Staatsoper Hamburg as Adina. [9]

Highlights of her 2019/20 season include a role debut as Helena in Britten 's A Midsummer Night's Dream [10] , Norina in Don Pasquale [11] , Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro [12] and a role debut as Irina in Tri Sestri , [13] all at the Vienna State Opera , [14] and Adina in L'elisir d'amore at the Opera de Lausanne and the Nationaltheater Mannheim . [15]

Her debut album will be released on 10 January 2020. [ needs update ]

Naforni?a has sung a version of the popular Romanian folk song " Cant? cucu-n Bucovina " ("Sings the Cuckoo in Bukovina"). [16]

Personal life [ edit ]

In 2021 Valentina divorced her husband, baritone Mihai Dogotari. She is the patron of CCF Moldova, [17] an organization which helps kids in need in her native Moldova .

Recordings [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Valentina Naforni??" . Opera national de Paris . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  2. ^ "BBC - BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2011 - Moldova: Valentina Naforni??" . BBC . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Valentina Naforni?a\publisher=Vienna State Opera" . Retrieved 2019-08-02 . [ dead link ]
  4. ^ "Valentina Nafornita - Hilbert Artists Management" . www.hilbert.de . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  5. ^ "Salzburger Festspiele | Biografie Valentina Nafornita" . archive.salzburgerfestspiele.at . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  6. ^ "Gesichter NRW - Kulturserver NRW" . www.kulturserver-nrw.de . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Engagements" . operabase.com . Retrieved 2019-08-02 . [ dead link ]
  8. ^ " "Christmas in Vienna" ? Konzert mit Erod und Nafornita" . Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). 24 September 2018 . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  9. ^ " L'elisir d'amore , Gaetano Donizetti, Valentina Nafornita, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Hamburgische Staatsoper" . Klassik begeistert (in German). 2017-04-07 . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  10. ^ " A Midsummer Night's Dream " . upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at (in German). Vienna State Opera . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  11. ^ " Don Pasquale " . upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at (in German). Vienna State Opera . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  12. ^ " Le nozze di Figaro " . upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at (in German). Vienna State Opera . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  13. ^ " Tri Sestri ( Drei Schwestern )" . upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at (in German). Vienna State Opera . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  14. ^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream" . upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at (in German). Vienna State Opera . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  15. ^ "Nationaltheater Mannheim ? Der Liebestrank " . nationaltheater-mannheim.de . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  16. ^ "VIDEO // "Cant? cucu-n Bucovina", varianta interpretat? de Valentina Naforni??: "Ve?i auzi un cantec trist, dar de mare dor" " . Ziarul Na?ional (in Romanian). 25 May 2020.
  17. ^ "CCF Moldova" . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  18. ^ Snowcap, Bureau347 &. "Romance Outhere Music" . outhere-music.com . Retrieved 2020-01-14 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link )
  19. ^ "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (Blu-ray Disc) ? jpc" . www.jpc.de (in German) . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
  20. ^ "Hans Zimmer: The World Of Hans Zimmer ? A Symphonic Celebration (2 CDs) ? jpc.de" . www.jpc.de (in German) . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .

External links [ edit ]

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