Maria Biesu
Balla Sándor


Education

1982–1994: Târgu Mureș Music High School

1994–1999: Bachelor's Degree from the Faculty of Music, Brașov, clarinet section, professor: Daniel Theodoru

2004: Graduate of Gheorghe Dima Conservatory, Cluj-Napoca, vocal section, professor: Alexandru Farcaș

Professional Experience

1998–2000: Lyric artist in the choir of the Lyrical Theatre Brașov

2000–2006: Lyric artist, choir member, and soloist at the Târgu Mureș State Philharmonic

2006–2011: Vocal soloist at Elena Teodorini Lyrical Theatre

2011: Soloist at the Hungarian Opera, Cluj-Napoca

Repertoire

Opera

G. Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor - Enrico Ashton

G. Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Figaro, Fiorello

F. von Suppé - Giovanni Boccaccio - Boccaccio

P. I. Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin - Gremin

G. Verdi - La Traviata - Germont

G. Verdi - Falstaff - Falstaff

G. Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Sharpless

R. Leoncavallo - Pagliacci - Silvio

G. Donizetti - Don Pasquale - Malatesta

G. Donizetti - The Elixir of Love - Belcore

G. Verdi - A Masked Ball - Renato

H. Berlioz - The Damnation of Faust - Mephistopheles

G. Puccini - La Bohème - Marcello

G. Verdi - Il Trovatore - Count di Luna

G. Rossini - Le Comte Ory - Raimbaud

W. A. Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro - Almaviva

G. Verdi - Joan of Arc - Giacomo

G. Verdi - Rigoletto - Rigoletto

C. Saint-Saëns - Samson and Delilah - The High Priest of Dagon

Vocal-Symphonic

C. Orff - Carmina Burana

F. Schubert - Mass in G (bass solo)

W. A. Mozart - Requiem (bass solo)

G. Puccini - Messa di Gloria (baritone solo)

G. Fauré - Requiem (baritone solo)

B. Britten - War Requiem

D. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13

Masterclasses

2000: Corneliu Murgu (Brașov)

2000: Mariana Nicolesco (Brașov)

1999: Gh. Roșu (Brașov)

Arias and song recitals in: Austria, France, Spain, the United States, Hungary.
Conductors collaborated with: Misa Katz, Cristian Mandeal, Marius Hristescu, Alexandru Iosub, Florian George Zamfir, Emil Maxim, Horváth József, Florentin Mihăescu, Leonard Dumitriu, Jankó Zsolt.

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«National Theatre of Opera and Ballet "Maria Biesu"»