Adela Zaharia, Soprano

The Romanian soprano Adela Zaharia is the winner of the First Prize of the Operalia Competition 2017 and has been celebrated as a great discovery since then.

In the 2021/22 season, Adela Zaharia will present her signature role of Donna Anna in Amsterdam, Paris and San Francisco at three international theaters. In Paris she can also be seen in Marina Abramovic's project 7 Deaths of Maria Callas as Lucia di Lammermoor. At her parent company, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, she will appear as Violetta and Lucia. In addition, she sings the soprano solo in Mahler's 4th Symphony in Vienna with the Tonkünstlerorchester.

Highlights of the past seasons were the world premiere of the 7 Deaths of Maria Callas by Marina Abramovic under the baton of Yoel Gamzou at the Bavarian State Opera, Donna Anna at the Teatro Real in Madrid and her house debut at the Royal Opera House in London with the same role. Adela Zaharia caused a stir with her role debut as Elvira in a new production I Puritani at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

In recent seasons, Zaharia has sung celebrated performances of Violetta at Los Angeles Opera under the baton of James Conlon, Donna Anna at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Teatro Real in Madrid, after having debuted the role in Düsseldorf. She has also performed Konstanze, Maria Stuarda, Elvira, Donna Anna, Gilda, and the title role in Lange’s Schneekönigin at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. After her debut in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bayerische Staatsoper she was immediately invited back to sing Angelica in Haydn’s Orlando Palladino. Ms. Zaharaia made her North American debut at the Los Angeles Opera as Gilda in Rigoletto, and has also sung Pamina with the Komische Oper Berlin on tour in Japan. Previous concert highlights in Ms. Zaharia’s career include her BBC Proms debut singing the world premiere of Iain Bell’s Aurora with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. She also performed the mad scene from Bell’s A Harlot’s Progress at the Enescu Festival. Further concert engagements have included a Mozart arias concert with Placido Domingo in Prague, and tours to Moscow and Barcelona as a soloist with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. She has also appeared as Pamina in Barrie Kosky’s production of Die Zauberflöte for her debuts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Bolshoi Theater, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Shanghai Grand Theater.

Ms. Zaharia is the recipient of the Grand Prix of the Hariclea Darclée International Competition in 2012. 

2021/22

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