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Ileana Cotrubaș
Romanian operatic soprano
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- born
- 1939
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 87
- known for
- opera singer
1939 – 2026
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who ileana cotrubaș is
Ileana Cotrubaș was a Romanian operatic soprano. After winning the 1966 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, she made an international career at the major opera houses, a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1970. She made an international breakthrough on 7 January 1975, stepping in for Mirella Freni at La Scala in Milan as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème. Regarded by many as the best Mimì and Traviata of her time, she retired from public singing in 1990.
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