Mihai Damian
Baritone
Winner of seven prizes at the 62nd International Tenor Viñas Singing Competition including the second prize, along with several prestigious awards (Audience Prize, Verdi Prize, Houston Grand Opera Prize, Teatro Real Prize, Best Baritone Prize, and the European Opera Centre Prize) Romanian Baritone Mihai Damian is fast gaining a reputation for his powerful and noble baritone. Future seasons already see him making important debuts at Royal Opera & Ballet, Teatro dell’ Opera in Rome and Dallas Opera.
A 2024 graduate of the Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music in Cluj, where he pursued both conducting and singing, he was immediately invited upon his graduation, to join the ensemble of Romanian National Opera in Cluj where his roles include Belcore L’elisir d’amore, Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Conte Le Nozze di Figaro, Sonora La fanciulla del West and Marcello La Boheme.
As a guest artist Damian has performed Escamillo Carmen at the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest, Paolo Simon Boccanegra at the Romanian National Opera in Timisoara, Donald Billy Budd at the Enescu Festival, Guglielmo Le Villi at Konzerthaus Berlin and Giacomo in Verdi’s Giovanna d`Arco at Ópera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
His vocal symphonic repertoire includes Carmina Burana, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Faure’s Requiem, Messa di Gloria by Puccini and Messa per Rossini.
He is also a laureate of Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino where he was awarded the Eva Kleinitz Award for a Young Talent. At home in Romania, he won the Grand Prize and Public’s Award at Verum Solitus Opera Competition, First Prize at Mozart International Competition and the Grand Prize at Alexandru Fărcaș Voice Competition in Romania.
Performances
FEBRUARY 6 2025
Baritone soloist, Mass in A Major; Arad Philharmonic
Arad, Romania
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