Romanian tenor Ioan Hotea shot to prominence in 2015 when he was crowned winner of the much-coveted Operalia competition, where he was awarded the First Prize in both Opera and Zarzuela categories. Since then he has performed on many major stages around the world.
"With Ioan Hotea, the Staatstheater has a lyrical tenor who not only sings the indestructible Nemorino aria 'Una furtiva lagrima' with a pure head and superb legato, but also phrases with great flair for expressive nuances and excellently intones to pianissimo."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"The emotional power of this production was amplified in Act II, revealing the Elvino of the Romanian Ioan Hotea as a great lyrical tenor."
Seen and Heard
"The Duke Ioan Hotea's wonderfully supple and quite a sympathetic wearer, offered a clear and radiant tenor."
Frankfurter Rundschau
"This last character is sung by the young tenor Romanian Ioan Hotea (who had rather charmed us in the Barber from Seville to Strasbourg at the beginning of the season), to whom he lent his clear and stylish song."
Opera-Online
"Hotea sang the role in the most delicate nuances, always maintaining the balance between intense expression and well-measured distance, letting his lyrical timbre flow wonderfully, giving the exposed heights a brilliant radiance, the mezza voce nevertheless the robust, masculine resilience, the legatissimo sounded in an intimate melt piano."
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Romanian tenor Ioan Hotea shot to prominence in 2015 when he was crowned winner of the much-coveted Operalia competition, where he was awarded the First Prize in both Opera and Zarzuela categories. Since then he has performed on the stages of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Zurich Opera, Opera de Paris, Frankfurt Opera, Opera de Monte-Carlo and Choregies d’Orange.
In the 2022/23 season, Hotea makes his debut as Prince Léopold in a new production by David Alden of La Juive at Grand Théâtre de Genève under the baton of Mark Minkowski and at the National Theatre Opera, Prague as Duca Rigoletto. For his home company in Wiesbaden, his roles include Duca Rigoletto, Camille de Rosillon Die lustige Witweand Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi.
Successes in the 2021/22season included a triumphant debut as Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor which he performed to great acclaim at Staatsoper Hamburg and Deutsche Oper Berlin; and as Werther in a new production in Wiesbaden. He also made a company debut at Semperoper Dresden as Ferrando Così fan tutte and sang Duca in Hamburg.
Recent performances include his debut with Bayerische Staatsoper as Ferrando in Dieter Dorn’s production of Così fan tutte; Chevalier Des Grieux in a new production of Manon in Hamburg; his debut at Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Arturo I Puritani and return as Edgardo; Ernesto in new production of Don Pasquale and Nemorino at the Royal Opera House; Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Staatsoper Stuttgart, Opera National de Rhin, Wiener Staatsoper, Greek National Opera and Choregies d’Orange; Elvino La Sonnambula at Oper Frankfurt; Ernesto Don Pasquale at Oper Zurich. Staatsoper Stuttgart and Deutsche Oper am Rhein; Des Grieux Manon at Greek National Opera; Cassio Otello at Opera de Monte-Carlo; and Tebaldo I Capuleti ed i Montecchi at Opera National de Paris. In Wiesebaden his roles have included Almaviva in a new production of Il barbiere di Sviglia, Alfredo La Traviata, Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi and Macduff Macbeth, Werther, Dex Grieux, Ernesto, Ferrando Così Fan Tutte, Nemorino, Duca Rigoletto, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni, Tamino Die Zauberflöte and Don Ramiro La Cenerentola.
Born in Baia Mare, Romania Hotea is a graduate of the Bucharest Music Academy. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 as Nemorino and was immediately engaged as a soloist of the Romanian National Opera of Bucharest where his roles included Alfredo, Almaviva and Don Ottavio. A prize winner in several competitions he was also awarded the Grand Prize of the International Contest Hariclea Darclée in 2015. He currently resides in Frankfurt.
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