Iulia Maria Dan

Dan has made several acclaimed debuts: at the Verbier Festival as Aminta Il re pastore;  the title role of Massenet Manon at Oper Graz; Ofelia in Franco Faccio's Amleto at the Bregenz Festival; Mimi La Bohème with Opera Australia on the Sidney Harbour; the premiere of Francesca da Rimini at the Münchner Opernfestspiele; and Gilda Rigoletto for Romanian National Opera. A member of the Staatsoper Hamburg ensemble between 2015-2017, her roles there included 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 Cosi fan tutte. Prior to this, Dan was a member of the ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she began as a member of their prestigious Opernstudio.

On the concert platform she has recently sung 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 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.

Season 2020/21 / 315 words. Not to be altered without permission.