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Marina Krilovici (born 11 June 1942) is an opera soprano of Romanian birth.
Her first teacher and the most important was Mme Livia Vațianu-Vrăbiescu. Krilovici completed her studies at the Ciprian Porumbescu music academy in Bucharest. She received a scholarship to go to Italy and study with coaches like Maria Caniglia and Luigi Ricci. Her talent, musicality and voice distinguished her in such international competitions as George Enescu 1964, Hertogenbosch 1966, Brussels 1966, and Montreal 1967, where she earned first prize and a gold medal. Debuting in 1966 at the National Opera of Bucharest as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, she continued performing at the Opera of Bucharest, with achievements in lyric and dramatic roles. From 1968 to 1976 she was a member of the Hamburg State Opera. In 1971, she defected from Romania and settled in Germany.
In 1973, Krilovici became a German citizen. The artist, who was married until 1993 to the late baritone Kostas Paskalis (1929–2007), with whom she has two children, Constantin, b. 1974, and Alexandra, b. 1977, has performed in major world theatres, including Hamburg, Vienna, Chicago, Metropolitan Opera New York, Covent Garden, Rome, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon, La Fenice, Munich and Montreal. In 1968 and 1969, she was heard at the Toronto Opera House as Floria Tosca. In the years 1970–1978 she appeared at the Vienna State Opera in roles like Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, Tosca, and Élisabeth de Valois in Verdi's Don Carlos.