Background
COTRUBAS, Ileana was born in 1939 in Galati. Daughter of Maria and Vasile Cotruba?.
COTRUBAS, Ileana was born in 1939 in Galati. Daughter of Maria and Vasile Cotruba?.
Conservatorul Ciprian Porumbescu, Bucharest.
Bach Cantatas, Mozart Masses, Brahms Requiem, Mahler Symphonies 2, 8; complete operas including Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflote, Hansel und Gretel, Calisto, Louise, L’Elisir d’amore, Les Pecheurs de perles, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Alzira Manon. Debut as Yniold in Pelldas et Melisande at Bucharest Opera 1964. Frankfurt Opera 1968-1970. Glyndeboume Festival 1968.
Salzburg Festival 1969. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1971. Lyric Opera of Chicago 1973.
Paris Opera 1974; La Scala, Milan 1975. Metropolitan Opera, New York 1977. Operatic roles include Susanna, Pamina, Norina, Gilda, Traviata, Manon, Antonia, Tatyana, Mimi, Melisande.
Concerts with all major European orchestras. Lieder recitals at Musikverein Vienna, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Carnegie Hall, New York, La Scala.
Married Manfred Ramin 1972.
