Maria-Cristina Necula is a Romanian-American writer, poet, and singer based in New York. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center. Her dissertation-based book, The Don Carlos Enigma: Variations of Historical Fictions was published in 2020 by Academica Press. She has given talks on opera, languages, and literature at The Graduate Center, Baruch, The City College of New York, and UCLA Southland. Necula studied classical singing in New York, Bucharest, and at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, and has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Florence Gould Hall, and the Westchester Broadway Theatre, among other venues. Her first book, Life in Opera: Truth, Tempo, and Soul (Amadeus Press, 2009), offers a collection of encounters with famed personalities of the opera world and several personal essays. Necula is also a translator of six languages. Her rhymed translation of Molière's comedy The School for Wives was performed in Canterbury, England. Her French and English translations of testimonials by noted international personalities collected in Europe à la carte (éditions le cherche midi, 2009), including her own contributions to the book, honored the fall of the Berlin Wall's 20th anniversary. A regular contributor to the culture & society website Woman Around Town and Classical Singer magazine, Necula has also been published in Studies in European Cinema, Das Opernglas, and Opera News. Please visit https://www.mariacristinanecula.com.
