Cellia Costea, Soprano. Born in Piatra-Neamt. APA Artists' Management Alexandra Mercer - www.apaartistsmanagement.com/celliacostea/




Nicoleta Ardelean
Antonia Cifrone**
Cellia Costea
Vassiliki Karayanni
Elena Kelessidi**
Irini Kyriakidou
Maria Laura Martorana
Irina Samoylova*
Petra Maria Schnitzer**
Anna Shafajinskaia**
Anne Williams-King
Elena Zelenskaya*


Fredrika Brillembourg**
Irini Karaianni**
Larisa Kostyuk
Alexandra Rivas
Helena Zubanovich


Alexandra Durseneva*


Fernando del Valle**
Howard Haskin
Michael Heim
Vassilis Kavayas**
Antonis Koroneos**
Vadim Zaplechny*
Mario Zeffiri


Marcin Bronikowski**
Yasuo Horiuchi
George Mosley**
Dimitri Platanias


Johannes von Duisburg**
Matteo De Monti**


Askar Abdrazakov**
Gary Jankowski**
Alexander Kisselev
Arutjun Kotchinian**
Christophoros Stamboglis
Mikhail Svetlov**


Manlio Benzi**
Giampaolo Bisanti
Boris Brott
Gianluca Martinenghi
Niels Muus**
Thomas Sanderling
Sergio La Stella (IT)


Dieter Kaegi







Video (YouTube):
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Audio (Mp3):
Il Trovatore - D'amor sull'ali rosee


Born in Piatra-Neamt, Romania, Cellia Costea studied at the University of Music in Bucharest. She was winner of many international competitions including 1st prize at the XX Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica 2004; 1st Prize and Public Prize at the XL International Singing Contest Francisco Vinas, Barcelona 2003; 1st Prize and Public Prize at the 2nd International Singers Competition, Beijing 2002; 1st prize and Public Prize at Debut 2002, Bad Mergentheim, Germany 2002; 2nd Prize at Jaume Aragall, Girona 2002; 1st Prize and Public Prize at Monserrat Caballe, Andora 2001; 1st Prize at Jullian Gayarre, Pamplona Spain 2000; 3rd Prize at Concurso Canto, Bilbao in 2000; 2nd Prize at George Enescu Singing Competition, Bucharest 1999; 2nd Prize at Hans Gabor's Belvedere Contest, Wien, 1999; 3rd Prize at the International Contest Voci Verdiane, Busseto 1998. She made her debut as Desdemona OTELLO in Bucharest and her appearance at Klagenfurt as Contessa LE NOZZE DI FIGARO marked the beginning of her international career.

Roles performed:

L'AMICO FRITZ: Suzel

LA BOHEME: Mimi


CARMEN: Micaela



DON CARLO: Elisabetta

DON GIOVANNI: Donna Elvira



FAUST: Marguerite

LA FINTA GIARDINIERA: Arminda



NORMA: Adalgisa

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Contessa





OEDIP: Antigone

OTELLO: Desdemona

PARIDE ED ELENA: Pallade

REQUIEM DI VERDI (opera version)

TOSCA: Title role




IL TROVATORE: Leonora


TURANDOT: Liu
Timisoara Romania

Greek National Opera
Timisoara Romania

Greek National Opera
Herodes Atticus Athens
Bucharest Opera

Megaron Athens

Wiener Staatsoper
Opéra de Marseille
Opéra Royal de Wallonie

Megaron Athens

Staatstheater Stuttgart
Greek National Opera
Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Wiener Staatsoper
Deutsche Oper Berlin
De Nederlandse Opera
Staatstheater Stuttgart
Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Bucharest Opera

Bucharest Opera

Konzerthaus Berlin

National Theatre Prague

Megaron Athens
Oper Frankfurt
Teatro Politeama Palermo
National Centre For The Performing Arts Beijing

Pamplona
Summer Festival, Toscana

Covent Garden
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Vest Norges Opera


Festivals in which she has appeared:

George Enescu - Bucharest; Gaetano Donizetti - Bergamo; Castell de Peralada - Spain; Narciso Yepes - Ordino, Andora; Un Violon sur le Sable - Royan, France.

Conductors with whom she has worked:

Mark Elder; Ascher Fisch; Abel Ybes; Alain Lombard; Jerome Pillement; Giuliano Carella; Alberto Veronesi; Jiri Kout; Seiji Osawa; Eugene Kohn.

Future plans:

TOSCA: Title Role - Beijing, Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Opera Nationala Bucuresti.

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