Natalia Tanasii

In the 2017/18 season Tanasii joins the prestigious International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich where her roles include Sklave Salome; Undis, Birks Mutter/Wilddrude Ronja Räubertochter; Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly and Arminda La finta giardiniera.

Tanasii opened the 2016/17 season at Den Norkse Opera & Ballet with Calixto Bieito’s Stage production of Britten’s War Requiem, a production she later revisited at the Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao. Later in the season she made her debut as Fiordiligi in a new production of Cosi fan tutte and reprised the role of Micaela Carmen, both at Den Norske Opera & Ballet. Tanasii also appeared at the opening of the Rosehill Theatre Theatre in Carlisle where she performed for HRH The Prince of Wales.

In the 2015/16 season she was a Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, covering the role of the Vixen and singing the Chocholka, in Janáček Cunning Little Vixen. Tanasii also joined the Glyndebourne Chorus for a Gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall as part of this season’s Shakespeare400 celebrations.

At the age of just 21, Tanasii made her professional debut in the role of Contessa Le nozze di Figaro on the main stage of the Moldovan National Theatre. Her debut received excellent critical acclaim and she was later awarded the National Award for Oustanding Achievement in Arts. Further roles in Chisinau included Nedda I Pagliacci, Tatiana Eugene Onegin and the title role of Iolanta. Tanasii also regularly appears in concert and is a dedicated recitalist in her native Moldova.

2017-18 season / 347 words. Not to be altered without permission.