Valentina Nafornita won the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2011, receiving the main prize and the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Award.
Performer Biography
Keri-Lynn Wilson, the Canadian conductor, made her conducting debut at the age of 23 and was an assistant to Claudio Abbado at the Salzburg Festival.
Performer Biography
Valentina Nafornita, a member of the Wiener Staatsoper ensemble, has opened Vienna's celebrated Opera Ball in both 2013 and 2018.
Recording & Production
The Munich Radio Orchestra, founded in 1952, has a broad artistic spectrum, including opera, sacred music, children's concerts, thematic evenings, and film music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Valentina Nafornita chose the Mozart arias on this album for their 'beauty and purity,' stating that characters like Zerlina, Susanna, Ilia, and Pamina are part of her life.
Recording & Production
The final third of the CD features folk-tinged, sentimental songs by Moldovan composer Eugen Doga, born in 1937, who is highly esteemed in Russia, Romania, and Moldova.
Performer Biography
Valentina Nafornita, the soprano on this album, has been known as 'the Moldovan Nightingale' in her homeland since she was five years old.
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