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L AURA T ATULESCU

Soprano

Season 2009 – 2010

Romanian-American soprano Laura Tatulescu has gained recognition for her beauty of voice and her exciting portrayals on the operatic stage. She has performed under the batons of such eminent conductors as Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Philippe Jordan, Adam Fischer, James Conlon, Marco Armiliato, Sebastian Weigle, Danielle Gatti, Andris Nelsons, Peter Schneider and Constantinos Carydis.

Born in the USA, she started her musical education as a violinist. She later graduated with a Masters Degree in Opera from the National Music University in Bucharest, Romania.

The 2009-10 season will see Ms. Tatulescu join the ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, where she sings Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanni conducted by Kent Nagano and directed by Stephan Kimmig. Her other roles this season include Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and her role debut as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, both conducted by Juraj Valcuha, Despina in Cosi fan Tutte conducted by Ivor Bolton, and Gretel in H ? nsel und Gretel.

Ms. Tatulescu’s 2008-09 season was marked with a series of celebrated debuts. She made her US and role debut as Lauretta in Woody Allen’s celebrated new production of Gianni Schicchi to open the season at Los Angeles Opera. Her performance as Lauretta was praised for being “alluringly sung” (New York Times) and “uncommonly sexy” (LA Times). The production was conducted by James Conlon and was also presented at the Spoleto Festival in Italy in the summer of 2009. Her roles with the Vienna State Opera that season included Musetta in La Bohème and Marzelline in Fidelio, as well as Despina in Cosi fan Tutte on tour with the Vienna State Opera in Japan under Riccardo Muti. In May 2009 she made her debut with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro.

Ms. Tatulescu has had a close relationship with the Vienna State Opera since 2005. In the 2007-08 season her roles in Vienna included Pamina in Die Zauberfl?te, and Despina in Cosi fan Tutte under Maestro Riccardo Muti in Vienna and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw under Peter Schneider. She also sang Sophie in Werther under Marco Armilliato and opera gala concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan.

In January 2007 she made her role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro in Vienna under the baton of Philippe Jordan and was praised for her “stature, bell-like and soulful sound, and her instinct in portraying the incredible complexity of this character” (Der Neue Merker). She made her professional opera debut in 2004 as Marguerite in Faust at the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest.

Her operatic repertoire also includes Ilia in Idomeneo and her orchestral repertoire covers a wide range of Oratorio and concert repertoire, including works by Bach and Mozart, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Gorecki’s Third Symphony, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Poulenc’s Gloria, Faure’s Requiem, and Vivaldi’s Gloria.

Laura Tatulescu has obtained numerous first prizes at national voice competitions in Romania. In 2006 she received the Uli M?rkle Prize in Vienna for the most promising young artist.

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