Oana Andra

International career: Teatro La Fenice (Venezia, Italy), Opéra de Monte-Carlo (Monaco), Alte Oper, Jahrhundert- halle and Städtische Bühnen (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Théâtre Châtelet (Paris, France), Opéra Royal de Wallonie (Liège, Belgium), Radio France Festival (Montpellier, France), Gewandhaus (Leipzig, Germany), Birmingham Symphony Hall (GB), Deutsche Welle (Köln, Germany), Bunkamura Orchard Hall and Tsuda Hall (Tokyo, Japan), Tokyo Philharmonic (Japan) etc. Collaborating with great artists as: Nicolai Ghiaurov, Pier-Luigi Pizzi, Ruggero Raimondi, June Anderson, Alberto Zedda, Marcello Viotti, Friedemann Leyer, Maurizio Benini, Oleg Caetani, Renato Bruson, Inva Mula, Raul Gimènez, Rockwell Blake, Michel Trempont, Alberto Rinaldi, Bruno De Simone, Franck Ferrari, Corrado Rovaris, Fabio Luisi, Fabrizio Ventura, Michiyoshi Inoue, Daisuke Muranaka, Bepo Morassi, Antoine Bourseiller, Peter Mussbach, Claire Servais, Andrew Schroeder, Antonino Siragusa, Eduard Tumagian, Eva Podles, Eliane Coelho, Keith Ikaya-Purdy, Mariana Nicolesco, Mariana Cioromila, Alexandru Badea, Elena Mosuc etc. 15 international prizes at traditional competitions as: IVC (‘s-Hertogenbosch), ARD (Munich), CIEM (Geneva), « Julian Gayarre » (Pamplona), Jeunesses Musicales (Belgrade), Queen Sonja (Oslo), International Opera Competition in Shizuoka (Japan), « Boris Christoff » (Sofia) etc. Jury-members of these competitions: José Carreras, Evgheni Nesterenko, Christa Ludwig, Madi Mesplè, Birgit Nilson, Christina Deutekom, Elena Obrastsova, Theo Adams, Plamen Kartaloff etc. 2 TV-Portraits released by NDR (Hamburg) and VARA (Hilversum). Has recorded opera arias and lieder for the Romanian National Broadcast. As teacher, held Master Classes for some Japanese young singers in Shizuoka. Graduated: Musical High-School « George Enesco » (Bucharest, Romania)–Violin Section; Academy of Music in Bucharest – University Degree, Singing Section (with Professor Maria Slatinaru-Nistor) and Opera Staging Section. Diplomas for Master Classes with: Kammersängerin Daphne Evangelatos, Mariana Nicolesco, Alberto Zedda, Regine Crespin, Carlo Cossutta, Sir Colin Davies. Repertoire: OPERA: W. A. MOZART – Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Cecilio (Lucio Silla), Sesto (La Clemenza di Tito), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Così fan tutte); G. ROSSINI – Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Isabella (L’Italiana in Algeri), Marchesa Melibea (Il Viaggio a Reims), Lucilla (La Scala di Seta); V. BELLINI – Adalgisa (Norma); G. VERDI – Maddalena (Rigoletto), Fenena (Nabucco), Meg Page (Falstaff); Ch. GOUNOD – Siebel (Faust); G. BIZET – Carmen (Carmen); J. MASSENET – Charlotte (Werther); H. BERLIOZ – Ascanio (Benvenuto Cellini); A. PONCHIELLI – Laura (La Gioconda); G. ENESCO – Jocaste (Oedipe); P. I. Tchaikovsky – Olga (Eugene Onegin). CONCERT: W. A. Mozart: C–Moll Messe, Krönungs Messe; L. van Beethoven: 9th Symphony; G. Verdi: Requiem; G. B. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; J.S.Bach: Weinachts Oratorium, Matthaeus Passion; G.Rossini: Stabat Mater; K. Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; O. Respighi: Lauda per la Natività del Signore; M.Ravel: Alcyone etc. LIEDER by: W. A. Mozart, J. Haydn, Fr. Schubert, R. Schumann, J. Brahms, R. Strauss, G. Mahler, M. Ravel, Cl. Debussy, H. Duparc, M. de Falla, Fr. Obradors, J. Turina, O. Respighi, G. Enesco, P. I. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov etc.