Victoria Frincu (11 March 1937 - 27 February 2022), known professionally as Victoria Bezetti, was a Romanian classical

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

who had an active performance career from the 1960s through the 1990s. Bezetti studied singing with Viorel Ban at the

Conservatory of Bucharest The National University of Music Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Muzică București, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy ...

. She made her stage debut in 1964 at the Theater of Galati as Gilda in '' Rigoletto''. She was then appointed as a member of the ensemble of the

Romanian National Opera, Bucharest The Romanian National Opera, Bucharest ( ro, Opera Națională București) is one of the four national opera and ballet companies of Romania. The company is headquartered in Bucharest, near the Cotroceni neighbourhood. History In 1877, Romanian ...

, where her career took a very successful course. She sang a variety of roles from the coloratura as the lyrical vocal category, and especially as a Mozart and Verdi was an interpreter of great recognition. Performances at the National Opera of Belgrade and Sofia, at the Berlin State Opera and the Opera House in Helsinki. On Romanian television, she portrayed the title character in Verdi's ''

La traviata ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...

''. She was also a prestigious concert and lieder singer. Her complete opera recordings include Vitellia in Mozart's '' La clemenza di Tito'' and Violetta in ''La traviata'', both for the Electrecord label. Victoria Bezetti studied with

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Mircea Bezetti, later her husband.

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1937 births Living people People from Constanța Romanian operatic sopranos 20th-century Romanian women opera singers National University of Music Bucharest alumni {{Romania-singer-stub