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Finding His Voice: Hadi Alibeigli on Opera, Origins, and Ambition

Dear Hadi, it’s a pleasure to have this conversation with you. Let’s introduce you to our readers. You grew up in Iran, a country without formal opera education. How did you first discover opera, and what drew you to this path? My introduction to opera was almost accidental. I was six years old when I […]

From Stage to Heart: Caterina Piva’s Opera Journey

Dear Caterina, thank you for having accepted my invitation. It’s a pleasure to have this conversation with you. You began your artistic journey in drama theater before moving into opera. How was your acting training shaped you identity as an opera singer? Thank you, Opera Charm! It’s always wonderful to have the opportunity to share […]

The Confused Tenor Speaks: Inside the World of Jose Simerilla Romero

Dear José, thank you for accepting our invitation. It’s a real pleasure to have this conversation with you. To begin, what are your resolutions for 2026, and where will audiences be able to see you perform this year? Thank you very much for the invitation! It’s truly a pleasure to be part of it. Looking […]

Chelsea Zurflüh: On Opera, Roles, and Life Beyond the Stage

Dear Chelsea, it’s a pleasure to meet you and have the chance to get to know you! Thank you for accepting my invitation. You’re stepping into an extraordinary 2025/26 season with multiple house and role debuts. How do you stay grounded and focused during such an intense artistic period? Thank you for having me! I […]

Elena Stikhina: A Flame in Full Voice

Dear Elena, it is an immense pleasure to have this conversation with you, and an even greater honor that you are our very first cover star of 2026. As this new year begins, what are your resolutions? What do you wish for yourself, for the artist within you, and for the future of the opera […]

Carolina Lopez Moreno: The Soprano Who Brings Soul to Every Stage

Dear Carolina, thank you so much for accepting my invitation. It’s such a pleasure to have this conversation with you! Can you tell us about your very first experience on stage? Was there a moment you realized, „That is what I want to do with my life”? It’s actually hard for me to remember my […]

Alexandra Yangel: Motherhood, Music, and the Freedom to Evolve

Dear Alexandra, it’s a pleasure to have this conversation with you! Let’s introduce you to our readers… you began your musical journey as a violinist before transitioning to vocal performance. How did your early training on the violin influence your approach to singing and interpretation? Thank you! It’s a pleasure. Yes, that’s right, my musical […]

Laugh, Sing, Repeat: Gurgen Baveyan on the Joys and Challenges of an Opera Career

Dear Gurgen, thank you for accepting my invitation! It’s a great pleasure to have this conversation with you. Your journey began at the Yerevan State Conservatory and continued at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt – two environments with distinct musical philosophies. How did those formative years shape your artistic voice and understanding of opera? […]

From Ulaanbaatar to the World Stage: Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar’s Operatic Odyssey

Dear Ariunbaatar, thank you for accepting my invitation. It’s a pleasure to have this conversation with you. Let’s introduce you to our readers… What is your story? How did you realize that opera was your path? I grew up deeply in love with music and songs, especially the melodies of the morin khuur and long […]

Between Music and Emotion: Julia Burbach on the Art of Directing Opera

Dear Julia, thank you for accepting my invitation. It’s a real pleasure to have this conversation with you. You initially studied History and History of Art, as well as International Public Policy. What influenced you and led you to pursue directing, and how do these academic disciplines inform the way you approach opera direction today? […]

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Alice Lechner

Alice Lechner comes from a music-loving family. Her first encounter with the opera universe was at the tender age of six. The grandeur of the stage productions and costumes, the backstage chatter, and last, but definitely not least, the music left her in awe, beginning with Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The overall feeling that opera awakens in anyone who gets a glimpse into this part of artistic eternity, that each and every day passes the test of time, was what drew her to stay and be a part of this world. The Opera House of Brașov became her second home, and the people who worked there were her second family.

Since then, Alice has devoted her spare time to maximising her musical knowledge through instrumental studies, studying both piano and violin for a short time. In the following years, her number one passion stepped out of the limelight and graciously gave way to Law Studies.
Since 2018 she has been studying Law at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University in Iași.

Her passion for opera, even if it is no longer her top professional priority in terms of career, it has most definitely become her priority during her free time. Wanting to experience the best of both worlds and extend her musical horizons, she regularly attends opera performances throughout Romania and abroad.
With OPERA Charm Magazine, Alice aims to nurture her creative side to help it flourish and bloom and to discover, alongside the magazine’s readers, the fascinatingly complex world of opera.

Currently, she is an LL.M. in Business Law at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University in Iași.

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Oana Zamfir

Oana Zamfir is a second year MA student at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts, at the Department of Musicology.

She studied violin for 12 years at the “Stefan Luchian” High School of Art in Botosani, later focusing on the theoretical aspects of music. In 2019 she completed her bachelor studies in Musicology as a student of the National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima” in Cluj-Napoca. Her research during 2018-2019 brought to the forefront elements of the archaic ritual within works of composers who activated during the communist period, giving her the opportunity to start a research internship at the “Carl von Ossietzky” University in Germany. In this context, she recorded conversations with members of the Sophie Drinker Institute in Bremen, and had access to documents directly from the Myriam Marbé archive.

Since 2019 she has been a teacher of Music Education and Theoretical Music Studies, making full use of interactive methods in the musical training of students and working, at the same time, with the children’s choir founded in the first year of her activity.

Her interests include pursuing a degree in interior design in 2020.

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Alexandru Suciu

Alexandru Suciu inherited his passion for art growing up in a family of several generations of musicians. He began his musical studies at the “Augustin Bena” School of Music in Cluj, where he studied piano and guitar. Even though his main study direction was philological, his passion for music prevailed. He began his academical journey at the Faculty of Letters of the “Babeș-Bolyai” University, studying Comparative literature and English. He continued by studying Opera Singing at the “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy. He also graduated the Musical Education section, followed by Artistic Directing at the Musical Performing Arts department.

His multidisciplinary education opened the doors towards research, which is seen both through his participation in national and international conferences and symposia, such as the Salzburg Easter School PhD-forum, organized by the Salzburg Universität or the Silesian Meeting of Young Scholars, organized by the Institute of English at the University of Silesia, as well as the collaboration with Opera Charm Magazine.

During his student years, he won several prizes, including the Grand Prize at the “Paul Constantinescu” National Musical Interpretation Competition, the Romanian Composers and Musicologists’ Union Prize at the same competition, the First Prize and the Schubert Prize at the “Ada Ulubeanu” Competition.

He further developed his artistic skills by specializing in courses and masterclasses held by personalities such as Vittorio Terranova, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Marian Pop, Ines Salazar, Riccardo Zanellato, Paolo Bosisio, Valentina Farcaș and Manuel Lange in contexts such as the Internationale Sommerakademie für Operngesang Deutschlandsberg, Corso Internazionale di Canto Lirico I.M.C. Licata or the Europäische Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst Montepulciano. Besides his activity on-stage, he currently teaches Opera Singing Didactics, and Pedagogical Practice within the Department for Teacher Education and Training at the “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy.

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Cristina Fieraru

Cristina is a 24 year-old Romanian soprano & a student at the National University of Music Bucharest, where she pursues the MA program in Vocal Performance.

She made her debut in Pamina from “Die Zauberflöte” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at only 19 years old at the Bucharest National Opera House, as a member of the Ludovic Spiess Experimental Opera Studio. Over the years she made her debut in roles such as Contessa d’Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Mimì & Musetta (La Bohème), Alice Ford (Falstaff), Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte) in her university’s opera productions.
Her passion and experience extends in the field of choral music, too.

She has been part of our dream team since the fall of 2021. For a good period of time she took care of OPERA Charm’s social media and took you on the monthly journey through the history of opera through our Legends rubric – and a few times through the Theaters around the World rubric.

Her little soul rubric – from 2021 to present – is definitely the Conductors of the Future, where, every month, she gives you the chance to meet a young star of the world of conducting and, of course, to find out what’s the most charming feature of opera in these artists’ views.

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