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Tthe Romanian mezzo-soprano, Carmen Topciu, studied at Liceul de Arte "Hariclea Darclee" in Braila (Class of 2000). She graduated at the Music Academy ”Gheorghe Dima” fom Cluj Napoca (Class of 2006). She debuted in Romania in 2006 as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini. In 2007 she won the first prize at the ”Haricleea Darclee” contest held in Braila. In 2010 she won the AS.LI.CO. contest in Como for the role of Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola. She has studied in Italy with Mariella Devia. In 2011 she won the first prize at the Puccini contest Città di Lucca.
Carmen Topciu debuted in Italy in 2011 with the role of Angelina in La Cenerentola with the direction of Rosetta Cucchi in Lombardia theatres: Teatro Grande in Brescia, Fraschini in Pavia, Ponchielli in Cremona, Sociale in Como and also Municipale in Piacenza. In 2012-2013 she sang the role of Isabella in L’italiana in Algeri by Rossini dicrected by Luigi Pizzi at Grande in Brescia, Ponchielli in Cremona, Alighieri in Ravenna, Municipale in Piacenza, Sociale in Como, Fraschini in Pavia, Coccia in Novara. In 2011 she debuted at the Theatre San Carlo di Napoli playing Carmen in Carmen by Georges Bizet. She sang with Jorge de Leon, Norah Amsellem, under the baton of Alain Guingal, with the direction of Micha von Hoecke. She performed Arsace in Semiramide by Rossini with Gregory Kunde under the baton of Gabriele Ferro, with the direction of Luca Ronconi. She was also part of the Romeo et Juliette by Berlioz at the San Carlo in Napoli. She played Carmen at the Teatre Principal in Palma de Majorca with Carlos Alvarez.
Her opera repertoire includes, among others, Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi; Adalgisa in Norma by Bellini; Giovanna Seimour in Anna Bolena by Donizetti; Siebel in Faust by Charles Gounod; Carmen in Carmen by G. Bizet; Dorabella in Così fan tutte by W.A. Mozart; Azucena in Il Trovatore; Amneris in Aida and Eboli in Don Carlo by Verdi.
As vocal-symphonic repertoire, she interpreted: Messa di Requiem by Verdi, Symphony No. 9 by L.v. Beethoven, Missa Nelson by Haydn, Stabat Mater by Rossini, Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. She currently lives in Braşov, Romania. |
