The coffin with the dead body of the famous soprano Mariana Nicolesco will be placed on Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Romanian Athenaeum, and the funeral will take place at the Genca cemetery, the Romanian Academy said. in a Facebook post.

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“Friends and admirers can pay her respects on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at the Romanian Athenaeum, between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. After the solemn ceremony, Mariana Nicolesko – awarded the Order of the Star of Romania in the Grand Cross Degree – will be met with due honors at the Genca military cemetery, where the service and burial will take place,” the Academy reported.

Honorary member of the Romanian Academy of Arts, Architecture and Audiovisual Activities, the distinguished soprano Mariana Nicolesco died on Friday at the age of 73, Agerpres reports.