Florina Ilie

Seventeen at her first appearance with the National Opera in Bucharest, Florina Ilie studied at the National University of Music there and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, winning first prizes in Romanian competitions and a special prize at the Otto Edelmann competition in Vienna. Frankfurt took her into its opera studio in 2018 and its ensemble from 2020, where her roles included Gilda, Susanna and Norina; she has also sung in Metz, Nice, Toulon, St Gallen, Avignon and Marseille. She joined the Vienna State Opera ensemble in 2023; her roles there have included Micaëla, Adina, Pamina, Blonde, Sophie, Marzelline and Gretel. Ninetta, Sister Constance and Lauretta also belonged to her Frankfurt years.