- Ruxandra Donose
Ruxandra Donose (born in
Bucharest ) is aRomania nopera ticmezzo-soprano .Donose studied singing and piano at the
Conservatorul Ciprian Porumbescu inBucharest .She won 1990 the second prize at the ARD contest in
Munich . After this, she had her first engagement abroad, inBasel . In 1992 she became a member of theVienna State Opera . From there, she developed a fast-paced international career, as an opera singer (Covent Garden,Opera Bastille ,Metropolitan Opera ,Salzburg Festival etc.) and also as an interprete forLied andoratorio .Donose is considered a distinguished
bel canto singer, but also one of the leading interpretes of the French and the Mozartian mezzo-soprano repertoire. Her voice is marked by a dark, warm tone, extreme mobility and light, shining heights.Donose lives with her husband and two children in
Vienna .External links
* [http://www.ruxandradonose.com Artist's page]
* [http://www.cami.com/?webid=128 Columbia Artists Management page]
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