Lilia Istratii

Mezzo-soprano Lilia Istratii was born in the Republic of Moldova in 1994 and is currently a soloist at the Romanian Opera of Craiova. She has also been a soloist at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. In 2024, Lilia made her debut as Carmen at the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo to great public and critical acclaim in a grand production directed by Jorge Takla under the musical direction of Roberto Minczuk. In 2023, she debuted at the National Opera of Bucharest, Romania, as Maddalena, the same year she received the 'Maria Bieșu' Excellence Award as Voice of the Year, granted by the Ministry of Culture and the Association of Musicians of Moldova. In 2019, Lilia debuted at the Wielki Theatre - Polish National Opera in Warsaw as Olga in Tchaikovsky's