Opera Singer, Soprano. Mariana Nicolesco was applauded in the largest theaters such as the Teatro alla Scala in Milan where she made her debut on the occasion of the world premiere of Luciano Berio's La Vera Storia in 1982 and then established herself in many new productions, recitals and concerts. Mariana Nicolesco sang in Rome, Florence, Parma, Turin, Venice, Bologna, Palermo, Trieste, Munich, Vienna, Hamburg, Dresden, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Zurich, Paris, Strasbourg, Monte Carlo, Chicago, San Francisco , Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, Boston, New Orleans, Houston, Toronto, Pretoria, Caracas, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro. But also in the most prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Royal Festival Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein in Vienna, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Salle Pleyel in Paris, or the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Then, at the Salzburg Festival, at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, at the Martina Franca Festival, at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. She was the center of attention in memorable productions signed by Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Patrice Chéreau, Luca Ronconi, Gian Carlo Menotti, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Franco Zeffirelli, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Jonathan Miller, under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Thomas Schippers, Peter Maag, Giuseppe Patanè, Alberto Zedda, Colin Davis, Georges Prêtre, Gennadij Rozhdestvensky. Mariana Nicolesco's repertoire covered the span extended from baroque to realism and contemporary music, her absolute reference points being above all Mozart, Verdi and Belcanto. She shines in roles such as Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni", Elettra in "Idomeneo", Vitellia in "La Clemenza di Tito", Cinna in "Lucio Silla", Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Elisabetta I in "Roberto Devereux", Maria di Rohan, Amelia in "Simon Boccanegra" , Desdemona in "Otello", Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in "La Traviata", Leonora in "Il Trovatore", Luisa in "Luisa Miller", Liù in "Turandot", Mimì in "La Bohème", Nedda in "I Pagliacci". In 1997, Nicolesco participated in the world premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's masterpiece Seven Gates of Jerusalem celebrating the 3000th anniversary of the Holy City. Invited by Pope John Paul II, she sings at the first Christmas Concert in the Vatican (1993), which is broadcast worldwide. In Romania, Mariana Nicolesco created the Hariclea Darclée International Singing Festival and Competition in 1995 with the participation of over 2200 young talents from 47 countries and 5 continents to date. In the year between one edition and another of the Competition, it offers Master Classes to aspiring artists. She obtained the UNESCO High Patronage for the Darclée events.
Opera Singer, Soprano. Mariana Nicolesco was applauded in the largest theaters such as the Teatro alla Scala in Milan where she made her debut on the occasion of the world premiere of Luciano Berio's La Vera Storia in 1982 and then established herself in many new productions, recitals and concerts. Mariana Nicolesco sang in Rome, Florence, Parma, Turin, Venice, Bologna, Palermo, Trieste, Munich, Vienna, Hamburg, Dresden, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Zurich, Paris, Strasbourg, Monte Carlo, Chicago, San Francisco , Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, Boston, New Orleans, Houston, Toronto, Pretoria, Caracas, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro. But also in the most prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Royal Festival Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein in Vienna, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Salle Pleyel in Paris, or the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Then, at the Salzburg Festival, at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, at the Martina Franca Festival, at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. She was the center of attention in memorable productions signed by Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Patrice Chéreau, Luca Ronconi, Gian Carlo Menotti, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Franco Zeffirelli, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Jonathan Miller, under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Thomas Schippers, Peter Maag, Giuseppe Patanè, Alberto Zedda, Colin Davis, Georges Prêtre, Gennadij Rozhdestvensky. Mariana Nicolesco's repertoire covered the span extended from baroque to realism and contemporary music, her absolute reference points being above all Mozart, Verdi and Belcanto. She shines in roles such as Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni", Elettra in "Idomeneo", Vitellia in "La Clemenza di Tito", Cinna in "Lucio Silla", Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Elisabetta I in "Roberto Devereux", Maria di Rohan, Amelia in "Simon Boccanegra" , Desdemona in "Otello", Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in "La Traviata", Leonora in "Il Trovatore", Luisa in "Luisa Miller", Liù in "Turandot", Mimì in "La Bohème", Nedda in "I Pagliacci". In 1997, Nicolesco participated in the world premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's masterpiece Seven Gates of Jerusalem celebrating the 3000th anniversary of the Holy City. Invited by Pope John Paul II, she sings at the first Christmas Concert in the Vatican (1993), which is broadcast worldwide. In Romania, Mariana Nicolesco created the Hariclea Darclée International Singing Festival and Competition in 1995 with the participation of over 2200 young talents from 47 countries and 5 continents to date. In the year between one edition and another of the Competition, it offers Master Classes to aspiring artists. She obtained the UNESCO High Patronage for the Darclée events.
Bio by: Ruggero
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