Curriculum Vitae – NICOLETA ARDELEAN
Born in Satu Mare, soprano Nicoleta Ardelean graduates “G. Dima” Music
Academy in Cluj-Napoca: in 1997 – the Faculty of Musical Pedagogy, and in 1999 –
the Faculty of Vocal Interpretation. In the year 2000 she graduates Master’s Degree
in Vocal Interpretation.
She is a Laureate (the Grand Award) at the “Sabin Dragoi” National Vocal
Interpretation Contest in Timisoara – 1999 and the “Hariclea Darclee” International
Canto Contest (the third place) – Braila, 1999. In the year 2000 she is a Laureate (“N.
Bretan” Award) at the “Nicolae Bretan” International Vocal Interpretation Contest in
Cluj-Napoca and the International Canto Contest in Bilbao, Spain (the second place
and the Musical Critics Award). In the year 2001, following her international debut on
the stage of the Strasbourg Opera House, she receives an “Award that recognizes
the artistic talent” from the European Foundation for Culture, affiliated to the
European Parliament.
Roles performed:
L'AFRICAINE: Inèz
Opéra National du Rhin
BEATRICE DI TENDA: Beatrice
Teatro alla Scala Milano
LA BOHEME: Mimi
Opéra de Marseille;
Opera de Constanta, Romania
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI: Giulietta
Savonlinna Festival;
Teatro Municipal Santiago, Chile
CARMEN : Micaela
Teatro alla Scala Milano;
Opéra National du Rhin;
Oper Leipzig;
Opera National Bucharest -Enescu Festival;
Teatro Municipal Santiago, Chile;
Opera National Zagreb;
Savonlinna Festival Finland
LES CONTES DE HOFFMANN: Antonia
Teatro alla Scala Milano;
Oper Leipzig;
Opéra National du Rhin;
Opéra Royal de Wallonie;
New Israeli Opera
DON GIOVANNI: Donna Anna
Teatro Municipal Santiago, Chile;
Opéra de Rouen;
Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo;
Teatro del Giglio di Lucca;
Teatro Coccia di Novara.
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Lucia
Opéra de Lausanne
Satu-Mare Philharmonic
MOISE ET PHARAON: Anaï
Opéra Royal de Wallonie (concert);
Brussels (concert)
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Contessa
Teatro Municipal Santiago-Chile; Opera
Constanta; Opera Nationala Cluj Napoca
ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Euridice
Teatro Municipal Santiago, Chile
I PAGLIACCI : Nedda
Wiener Staatsoper;
Théâtre du Capitole (concert)
RIGOLETTO: Gilda
Opéra de Lausanne;
Opéra de Vichy;
Opéra de Massy;
Opéra d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse
Opéra Municipal de Toulon;
Canadian Opera Company
TANCREDI: Amenaide
LA TRAVIATA: Violetta
New Israeli Opera;
Madrid-Festival;
Canadian Opera Company;
Opéra National de Bordeaux;
Opera Timisoara;
Teatro delle Muse, Ancona
Opéra de Marseille;
TURANDOT: Liù
Opera Nationala Timisoara
FAUST: Marguerite
Opera Nationala Cluj,
Opera National Bucharest -Enescu Festival;
OTELLO: Desdemona
Conductors with whon she has worked include:
Antonello Allemandi; Mihail Angelov; Maurizio Arena; Paulo Arrivabeni; Christian
Badea; Maurizio Benini; Gari Bertini; Roberto Rizzi Brignolli; Rani Calderon; Daniele
Callegari; Friedrich Chaslang; Will Crutchfield; Jonathan Darlington; Jagues
Delacote; Victor Dumanescu; Jan Latham Koenig; Renato Palumbo; Michel Plasson;
Ari Rasilainen; Guido Johannes Rumstadt; Gheorghe Stanciu; Claude Schnitzler;
Massimiliano Stefanelli; Johannes Wildner; Alberto Zedda.
Directors with she has worked include:
Franco Zeffirelli, Pier Alli; Jean-Claude Auvray; Alfredo Arias; Serge Bennathan ;
Daniel Dollé; Frederich Belier Garcia; Arnaud Bernard; Dimitri Bertman; Luis
Dominguez; Ocnean Draganov; Massimo Gasparon; Alain Guingal; Michael Hampe;
Philipp Himmelmann; Nicolas Joel; Mireille Larroche; Ramón López; Laurent
Lafrague; Maianna Morks; Charles Roubaud; Adriano Sinivia; Gianfranco Ventura;
Francesca Zambello.
In Concert with:
Konzerthausorchester Berlin; Romanian National Orchestra; Romanian Radio
Orchestra; Cluj Napoca Philarmony Orchestra; Cluj Napoca Opera Orchestra; "Dinu
Lipati "Orchestra,etc