Mezzo-soprano Alina Dragnea, honored with the highest distinction, Summa Cum Laude, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, is a young artist with a rising career both in her native country of Romania and abroad.
Being a Verdian voice by definition, the mezzo-soprano excelled in roles such as Azucena from Il Trovatore in important opera houses, such as the Romanian National Opera Iași, the Brașov Opera and the Oleg Danovski National Theater of Opera and Ballet, and in the latter with the roles of Ulrica from Un Ballo in Maschera and Preziosilla from La Forza del Destino as well. Alina Dragnea was also invited for the role of La voix in Les Contes d'Hoffmann by J. Offenbach, at the Bucharest National Opera.
Abroad, she stood out especially at the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn - Vienna, in roles such as Bertarido in Rodelinda by G.F. Handel, Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos by R. Strauss, at the Oper auf dem Dach Nürnberg with La Zia Principessa from Suor Angelica by G. Puccini and at the Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg with 9. Sybill from the opera De Temporum Fine Comoedia by C. Orff.
Another asset of the mezzo-soprano is the approach to large-scale dramatic roles from the baroque repertoire, such as Marc'Antonio from Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra by J. A. Hasse at Teatro Barocco in Vienna, Bertarido from Rodelinda at Schlosstheater Schönbrunn and Bradamante from Alcina by G. F. Händel, at the Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival, in Tel Aviv. Alina Dragnea is also focusing on her concert career, being invited twice to the Enescu Festival for W. A. Mozart's Krönungsmesse and Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne, by Händel, to Best of MDW Artists gala at Musikverein Vienna, to Baden for the Licht ins Dunkel opera gala, as well as to various recitals and concerts (Kammermusik Festival Nürnberg, Liszt Institut Paris and many others).
The mezzo-soprano is the winner of the Anna Grobecker prize at the Althofen Competition in Austria, the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung scholarships, the Grand Prize and the First Prize at the Victor Giuleanu competition and a finalist at the Armel Opera Competition in Paris. In 2024, Alina has won three special prizes, the Special Prize of the Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera, the Special Prize of the Timisoara Romanian National Opera and the Special Prize of the Oleg Danovski National Opera of Theatre and Ballet at one of the most renowned opera competitions in Romania, Verum Solitus.
Alina Dragnea participated in the International Summer Academy Vienna and Harvard X masterclasses and studied with international artists, teachers, conductors and directors, such as Ramon Vargas, Michael Sturminger, David Crescenzi, Margit Klaushofer, Christoph U. Meier, Vladimir Kiradjiev , Guido J. Rumstadt, Elisabetta Lombardi, Iride Martinez, Peter Grossmann, Carlos Garcia Estevez, Ioana Bentoiu and Marina Krilovici.
The mezzo-soprano completed her Bachelor's studies at the National University of Music Bucharest, her Master's studies at UNMB and Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg and her second Master's studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
