Elena Gaja

Elena Gaja (born 26 October 1946 in Braşov, Romania) is a Romanian mezzo-soprano opera singer.

She graduated from the Ciprian Porumbescu Music Academy in Bucharest where she studied under Magda Ianculescu.[1]

In December 1982, she won joint first prize in the Concorso Internazionale "Vincenzo Bellini" per Cantanti Lirici in Italy, becoming the first Romanian singer to have won this prize.[2]

She was a soloist of the Romanian National Opera in Timișoara[3] and toured throughout Europe as well as performing at the George Enescu Festival.[4]

She retired from the stage in 1996 but continued to give concerts and opera recitals with a repertoire that includes opera arias, sacred arias, oratorio, lied to tango, zarzuelas and film music. She also taught at the Faculty of Music at the Timișoara University of the West.[5]

References
  1. Învăţământ Cultură, Agenda, 25 April 2009, p.8
  2. Concorso Internazionale "Vincenzo Bellini" per Cantanti Lirici: Winners list
  3. Playbill, Opera Romana Timisoara, Wednesday 16th - Sunday 20 April 1980, Royal Academy of Music Library
  4. George Enescu Festival 1985 Archived 20 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Timișoara Agenda, Nr. 42/19 October 2002


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