In the 18 February, 2016 performance of Faust due to the illness of Andrea Rost, the role of Marguerite is sung by Romanian-Swiss soprano, Elena Moşuc.
Elena Moşuc, born in Iasi, was educated at the George Enescu Conservatory in Iasi and before completing her studies, she won several international competitions (a.o. the international music competition organised by the "ARD" German Television Channel I in Munich).
Since the beginning of her career, she was connected closely to the Zurich Opera House, and she appeared there in various roles, among others as the Queen of the Night, Konstanze, Donna Anna, Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvira, Gilda, Violetta, Luisa Miller, Musetta, Micaëla or Marguerite. Guest star appearances take her continuously to all the important opera houses and festivals in Europe (Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, London, Milan) as well as to the USA (New York, Dallas), and Japan and China. She has worked with many of the greatest conductors (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Fabio Luisi, Lorin Maazel, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding) and stage directors (Franco Zeffirelli, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Stefan Herheim, Martin Kusej).
