Original sentence: Born in Adjud, Romania, she studied in Bucharest and made her debut in Iaşi as the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte.Her breakthrough came with her debut at the Scottish Opera in 1981, as Violetta in La traviata.Other roles there included Manon Lescaut and Tosca.She sang at the Braşov Opera from 1975 until 1978, in roles such as Mimi, Micaela and Rosalinde.She then left for Milan, Italy, to further her vocal studies.The following year she made her debut at the Royal Opera House in London, as Nedda in Pagliacci, opposite Jon Vickers, later appearing as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann and Valentine in Les Huguenots
Edited sentence: At 18 she sung in Pergolesi's La serva padrona and joined the Conservatory in Iasi where she continued her studies with Tibi Popovici.At 9 she started studying piano and at 14 she won her first singing contest, "Young Talents, Great hopes".Born in Adjud, Romania, Nelly started singing at 5 and was hailed as a child prodigy.In 1972 she was the youngest contestant in the Francisco Vinas Musical Competition in Barcelona and in 1975 she won the first prize at the very first Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens.In 1981 she fled the communist regime and months later she debuted in Glasgow at the Scottish Opera as Violetta in La Traviata.In 1996 she was trusted with the revival of the infamous Tosca production for Maria Callas at Covent Garden.Manon Lescaut and Tosca followed.More 1st prizes followed at competitions in Geneva, Paris, Sofia, Oostende etc.Nelly made her operatic debut in Mozart's Magic Flute, as the Queen of the Night at Iasi Opera House, and continued to sing at Brasov Opera House between 1975-1978 in roles such as Mimi in La Boheme, Micael, Micaela in Carmen and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus.She later appeared as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann and Valentine in Les Huguenots.The following year she made her debut at the Royal Opera House in London as Nedda in Pagliacci, opposite Jon Vickers, Piero Cappuccilli and Thomas Allen.The revival was a huge success and established her as one of the best Tosca's seen on stage