Iulia Maria Dan

Soprano

Romanian Soprano Iulia Maria Dan’s “richly coloured, beautifully finished but still radiantly clear sound” (Sydney Morning Herald) has made her in demand in prestigious theatres across Europe. The current season sees her making a series of important company debuts at Volksoper Wien as Micaëla in a new production of Carmen by Lotte de Beer and at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli in a new production of Rusalka by Dimitry Tcherniakov. Further highlights include Desdemona Otello at Israeli Opera and Micaëla at Hong Kong Arts Festival. On the concert platform embarks on a major European tour together with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre singing Rosalinde Die Fledermaus in Baden-Baden, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

Last season, Dan was heard as Micaëla at Opéra de Rouen and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and as Contessa Le Nozze di Figaro at Staatstheater Wiesbaden. In concert, she performed Verdi’s Messa di Requiem with Daniele Gatti and Munich Philharmonic and with Dan Ettinger and the Israeli Opera Orchestra, as well as singing a gala concert together with Freddie de Tommaso at the Smetana Festival in Litomyšl.

 

Recent highlights include Desdemona in a new production of Otello at  Oper Leipzig; The Da Ponte Trilogy (Donna Anna, Contessa and Fiordiligi) the Ravenna Festival, Opéra de Versailles; the Israeli Opera; Opéra National de Bordeaux and the Gran Teatre del Liceu; Tatyana Eugene Onegin at the Norwegian National Opera; Aminta Il re pastore at the Verbier Festival; the title role of Massenet’s Manon at Oper Graz; Ofelia in Franco Faccio’s Amleto at the Bregenz Festival; Mimì La Bohème with Opera Australia on the Sidney Harbour; the premiere of Stefan Wirth’s Francesca da Rimini at the Münchner Opernfestspiele; and Gilda Rigoletto and Violetta Valery La Traviata for Romanian National Opera.

 

Recent successes on the concert platform include the Zemlinksy Lyric Symphony with Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen conducted by Ariane Matiakh;  Beethoven Symphony No.9 with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa conducted by Marc Minkowski, at the Verbier Festival and with Staatstheater Kassel; a programme of Mozart arias at Lviv MozArt Festival conducted by Oksana Lyniv; Beethoven Cantata for the Death of Emperor Josef with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Mark Wigglesworth and Verdi Requiem with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner at the Royal Festival Hall.

 

A member of the ensemble at the Semperoper Dresden until 2021, her roles there included Micaela Carmen; Mimì and Musetta La Bohème; Gretel Hansel and Gretel; Donna Elvira Don Giovanni; Fiordiligi Così Fan Tutte; Tatyana Eugene Onegin; Contessa Le nozze di Figaro, Violetta La Traviata and Madam Cortese Il viaggio a Reims. Previous to that she was a soloist of Staatsoper Hamburg between 2015-2017 where she could be heard as Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Agathe Der Freischütz, Mimì La Bohème, Tatyana Eugene Onegin, Freia Das Rheingold, Contessa Le nozze di Figaro, Mathilde Guillaume Tell, Rosalinde Die Fledermaus and Fiordiligi Così fan tutte.  Dan was also a member of the ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she began as a member of their prestigious Opernstudio.

A graduate of the National University of Music in Bucharest, Dan is a recipient of many prizes and awards at competitions such as Most Promising Young Artist at the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition where she was also awarded the Graz Opera Special Prize and the Soroptimist Prize, the Hariclea Darclee International Singing Competition, and the Ionel Perlea National Song Competition.

Performances

DECEMBER 13 2024

Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du Louvre

Baden-Baden, Germany

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DECEMBER 15 2024

Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du Louvre

Baden-Baden, Germany

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DECEMBER 18 2024

Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du Louvre

Barcelona, Spain

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DECEMBER 20 2024

Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du Louvre

Seville, Spain

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DECEMBER 22 2024

Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du Louvre

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Performances

DECEMBER 13 2024Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du LouvreBaden-Baden, GermanyBuy Tickets
DECEMBER 15 2024Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du LouvreBaden-Baden, GermanyBuy Tickets
DECEMBER 18 2024Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du LouvreBarcelona, SpainBuy Tickets
DECEMBER 20 2024Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du LouvreSeville, SpainBuy Tickets
DECEMBER 22 2024Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens du LouvreBuy Tickets
DECEMBER 28 2024Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens de Louvre - TenerifeSanta Cruz de Tenerife, SpainBuy Tickets
DECEMBER 30 2024Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Les Musiciens de Louvre - Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainBuy Tickets
MARCH 27 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Palazzetto BruZane - Hong Kong Arts FestivalBuy Tickets
MARCH 28 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Palazzetto BruZane - Hong Kong Arts FestivalBuy Tickets
MARCH 29 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Palazzetto BruZane - Hong Kong Arts FestivalBuy Tickets
MARCH 30 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Palazzetto BruZane - Hong Kong Arts Festival (tbc)Buy Tickets
MAY 6 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Volksoper WienWien, AustriaBuy Tickets
MAY 16 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Volksoper WienWien, AustriaBuy Tickets
MAY 25 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Volksoper WienWien, AustriaBuy Tickets
MAY 28 2025Micaëla, Carmen; Volksoper WienWien, AustriaBuy Tickets

Press

With an infinite nobility (especially applauded in the “Dove sono”), the voice unfolds in impressive crescendi; starting from the pianississimo and sparkling like a silver thread supporting the rises in volume. The amplitude of the material relates to that of the ambitus, the voice plunging towards a bass as tender as full-bodied.

Olyrix

Iulia Maria Dan sings the Ofelia, to whom the most beautiful arias have been bestowed, with great tenderness and intimacy.

Opernnetz

The Romanian Iulia Maria Dan is a heartfelt, enchanting Ofelia.

Online Merker

Iulia Maria Dan, with a dark and round voice, made a balanced portrait of Donna Anna, torn between nobility and torment

Connessiallopera

Soprano Iulia Maria Dan was entirely convincing as a mini-skirted Mimi, and sang with a richly coloured, beautifully finished but still radiantly clear sound.

Sydney Morning Herald

Iulia Maria Dan rose to the expectations of the role of Donna Anna. Efficient in her arias, precise and expressive in the recits, she showed an elegant and secure vocal line, supported by a clear and pleasant voice

Operaclick

The real revelation in this act was Iulia Maria Dan as Mimì – her dark tone was almost mezzo-like, unexpected but very appealing.

Bachtrack

Romanian Iulia Maria Dan …is a new face, however, bringing a lush soprano to Mimì, playing the role with a subtle self-possession flecked with a defiant playfulness that lingers even as her tubercular plotline progresses towards its inevitable conclusion.

Limelight Magazine

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