Articles by Maria-Cristina Necula

About Maria-Cristina Necula (181 Articles)
Maria-Cristina Necula’s published work includes the books "The Don Carlos Enigma: Variations of Historical Fictions" and "Life in Opera: Truth, Tempo and Soul," two translations: "Europe à la carte" and Molière’s "The School for Wives," and the collection of poems "Evanescent." Her articles and interviews have been featured in "Classical Singer" Magazine, "Opera America," "Das Opernglas," "Studies in European Cinema," and "Opera News." As a classically trained singer she has performed in the New York City area at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Florence Gould Hall, and the Westchester Broadway Theatre, and has presented on opera at The Graduate Center, Baruch, The City College of New York, and UCLA Southland. She speaks six languages, two of which she honed at the Sorbonne University in Paris and the University of Vienna, and she holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center, CUNY. In 2022, Maria-Cristina was awarded a New York Press Club Award in the Critical Arts Review category for her review of Matthew Aucoin's "Eurydice" at the Metropolitan Opera, published on Woman Around Town. She is a 2022-24 Fellow of The Writers' Institute at The Graduate Center.

Discovering Maria Callas

My first encounter with the art of Maria Callas happened when I was six years old. As I grew up in communist Romania, watching television [...]

January 29, 2021

A Path Across the River

Imagine stepping into an avalanche of sunlight and refreshing breezes, and walking above an immensity of blue that shifts nuances with [...]

December 22, 2020

Aprile Millo – A True Diva

It is difficult to capture in a few words what makes an opera singer a diva, but a diva in the truer sense of the word, not in its altered [...]

December 14, 2020

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