Ion Buzea [SEP] voice type
Ion Buzea
Ion Buzea (born 14 August 1934) is a Romanian tenor who enjoyed a successful international career.
Born in Cluj, Romania, where he studied geology and mining and played in the National Romanian Volleyball team while pursuing vocal training with Lya Popp. He made his stage debut in Cluj as Alfredo in "La traviata" in 1958. After winning first prize in the George Enescu International Singing Competition he became a member of the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest. After further studies with Luigi Ricci in Rome,
Ștefan Ruha and Ion Voicu, and the singers Alexandru Agache, Liliana Bizineche, Ion Buzea, Elena Cernei, Ileana Cotrubaș, Dan Iordachescu, Marta Kessler, Ionel Pantea, Emilia Petrescu, Ion Piso, Edita Simon and Julia Tözser-Varadi. Ferdinand Weiss also performed with world-famous guests on Romanian stages, such as Ayhan Baran, Lola Bobesco, Ivry Gitlis, Ruggiero Ricci, Henryk Szeryng, and Gioconda de Vito. Together with these remarkable artists, Weiss excelled in a wide-ranging repertoire enriched by a number