HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Cristina Pasaroiu has been celebrated at many of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, concert halls and festivals.
Lauded by the Financial Times for her “highly intense stage and musical presence”, “the versatility of her soprano, poignant low notes, high notes and passage work, enormous stamina and nuanced expression”, she was “undoubtedly” the “star of the evening”, “embodying all of Hoffmann’s loves.
Among the Romanian soprano’s career highlights figure performances in great primadonna roles such as the title part of Suor Angelica at Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, La Traviata at Frankfurt Opera, Opéra de Nice, National Opera Bucharest, Aalto Theater Essen, Tiroler Festpiele Erl, Tokyo Spring Festival, Manon from Massenet at Seoul Arts Center and Theater Wiesbaden, Rachel in La Juive, Valentine in Les Huguentos at Nice Opera House, Magda in La Rondine at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Daegu Festival, Teatro Comunale Bologna, Opera de Lorraine Nancy, Micäela in Carmen at Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Bregenz Festival, St.Margarethen Festival, Leila in Les pêcheurs de perles at Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Mimì in La Bohème at Royal Danish Opera, Theater Basel, Caracalla Festival of Rome, Teatro Comunale Bologna, Teatro Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Grand Opera Avignon, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera de Nice; Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at Vlaamse Opera Antwerp, Gent, Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at Frankfurt Opera, Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro at Theater an der Wien and Theater St.Gallen und Gilda in Rigoletto at Savolinna Opera Festival, Bucharest National Opera, etc. She is Adriana Lecouvreur at Frankfurt Opera, Opera Nice Côte d’Azur, Liu in Turandot at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Budapest Summer Festival, as well as Alice Ford in Falstaff at the Bayerische Staatsoper München.
Cristina Pasaroiu made her highly acclaimed debut as Olympia / Antonia / Giulietta / Stella in a new production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as well as at Seoul Arts Center. Other engagements include her debut in the title role of Alcina, Elisabetta di Valois in Don Carlo, Elettra in Idomeneo in Wiesbaden, Alice Ford at Bayerische Staatsoper München and Marietta in Die Tote Stadt at George Enescu Festival, which proclame her a revelation in this role, marking also her 45 main role on stage.
The most recents projects include her debut in Il Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica – Il Trittico by Puccini and Il Trovatore in Wiesbaden, Violetta Valèry at Aalto Theater Essen, Mimi in La Bohème at Opera de Nice and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Rusalka at Opera de Bordeaux and Opera de Marseille, followed by concert tour next to Andrea Bocelli in Abu Dhabi, Al Ula, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Letonia, Polen, Norway, Scottland, Greece, Israel.
Born in Bucharest, Cristina began her singing studies when she was 12 years old at the Music School “Dinu Lipatti” of her home town, winning more than 18 national and international competitions. She continued her studies at Haute Ecole de musique de Genève, at Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan with Maestro Vittorio Terranova and Dolora Zajick and she completed them at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Vienna making her international debut at Teatro Comunale di Bologna at the age of 20 as Magda in La Rondine.
On the concert platform Cristina Pasaroiu is to be heard at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna Musikverein, Teatro Regio Parma, Firenze, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Klangvokal Dortmund, Konzerthaus Berlin, Paris, Victoria Hall Genève, Zürich, Opera de Nice, Spring Festival Toyko, NCPA Peking, Lotte Concert Hall Seoul, Copenhagen Summer Festival, Margaret Insel Budapest, Dubai, London, Jerusalem,Tel Aviv, etc
In 2020, Cristina started composing and became interested in a mix of lyrical singing and electronic pop beats. The soprano combines these two passions in this revolutionary project of which she is the author, composer and main performer.