Born in Piatra-Neamț (Romania), Veronica Anușca started studying music at the “Victor Brauner” Art High-school when she was 12. After one year of guitar practice, she transferred to the cello section where she spent the next three years. It was after finishing the 8th grade that she decided to follow what she now knew was her true calling: singing. The one who helped her realize and decide her true passion was not one of her instrument teachers, but her Music Theory teacher, Mr. Ionel Ciobanu. He pointed her in the right direction after providing her with the most rigorous training in music theory.
Veronica started studying classical singing at the age of 15 with Romanian coloratura soprano Elena Botez, from whom she gained confidence in the native resources of her voice.
In 2004 she was accepted at the National University of Music Bucharest which she graduated in 2009. She went on to successfully follow the N.U.M.B. Master program which she finished in June 2011. All her university studies have taken place under the guidance of her singing teacher, Ph.D. Ionel Voineag and his assistant, Ph.D. Andreiana Roșca-Geamană.
In 2013 she was trained in lied art and modern vocal styles in the Intensive Erasmus European LiedForum Program coordinated by Universität der Künste Berlin, which took place in Vilnius – Lithuania at the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy and where she worked with renowned professors from six universities: National University of Music Bucharest – Romania, “Frederic Chopin” Music University – Warsaw, Poland, “Giuseppe Verdi” Music Conservatory of Turin – Italy, Universität der Künste Berlin – Germany, University of Music, Theatre and Media – Hannover, Germany and Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy – Vilnius, Lithuania.
Veronica attended numerous masterclasses and has received high quality education under the guidance of famous opera singers and conductors, such as: Mariella Devia, Maria Guleghina, Marina Krilovici, Mariana Nicolesco, Christian Badea, Ionel Pantea, Claudio Desderi, Marius Vlad Budoiu, Adrian Butterfield
In 2019 after many years of study and research in baroque singing style, under the guidance of Ph.D. Valentina Sandu-Dediu, Veronica Anușca obtained the PhD in Music from the National University of Music Bucharest.
Veronica Anușca has been a laureate of many national and international music competitions such as: “Hariclea Darcleé” International Competition (2nd Prize – 2010) “The Masters of Lyric Art- George Ştefănescu Goangă” International Singing Competition (First Prize and Special Award), “Sabin Dragoi” International Competition, Timisoara (Grand Prize), “The VIP Gala Prizes for Spectacle Arts” – The Debut Prize, etc. Also, the Romanian Union of Musicians Performers awarded her with Excellency Diploma and Medal.
The intensive musical training allowed her to approach a wide repertory, from baroque music style (baroque arias recitals and opera roles like Morgana and Alcina from Alcina by Handel, Zima from Les Indes Galantes by J.Ph.Rameau, but also sacred music, oratorios, masses, passions, such as Stabat Mater by Pergolesi, La Ressurezione, Messiah by G.F Händel, Te Deum by Purcel, Johannes Passions and Matthäus Passions by J.S.Bach etc.), classical style opera and vocal-symphonic (Missa Nelson, Die Schöpfung and Stabat Mater by Haydn, Requiem, Exultate Jubilate, Grand Mass in c minor, Coronation Mass, and the opera roles: Susanna from Le nozze di Figaro and Donna Anna from Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart), opera repertory (The main role from Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti, Musetta from La Boheme by G. Puccini, Gilda from Rigoletto by G. Verdi, Violetta Valery from La Traviata by G. Verdi, Norma by Bellini etc), vocal symphonic (Peer Gynt by E. Grieg, The Bells by Rachmaninov, A midsummer night dream by Mendelssohn-Bartholdi, Pettite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater by G.Rossini, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff etc) and contemporary musical works, from which many of them were composed especially for her voice.
Veronica Anușca started her artistic career since she was in her master program at Bucharest National Opera at the Ludovic Spiess Experimental Opera and Ballet Studio, here she made her debut in operas such Rita (in the title role) by Donizetti and I Capuleti ed i Montecchi, Giulietta’s role by V. Bellini, and later, after the first prize obtained at the competition organized by the same institution, on the main stage of the opera in the roles of Adela in Die Fledermauss by J. Strauss and Oscar in Un ballo in maschera by G. Verdi. Also, on the same stage she debuted in the roles of Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme, Lucia in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisire d’amore, Susanna from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Norma in Bellini`s Norma, the title role in Doamna cu cățelul (The Lady with de dog) by Livia Teodorescu-Ciocanea.
Veronica Anuşca has been highly acclaimed for her interpretation when performing on numerous romanian opera stages, philharmonics and various cultural institutions and also from abroad (Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Martiniplaza Groningen, Mainstage Brabanthallen Hertogenbosch, Philarmonie Heerlem, Musis Amhem, World Forum Theater Den Haag in Netherlands, Winslow Operahall in England, Gdansk – Poland, Rome, Lecce – Italy, Vilnius – Lithuania, Vienna – Austria). She has performed under the baton of internationally renowned conductors (Michele Gamba, Christian Badea, Cristian Mandeal, Leo Hussain, Vlad Iftinca, Raymond Janssen, Cem Mansur, David Crescenzi) and in directing signed by important names, such as Seven Barlow, Paul Curran, Plamen Kartalov, Grischa Asagaroff and Andrei’s Șerban Lucia di Lammermoor – the title role, a show due to which Veronica remained deeply imprinted in the memory of the Bucharest National Opera audience. Needless to say, all performances have been highly praised by both audience and musical critique.
In parallel with her artistic activity, Veronica Anușca started her singing teaching career in 2005, initially at music high schools in the country. Currently, she is involved in the training of young collaborators at the Opera Studio of the Bucharest National Opera. Veronica is also part of the teaching team at ICon Arts Academy, being a mentor for the students attending the Classical Singing Course organized by the Academy in Transylvania.
Considering her evolution so far and despite her youth, Veronica Anuşca is widely regarded as an already accomplished soprano, with a wide repertoire in a variety of genres and styles. This ability to approach different if not opposite types of music demonstrates intelligence, musical knowledge and a deep passion for singing.