Valentina Naforniţă was born in Glodeni (Moldova) and studied at the  Stefan Neaga Music College in Chisinau and at the University of Music in  Bucharest. As a member of the opera studio of this institution she for  example performed as Norina in Gaetano Donizetti´s Don Pasquale and as Adina in Donizetti´s L’elisir d’amore, furthermore as Lauretta in Giacomo Puccini´s Gianni Schicchi.  She has won several international competitions, among them the Young  Opera Singers of Europe competition, the Rumanian Orange Prize for Young  Musicians and the Hariclea Darclee competition. In 2011 the young  singer won the renowned BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition –  she not only won first prize, but also the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience  Award  and was a finalist for the lied prize. Since 2011 she is member  of the ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper and performed for example as  Lisa (La sonnambula), Papagena, Ein junger Hirt (Tannhäuser), Clorinda (La cenerentola), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Marzelline (Fidelio), Stimme vom Himmel (Don Carlo), Musetta (La Bohème) here.

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