Andreia Lucaciu,
Mezzo-Soprano
Possessing a voice of unusual size, beauty and timbre, Romanian-American mezzo-soprano Andreia Lucaciu is a performer of deep musicality and expression. Equally comfortable in lyric and dramatic repertoire from the Baroque to the Contemporary, her technique. artistry and presence embody all that she sings. Her work has been praised by conductors and stage directors both here and abroad.
Performances in Europe, Japan and China have featured her in opera, symphony, chamber music and recital. Ms. Lucaciu was the full-time soloist with the Bucharest Philharmonic at the Romanian Athenaeum and has recorded with the Baroque Orchestra of the Bucharest University of Music. Operatic roles have included Cherubino and Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro; Larina and Filippyevna in Eugene Onegin; Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia and Polinesso in Handel's Ariodante, among others.
The recipient of copious awards, Andreia holds First Prizes from the Virtuoso International Competition, the New York Classical Music, Charleston International, and Victory International Competitions, plus Fourth Prize from the London International Music Competition. Most recently, three prestigious awards and scholarships have been bestowed on her from Temple University, where she is completing her Masters Degree. Additionally, she has won prizes from the Romanian National Voice Competitions in Bucharest and Ploiesti; the China International Voice Competition and the Sacred Music International Voice Competition in Rome.
Andreia resides in Philadelphia and has participated in concerts and recitals organized by esteemed Romanian cultural institutions in Philadelphia and New York, the Norwegian Embassy, the Abington Symphony and the Opera Project in New Jersey.