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Ermonela Jaho recounts her difficult beginnings: I looked for work as a babysitter and waitress

Politiko 2025-06-24 22:29:05

Ermonela Jaho recounts her difficult beginnings: I looked for work as a

The world-famous Albanian soprano, Ermonela Jaho, has recounted some of the difficult moments from her life as a student at the Rome Conservatory.

"I begged the teachers I had working with in Mantua that I was ready to work as a babysitter and waitress. It was difficult because I lost the documents I exchanged. The family I stayed with was having problems with the divorce and I went without eating for a week ," the well-known artist told News 24. 

Another difficult moment that she says made her cry was the certificate that the Albanian embassy refused her.

Ermonela said that the school required this document, and although the Albanian state asked her to return, the director of the Rome Conservatory allowed her to continue school, appreciating her passion for music.

 Jaho:  I begged the teachers I had who I worked with in Mantua that I'm ready to work as a babysitter and waitress, it was difficult because I lost the documents I exchanged. The family I stayed with was having problems with the divorce, I even went a week without eating.

I stayed with my documents as a student and stayed without coming to Albania because I couldn't even return the documents to the Albanian embassy, ​​but patience paid off and I managed to win the competition and things were sorted out.

I needed a certificate I had earned at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory.

I needed a certificate from the Albanian embassy that my visa had expired, I had won the conservatory, they didn't give me the certificate, they asked me to return to Albania.

I went to the academy to the secretary crying, I want to continue my dream. I would like my child to have this passion like you told me, he is dead and I remember him with gratitude. And he told me that for this passion you have, you will enter the school and you will hear that you have the document.

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