Valentina Farcas has worked with some of the foremost conductors and directors of our time including Maestros Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Kirill Petrenko, Jaap van Zweden, Nikolas Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur, Fabio Luisi, Rene Jacobs, Fabio Biondi, Ivor Bolton, Paavo Järvi, Jeffrey Tate, Bruno Bartoletti, Bertrand de Billy, Thomas Hengelbrock, Alessandro de Marchi, Riccardo Frizza, Christopher Hogwood, Kent Nagano and stage directors Robert Carsen, Stefan Heerheim, Damiano Michieletto, Barrie Kosky, Laurent Pelly, Daniele Abbado, Cristina Muti, Guy Joosten and others. She has performed at the Theater an der Wien, Salzburg Festival, Teatro Regio Torino, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Komische Oper Berlin, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Dallas Opera, Dallas Symphony, Teatro San Carlo Napoli, Teatro Regio di Parma, Tokyo Symphony, Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Opera National de Lyon, Semperoper Dresden, Ravenna Festival, Savonlinna Festival, Spoleto Festival, Opera de Lausanne, Théâtre de Champs-Elysees, Théâtre Capitole du Toulouse, Teatro Municipal Santiago Chile, and the Wiener Musikverein.
Upcoming engagements include her debut at Teatro alla Scala Milano with Richard Strauss’ Vier Letze Lieder in a unique collaboration with the Ballet Omaggio a Maurice Béjart, also featuring Roberto Bolle, and returning to Teatro alla Scala Milano for the Concerto di Natale (Beethoven 9th Symphony) with incoming music director Maestro Myung-Whun Chung as well as a return to RAI Torino for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Maestro Fabio Luisi.
Recent appearances include a debut with the Festival Valle d’Itria Martina Franca, in the role of Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma conducted by Maestro Fabio Luisi, where she was hailed as “Absolutely Perfect”, a return to Hong Kong for Brahms Requiem with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Maestro Cornelius Meister, returning to RAI Torino with Carl Orff Carmina Buranaconducted by Maestro Ottavio Dantone, Beethoven Folksongs and Mahler Symphony #4 at Teatro Fraschini, Pavia conducted by Maestro Daniele Giorgi, her Maastricht debut with the Phil Zuid in Bach Matthäus Passion with Maestro Enrico Onofri, her role debut at the Contessa in Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro at Teatro Manzoni Pistoia with Maestro Daniele Giorgi conducting, as well as concerts and a recording of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung (3rd Norn) conducted by Maestro Kent Nagano at Semperoper Dresdne, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Cologne Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival and Théâtre du Champs-Élycée, Paris.her debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg in Mahler Symphony #2 with Maestro Aziz Shokhakimov, Beethoven Missa Solemnis in the Main Cathedral Square of Pisa with Maestro Harmuth Haenchen, a return to DK Symphoniorkestret in Copenhagen for Mahler’s Symphony #8 with Maestro Fabio Luisi, her Dresdener Kreuzkirche debut with Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Dresdner Philharmonie and Maestro Martin Lehman,as well as a the Handel/Mozart German-language version of Der Messias with Maestro Hans-Christoph Rademann, a concert of Baroque Music with the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover and Maestro Jan Willem de Vriend, Mendelssohn Lobgesang with the Slovenian Philharmonic and Maestro Trevor Pinnock in Llubljana, Slovenia and Pisa, Italy, and returning to Tokyo, Japan for the Second Soprano in Mahler Symphony #8 with NHK Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Fabio Luisi. She also recently returned to the Dallas Symphony with Woglinde/Waldvogel for Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in concert with Maestro Fabio Luisi, as well as the Italian premiere Richard Strauss’ Die Liebe der Danae in the role of Xanthe with Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, conducted by Michael Slabinger, a return to Teatro Regio di Torino for a new production of Puccini’s La Rondine, a return to Opernhaus Zürich for the role of Despina in Mozart Cosi fan tutte. her return to Copenhagen for the Brahms Requiem with DR Symfoniorkestret and Maestro Fabio Luisi , her role debut as Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus at Teatro Carlo Felice Genova with Maestro Fabio Luisi, the Soprano Soloist in Mahler Symphony #2 with Maestro Fabio Luisi with RAI Torino (national live TV broadcast on RAI5), a return to Hong Kong for French Baroque and Paul McCartney concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Brahms Requiem with the Bremer Philharmoniker and Maestro Hanjörg Albrecht at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Bruckner Te Deum with the Orquesta Nacionales de España, Madrid and Maestro Xian Zhang, Mahler Symphony #2 with Maestro Fabio Luisi and the DR Symfoniorkestret in Copenhagen, Denmark, , a return to the Hong Kong Symphony with Brahms Requiem and Mahler Symphony #4, Beethoven 9th Symphony at the Sankt Pölten Musikfestival with Maestro Yutaka Sado, Haydn Die Jahreszeiten at the Rheingau Festival with Maestro Ralf Otto, Brahms Requiem with Maestro Fabio Luisi and the DR Symfoniorkestret Copenhagen, the soprano soloist in Beethoven Missa Solemnis in the Beethovenfest Bonn and a nationally televised concert from the Kölner Dom conducted by Maestro Kent Nagano, Haydn Missa in tempore belli with Maestro Fabio Luisi and the Orquesta Nacionales de España, Madrid, Mahler Symphony #4 with Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero and the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal, Beethoven Ah! Perfido with the Gewandhaus Leipzig, her debut in the the role of Zdenka in Strauss’ Arabella in a new production by Robert Carsen and conducted by Maestro Fabio Luisi for her debut at Opernhaus Zürich, Mahler Symphony #8(Second Soprano) with Maestro Fabio Luisi with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, concerts of the Final Scene of Strauss Capriccio with NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and Maestro Paavo Järvi, Mozart c-moll Messe at the Bad Kissingen Festival with Maestro Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Soprano solo in Carmina Burana with the Nashville Symphony with Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero, Beethoven 9th Symphony with NRD Hannover and Maestro Andrew Manze , again with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi and Maestro Claus Peter Flor, Mahler Symphony #2 with Maestro Fabio Luisi in Florence, Amenaide in Rossini Tancredi with the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari with Pier-Luigi Pizzi and Maestro Jose Miguel Perez-Sierra, Mendelssohn Paulus with Maestro Fabio Luisi at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Soprano Solo in the Brahms Requiem with Maestro Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen for the 150th Anniversary of the Premiere in the Bremen Cathedral (broadcast via 3SAT to all German-speaking countries), Nanetta in Falstaff with the Teatro Regio di Torino directed by Daniele Abbado, Bach St. Matthew Passion with Maestro Jaap van Zweden and the Dallas Symphony, a return to Teatro Lirico di Cagliari for the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Maestro Gérard Korsten, her Japanese debut with Despina in Cosi fan tutte with Maestro Jonathan Nott (opposite Sir Thomas Allen) and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, a return to Hong Kong for the Waldvogel in Siegfried with Maestro Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (as part of a new complete Ring Cycle recording - ), a concert of Handel arias with NDR Radiophilharmonie and Maestro Paul Goodwin, and Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Maesto Fabio Biondi at the Festival Reate di Rieti (produced on CD by Glossa Musica – “Her silvery soprano lends a fragility to her character that Anna Netrebko doesn’t always manage” – Grammophone Magazine). Her role re-creation of Rautendelein from Respighi’s monumental La Campana Sommersa with Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and production by Pier Francesco Maestrini was recently released on Unitel / NAXOS DVD.
Appearances canceled due the COVID lockdown included a semi-staged performances and professional recording of Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio with Maestro Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Symphony for NAXOS records, Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, and Jenny in Der Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny in a return to Opernhaus Zürich with Maestro Fabio Luisi as well concerts of Beethoven 9th Symphony with Maestro Yutaka Sado and the Tonkünstler Orchestra Wien at the Musikverein in Vienna and also with Maestro Fabio Luisi for RAI Torino
Other recent engagements include Cleopatra in a new production of Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Komische Oper Berlin directed by Lydia Steier, concerts of Mahler Symphony #8 (performing Mater Gloriosa) with Maestro Riccardo Chailly and the Orchestra Verdi di Milano where the critics wrote "Valentina Farcas’ two lines as “Mater Gloriosa” were one of the best moments of the evening, her words floating overhead a she sang from an elevated position behind the choir”, her first Violetta in La Traviata with Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with Oper Chemnitz in Germany, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Chopin Festival in Warsaw, Poland and Musikfest Bremen, a last-minute performance-saving appearance as Eufelia in Paisiello’s La Grotta di Trofonio at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli with Maestro Alessandro De Marchi. A concert presentation of Hasse's Piramo e Tisbe at Palau de las Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia with Maestro Fabio Biondi, Mendelssohn Elias with Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Utrecht and Maestro Marcus Creed, Haydn Die Schöpfung with the Bachchor Mainz, Liu in Turandot at the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Mahler Symphony #2 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow with Maestro Peter Oundjian, , Liu in Turandot with the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Giulietta in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi with the Stavinger Symfoniorkester and Maestro Fabio Biondi, Valencienne in Lehar's Die Lustige Witwe at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli and Maestro Alfred Eschwe, Frau Fluth in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor with Opera de Lausanne Switzerland, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Maesto Fabio Biondi at the Festival Reate di Rieti (produced on CD by Glossa Musica – “Her silvery soprano lends a fragility to her character that Anna Netrebko doesn’t always manage” – Grammophone Magazine, 2016), Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites at the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, her debut at the Semperoper Dresden as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier (chosen for the role by Maestro Thielemann who later canceled), concerts of Bach St. Matthew Passion with the Hong Kong Phiharmonic and Maestro Jaap van Zweden where TimeOut Hong Kong wrote "Valentina Farcas'...brilliant soprano particularly shone", her Chinese mainland debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Chinese National Opera in Beijing, Carmina Burana in Toronto, Canada with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Peter Oundjian, a return to the Salzburg Festival with Maestro Nikolas Harnoncourt as Sarah in Haydn’s Il Ritorno di Tobia (released as a Festival Document Archive CD on Orfeo label), Elisetta in Il Matrimonio Segreto with the Spoleto Festival and Maestro Ivor Bolton, the title role of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda at the Konzerthaus Berlin, concerts of Mozart's Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots with Ivor Bolton at the Salzburg Festival, Asteria in Glueck's Telemaco at Theater an der Wien with Maestro Rene Jacobs, her role debut as the title character in Lucia di Lammermoor at Palm Beach Opera, the world premiere of La Fenice at the Savonlinna Opera Festival as well an appearance on their 100th Anniversary Gala (also produced on CD and DVD), concerts of Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) at Theatre de Champs-Elysees with Maestro Kurt Masur, Jenny in Der Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny in a new production by Laurent Pellyat the Theâtre Capitole du Toulouse, France.
Notable concert/operatic engagements include Mozart's Solemn Vespers at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Muti, Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Wiener Musikverein conducted by Maestro Fabio Luisi. RAI Torino with Mendelssohn's Lobgesang with Maestro Christopher Hogwood, Le Rossignol (Stravinsky) at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Opera Oviedo, Adina in L'elisir d'Amore at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam with Maestro Riccardo Frizza, Fire / Princess / Nightingale in L'enfant et les Sortileges with RAI Torino, her first Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with the ABAO Bilbao, Gilda in Rigoletto at the Savonlinna Festival in Finland, Gilda in Rigoletto with Leo Nucci at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo in Sicily, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at Opera National de Lyon and the Florida Grand Opera in Miami, Adele in Die Fledermaus at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, Musetta in La Bohèmeat Dallas Opera, Haydn's Il Ritorno di Tobia with Maestro Fabio Biondi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at Florida Grand Opera, Woglinde / Waldvogel in Der Ring des Nibelungens at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Adina in L'elisir d'Amore at Palm Beach Opera, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail directed by Damiano Michieletto with Maestro Jeffrey Tate at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli and also at the Mozart Festival in La Coruna, Spain and as her debut with the Salzburg Festival (DVD Decca Classics), Adele in Die Fledermaus and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Teatro Municipal de Santiago Chile, Liu in Turandot at the Teatro Regio di Parma, Gilda in Rigoletto at the Macau International Music Festival, Giulietta in I Capuleti e I Montecchi at the opera companies of Ravenna (released on DVD), Donna Farinella in Mozart's PasticcioL'Ape Musicale at the Theater an der Wien with Maestro Bertrand de Billy, Solveig in a world premiere staging of Grieg's Peer Gynt at the Teatro Verdi di Trieste with Maestro Gerd Albrecht, Schubert's Gli Amici del Salamanca at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and a return to Teatro Regio di Parma as Musetta in La Bohème with Maestro Bruno Bartoletti.
While in the ensemble of the Komische Oper Berlin she sang numerous leading roles including Gilda in Rigoletto with Maestro Kirill Petrenko, Queen Schemacha in Rimsky- Kosakov's Le Coq d'Or, Hermione in Handel's Oreste with Maestro Thomas Hengelbrock (voted 2006 Production of the Year in Germany by Opernwelt and broadcast internationally on ARTE) as well as performances of many other roles.
In addition to her performing career, Ms. Farcas enjoys a robust teaching schedule, including teaching at the Europäische Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Montepulciano (organized by the Kunst- und Musikhochschulen of Nordrhein-Westfalen), professional preparation courses via the Liz Mohn Foundation/Neue Stimmen in Berlin, public masterclasses in Hong Kong via the Hong Kong Philharmonic and in Kaohsiung, Taiwan via the Kaohsiung Spring Festival, and an upcoming masterclass residency at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany.
Ms. Farcas speaks German, English, Italian, Romanian fluently and is conversant in French.
Ms. Farcas holds both German and Romanian passports