Female personalities of the Timisoara lyrical scene - sopranos Margareta Nica-Popescu and Mihaela Grama Ștefan Cover Image

Personalități feminine ale scenei lirice timișorene - sopranele Margareta Nica-Popescu și Mihaela Grama Ștefan
Female personalities of the Timisoara lyrical scene - sopranos Margareta Nica-Popescu and Mihaela Grama Ștefan

Author(s): Ioana Mia Iuga
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Gender Studies, Cultural history, Music, Recent History (1900 till today), Personality Psychology
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: dramatic soprano; opera role; interpretation ; Margareta Nica Popescu; Michaela Grama Ștefan;

Summary/Abstract: In the jubilee year of Timisoara's opera scene, 75 years after the first performance, we pay a pious homage through this work in the memory of the unique voices in their timbral diversity of two exceptional dramatic sopranos: Margareta Nica Popescu and Michaela Grama Ștefan. Among the many roles performed, the memorable interpretations of the role of Aida, from the opera of the same title by G. Verdi. This emblematic inaugural performance of the first opera scene in Banat, was taken over by the two personalities in the title role, amplifying over the years the fame of the newly founded opera. Through the main roles played by both opera artists, we remember the roles of Verdi's operas: Abigail from Nabucco, Amelia from Bal Mascat and Leonora from Trubadur as well as Floria Tosca from Puccini's opera of the same name and others. Through their pedagogical qualities, the two sopranos contributed to the development of the vocal art and of the post-december roumanian singing school in Banat .

  • Issue Year: X/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 189-200
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian