Fine soprano, 35, is lost to cancer
RIPThe Romanian opera singer Smaranda Draghici Paslaru has lost a three-year fight with breast cancer.
A soloist of the Constanta National Opera House, she is described by a visting conductor as an excellent Gilda in Rigoletto.
In a mourning notice, the Constanta Opera writes: ‘Smaranda was the friend that anyone would want. She was the daughter and sister who loved and respected her family. She was the artist that any theater in the world would need.’
The only word is tragic.
PLEASE stop using the hackneyed and insulting term “fight with” cancer. It’s just plain wrong. Stop!
It is a fight. Tell me about it.
It is a fight. Speaking from sad experience here. You are very lucky if you think it is not. The news is tragic.
Awful. Sincerest condolences to her family.
What a beautiful tribute to her, from the Constanta Opera House. It makes her goodness very present. Peace, after such a
long struggle.
So awful and unfair! RIP young lady
So very much too young. RIP.
Very sad to hear this.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat. Requiescat in pace.
What a beautiful voice. May she rest in peace.
Very sad … I still miss Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, gone too soon.
I didn’t know her, but this is devastating news. A beautiful voice, so young!
Heaven must have needed her for something really special………
Is that how it works? God decides he needs her so gives her cancer?
So sad and so young. Thank you for sharing her artistry with us!⚘
What a beautiful voice. Such a sad loss. May she rest in peace.