The remarkable young Moldovan soprano Natalia Tanasii is a 2nd Prize winner at the much coveted Neue Stimmen competition and is already making important debuts on major European stages such as the Salzburg Festival, Opernhaus Zürich, La Monnaie, Hamburg State Opera and Teatro Real in Madrid.
"Here she is a magnificent Tatiana, worthy of those we have loved the most, and at the same time completely herself. This long difficult scene, it is she who leads it, who breathes it, imposing a very slow tempo, that of the interior life, all in fleeting thoughts of her character. The orchestra has the wisdom to follow her, and how not to melt once more listening to the echoes that the clarinet or the flute or a dreamy oboe intertwine with her voice. We hear clear and brilliant high notes, see the smile that makes time suspend. We appreciate the radiant resumption, an expressive tremolo in passing, exalting high notes and warmth also in this performance."
ForumOpera, April 2022
The timbre is clear and youthful and the voice very well projected and perfectly controlled. The scene of the letter is many-faceted in its sincerity and accuracy of expression; a great Tatiana was born.
Concerto.Net, April 2022
"Moldovan soprano Natalia Tanasii was a terrific Tatyana. Her clear-voiced impetuosity in the letter scene turned to regretful resolve to follow her duty as the beautiful and intelligent wife of Prince Gremin, when Onegin reappears years later."
The Article, June 2021
"Tanasii has a remarkable timbre, with all the warmth and smoothness you might wish for; she also has pin-sharp intonation and the right ear for how to phrase Tchaikovsky’s flowing lines."
Bachtrack, June 2021
"Natalia Tanasii announced herself in thrilling style with a gleaming 'Liber scriptus', and launched the ‘Sanctus’ with fearless virtuosity. She was at her considerable best, though, in the ‘Lachrymosa’, tenderly but implacably neutralising the despair of the tenor’s 'Move him into the sun', the tension dissipating with uncanny beauty."
Classical Source, November 2014
The remarkable young Moldovan soprano Natalia Tanasii is a 2nd Prize winner at the much coveted Neue Stimmen competition and is already making important debuts on major European stages such as the Salzburg Festival, Opernhaus Zürich, La Monnaie, Hamburg State Opera and Teatro Real in Madrid.
In the 2022/23 season, Tanasii brings her acclaimed Tatyana to La Monnaie in Laurent Pelly’s new production of Eugene Onegin and to Teatro Massimo di Palermo and makes her debut at the Volksoper Wien in the title role of a new Lotte de Beer production of Iolanta. On the concert platform, she returns to Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for Mahler Symphony No.4 conducted by Alexander Soddy. Future seasons see Tanasii return to the Opernhaus Zürich in the leading role of a new production, to the National Theatre Opera, Prague, and to Hamburg State Opera and Teatro Real for her debut.
Tanasii’s recent successes include performances of Tatyana Eugene Onegin to great critical review at both Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège and Opéra de Lausanne, both in her company debuts, and at Garsington Opera where reviews commented on her ‘remarkable timbre’ and ‘pin-sharp intonation’ (Bachtrack); her debut at Oper Frankfurt as Micaela Carmen; Fifth Maid Elektra in Zurich, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Salzburg Festival; Mimi La bohème at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos and the National Theatre Opera and Zerlina Don Giovanni with Suzhou Symphony Orchestra.
Further engagements include the 2016/17 season opening at Den Norske Opera & Ballet with Calixto Bieito’s staged production of Britten’s War Requiem, a production she later revisited at the Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao, where her arresting performance received outstanding accolades. Later in the season, she returned to Oslo for her debut as Fiordiligi in a new production of Così fan tutte and reprised the role of Micaela Carmen. Tanasii also appeared at the opening of the Rosehill Theatre in Carlisle where she performed for HRH The Prince of Wales.
Tanasii is an alumna of the prestigious Zurich International Opera Studio, the Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the young ensemble of the Norwegian National Opera.
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