Portrete de mari cântăreți bănățeni (II)
Portraits of great singers from Banat (II)

Summary/Abstract: "Aca de Barbu was a woman of rare distinction, doubled by an extraordinary work force, at the same time by a disturbing generosity, in accordance with an unbridled passion to identify herself with everything that means beauty of the song [...] Aca de Barbu had o voice of a rare quality, with a volume of a shocking dramatism, not to mention the vocal technique, truly exceptional! She played the soprano roles and mezzosoprano roles with equal ease [...] a great opera singer, a true singing teacher and a musician of ardent patriotism" – these are the valences attributed to the personality of Aca de Barbu, by the musicologist Doru Popovici, in some excerpts from the Preface of the monograph written by the musician Corneliu Buescu. To complete this portrait, we would add the fact that Aca de Barbu assumed the leadeship of the National Opera in Timișoara, from its establishment until 1956. This aspect seems all the more relevant in the context in which this year, the Romanian National Opera in Timișoara celebrated its 75th anniversary since inauguration with Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, on April 27, 1947. An extraordinary step forward for the Banat culture and not only, that Aca de Barbu achieved through an extraordinary will and selflessness.

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