Romanian-swiss soprano Elena Mosuc, born in Iasi, was educated at the George Enescu Conservatory in Iasi and before completing her studies, she won several international competitions (a.o. the international music competition organised by the "ARD" German Television Channel I in Munich). In 2005 the Romanian president bestowed upon her the title “Officer of the Arts”, one of the highest honour which can be awarded to a musician in Romania. Since the beginning of her career, she was connected closely to the Zurich Opera House, and she appeared there in various roles, among others as the Queen of the Night, Konstanze, Donna Anna, Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvira, Gilda, Violetta, Luisa Miller, Musetta, Micaëla or Marguerite. Guest star appearances take her continuously to all the important opera houses and festivals in Europe (a.o. to Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, London, Milan...) as well as to the USA (a.o. New-York, Dallas) and Japan and China. She has worked with many of the greatest conductors (a.o. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Fabio Luisi, Lorin Maazel, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding) and stage directors (a.o. Franco Zeffirelli, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Stefan Herheim, Martin Kusej...). Highlights of recent seasons include her highly acclaimed role debuts as Mimì, Norma and Maria Stuarda in Zurich and at the State Opera Berlin and Norma in Lyon and at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Thereupon she appeared with sensational success as La Traviata at the Teatro alla Scala, at the Bavarian State Opera, in the Verona Arena and at the Opera Nationala Iasi in Romania, as Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, at the Theatre du Capitole of Toulouse and at the Teatro Regio di Torino, as Gilda at the Teatro Regio di Parma, at the Vienna State Opera, at the Teatro alla Scala and at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, as Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) in Zurich and at the Salzburg Festival, in all principal female roles in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the State Opera of Hamburg and in Zurich.
