Adela Zaharia Explained
Adela Zaharia (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /adel'a zaha'ria/; born 1987) is a Romanian operatic soprano. She is currently a soloist at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf.[2] In 2017, Zaharia won first place at the Operalia, The World Opera Competition.[3]
Early life and education
Born in Arad, Romania,[4] [5] Zaharia studied piano from the age of six and later, music theory. She first sang with her church and high school choir.[6]
Silvia Demian the former director of the Sabin Drăgoi College of Art Zaharia studied claimed, the soprano's "lucky star" was meeting Mariana Nicolesco when Zaharia won the National Music Olympiad. [7]
Zaharia earned her bachelor's degree and master's degree, from Gheorghe Dima Music Academy studying voice and piano with Marius Budoiu.[8] [9]
Career
Zaharia made her debut in 2010[10] with the Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca as Gilda in Rigoletto, followed by Norina in Don Pasquale, Musetta in La bohème, and Michaela in Carmen.[11]
From 2012 to 2014 Zaharia was an ensemble member of the Komische Oper Berlin,[12] where she performed as Musetta (La bohème), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) and Micaëla (Carmen). Other roles include Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Norina's (Don Pasquale) and Gilda's (Rigoletto) repertoire. Since the 2015/16 season, Zaharia has been a member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where she performed as Snow Queen in The Snow Queen, Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos[13] Lucia di Lammermoor,[14] [15] Konstanze (Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio), (Mozart's Don Giovanni)[16] among others. In the 2017/18 season she will perform as Le Feu in L'enfant et les sortilèges, Gilda, Lucia and Konstanze.[17] Guest engagements include Zaharia as Pamina at the Komische Oper Berlin; Gilda in Rigoletto[18] [19] [20] and Violetta in La traviata at the Los Angeles Opera.[21] [22] [23] [24]
In December 2017 she gave her debut as Lucia at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany, substituting for Diana Damrau, who withdrew due to illness.[25] [26] As of 2018, she continues to collaborate with Komische Oper Berlin and has been debuting on stages such as Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Edinburgh International Festival and Shanghai Grand Theatre.[27]
Additional 2017/18 season include her debut as Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux at the Frankfurt's Opera and Play House, her debut at the George Enescu Festival with the mad scene from Iain Bell’s A Harlot's Progress and a three-week tour in Japan, where she will play Pamina in Die Zauberflote. Zaharia is also scheduled to perform with Plácido Domingo at a concert with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra in Guadalajara.[28]
Prizes
She was a winner of the Hariclea Darclée Festival and International Voice Competition in 2012.[29] [30] In 2017, she won first prize and the Zarzuela Prize of the Operalia, The World Opera Competition, held that year in Astana, Kazakhstan.[31] [32] [33] [34] Euronews, in an article about Placido Domingo's Operalia 2017, praised Zaharia as being "the true revelation of the competition".[35]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Soprana Adela Zaharia şi tenorul Bogdan Zaharia în opera "Carmen" la Haifa . www.icr.ro . . 4 June 2018 . ro-RO . Soprano Adela Zaharia and tenor Bogdan Zaharia in "Carmen" opera in Haifa.
- News: Kirschner . Max . Opernsängerin Zaharia: "In Düsseldorf kann sich meine Stimme entwickeln" . 4 June 2018 . . 20 November 2017 . de-DE . registration . Opera singer Zaharia: "In Düsseldorf my voice can develop".
- News: Schmid . Rebecca . At Operalia, the Zarzuela Tradition Lives On . 31 August 2018 . . August 27, 2018 . en.
- Web site: Adela Zaharia . www.komische-oper-berlin.de . Komische Oper Berlin . 4 June 2018 . de . 27 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203206/https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/wir/ensemble/adela-zaharia/ . dead .
- News: Interviu cu Adela Zaharia – câștigătoarea concursului Operalia 2017 . Interview with Adela Zaharia - winner of the Operalia 2017 competition . 3 June 2018 . . 30 July 2017 . ro-RO.
- Web site: Cahen . Eva . Talking with singers: Adela Zaharia . Schmopera . 3 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180603202218/https://www.schmopera.com/talking-with-singers-adela-zaharia/ . 3 June 2018 . en-CA . 27 May 2018.
- News: Adela Zaharia - "cea mai bună voce feminină" . Adela Zaharia - "The Best Female Voice" . 3 June 2018 . Jurnal Aradean . 1 August 2017 . ro . Online and print . https://web.archive.org/web/20180603200128/https://www.jurnalaradean.ro/actualitate/2017/07/31/adela-zaharia-cea-mai-buna-voce-feminina.aradean . 3 June 2018 .
- News: Adela Zaharia Steps in as "Lucia" to Make Her Bayerische Staatsoper Debut . 3 June 2018 . . 11 December 2017.
- News: Pascu . Cristina . Profesorul tenor Marius Budoiu punctează pe scenă, eleva soprană Adela Zaharia strânge diplome de laureaţi . Tenor Professor Marius Budoiu scores on the stage, student Adela Zaharia collects laureates diplomas . 3 June 2018 . Muzica Instantelor.
- Web site: De vorbă cu Adela Zaharia . Talking with Adela Zaharia . jurnaldesoprana.ro . Jurnal de Soprană . 4 June 2018 . ro-RO . September 11, 2017 .
- News: Cotuna . Adrian . Adela Zaharia scrie istorie pentru Arad: a triumfat la Operalia, concursul lui Placido Domingo - Glasul Aradului . Adela Zaharia writes history for Arad: she triumphed at Placido Domingo's Operalia contest . 4 June 2018 . Glasul Aradului . 30 July 2017 . ro-RO .
- Web site: Adela Zaharia . www.komische-oper-berlin.de . Komische Oper Berlin . de . 2018-06-04 . 2020-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203209/https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/en/about-us/ensemble/adela-zaharia/ . dead .
- Web site: Die Schneekönigin . The Snow Queen . OperaVision . 4 June 2018 . en . 27 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180617170650/https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/young-audiences/die-schneekonigin . 17 June 2018 . dead .
- News: Tellechea . Juan Carlos . Aclamada la soprano Adela Zaharia en la Lucia di Lammermoor de la Ópera de Düsseldorf . 4 June 2018 . Toda la Música . es-ES . 27 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203201/https://www.todalamusica.es/aclamada-la-soprano-adela-zaharia-la-lucia-di-lammermoor-la-opera-dusseldorf/ . dead .
- News: Steppan . Isabella . Sie kam, sang und siegte: Adela Zaharias Lucia . 4 June 2018 . . 11 December 2017 . de-DE . She came, sang and won: Adela Zaharias Lucia.
- News: Adela Zaharia gewinnt bei Plácido Domingos Gesangswettbewerb "Operalia" - DAS OPERNMAGAZIN . Adela Zaharia wins at Plácido Domingo's singing competition "Operalia" . 4 June 2018 . Das Opernmagazin . 1 August 2017 . de-DE.
- Web site: Adela Zaharia, soprano . . 4 June 2018.
- Web site: LA Opera: Rigoletto . www.laopera.org . LA Opera . 4 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180617142242/https://www.laopera.org/season/1718-Season/rigoletto/ . 17 June 2018 . dead .
- Web site: "Rigoletto" Review: Spectacular Los Angeles Opera Debuts for Michael Fabiano, Adela Zaharia – May 27, 2018 . Opera Warhorses . 4 June 2018 . 29 May 2018.
- News: Jalali . ByImaan . LA Opera's "Rigoletto" Is a Tremendous Tale of Love, Intrigue, and Tragedy . 4 June 2018 . LA Excites . June 1, 2018.
- Web site: Adela Zaharia - Profile - Deutsche Oper am Rhein . 4 June 2018 . operamrhein.de . en . 27 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127204630/https://operamrhein.de/en_EN/person/adela-zaharia.108389 . dead .
- Web site: Zaharia Adela . Bayerische Staatsoper . 4 June 2018 . de . 27 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203156/https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/detail-seite/zaharia-adela-1.html . dead .
- News: Thomas . Sean P. . The "Don't Miss" List . 4 June 2018 . Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles . en.
- News: LA Opera Presents Verdi's Rigoletto Conducted by Matthew Aucoin . 4 June 2018 . BroadwayWorld.com . 24 April 2018 . en.
- News: Uraufführungsfragment – Offenbachs "Fantasio" an der Komischen Oper Berlin . 4 June 2018 . www.nmz.de . de . Premiere - Offenbach's "Fantasio" at the Komische Oper Berlin.
- Web site: Adela Zaharia, Ludovic Tézier in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bavarian State Opera . Operalia . 3 June 2018 . en . 9 December 2017 . 27 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203202/https://www.operaliacompetition.org/single-post/2017/12/09/Adela-Zaharia-Ludovic-T%C3%A9zier-in-Lucia-di-Lammermoor-at-the-Bavarian-State-Opera . dead .
- News: Zărăndan . Vasile . Deschiderea stagiunii 2017-2018 la Filarmonica de Stat Arad s-a petrecut duminică la TEBA . The opening of the 2017-2018 season at the Arad State Philharmonic took place on Sunday at TEBA . 4 June 2018 . ARQ . 2 October 2017 . ro.
- News: Salazar . Francisco . Adela Zaharia To Make Her Bayerische Staatsoper . 4 June 2018 . operawire.com . 17 December 2017.
- News: Mitran . Laura . Soprana Adela Zaharia, câştigătoare a Marelui Premiu Darclée . Soprano Adela Zaharia, winner of the Darclée Grand Prix . 3 June 2018 . Mediafax.ro . 13 August 2012 . ro.
- News: Buluc . Magdalena P. . S-a încheiat în triumf Concursul Darclée . 3 June 2018 . . 14 August 2012 . ro-RO . The Darclée Contest ended in triumph.
- Web site: Adela Zaharia: IMG Artists . . 3 June 2018 . 5 October 2017 .
- News: Salazar . Francisco . Q&A: Adela Zaharia On Winning Operalia & Her U.S. Debut At The LA Opera . 3 June 2018 . operawire.com . 25 May 2018.
- News: Romanian soprano wins opera competition established by Placido Domingo . 3 June 2018 . Romania Insider . 31 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170906164424/https://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-soprano-operalia-2017/ . 6 September 2017.
- News: Cristescu . Dana . Soprana Adela Zaharia, dubla castigatoare la concursul de opera "Operalia" . Soprano Adela Zaharia, double winner of the opera contest "Operalia" . 4 June 2018 . HotNews . 30 July 2017 . ro.
- News: Kazakhstan hosts Plácido Domingo's famed opera contest . 4 June 2018 . . 10 August 2017 . en.