Romanian-American soprano Laura Tatulescu has gained recognition for her beauty of voice and her exciting portrayals on the operatic stage. She has performed under the batons of such eminent conductors as Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Philippe Jordan, Adam Fischer, James Conlon, Marco Armiliato, Sebastian Weigle, Danielle Gatti, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Peter Schneider and Constantinos Carydis, Juraj Valcuha and Ivor Bolton.

Born in the USA, she started her musical education as a violinist. She later graduated with a Masters Degree in Opera from the National Music University in Bucharest, Romania.

Ms. Tatulescu started the 2011-12 season with her house debut at English National Opera as Phoebe in a new Barrie Kosky production of Rameau’s Castor and Pollux, conducted by Christian Curnyn. The production won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Opera production. She then returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper for roles including Creusa in Mayr’s Medea in Corintho, Musetta in La Bohème and Despina in Cosi fan Tutte. Future engagements include her debuts in leading roles with the Glyndebourne Festival, Santa Fe Opera, the Semperoper in Dresden, as well as return engagements at the Bayerische Staatsoper, and concert engagements with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Robin Ticciati.

In the 2010-11 season Ms. Tatulescu returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper to sing Marzelline in a new production of Fidelio, conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Calixto Bieito. During the Münchner Opernfestspiele she created the role of Hanna in Miroslav Srnka’s Make No Noise accompanied by Ensemble Modern. Other roles in Munich included Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Despina in Cosi fan Tutte, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Musetta in La Bohème. She also gave an acclaimed concert at the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum in Prague in a gala concert with the Prague Philharmonia under Jakub Hrusa.

The 2009-10 season saw Ms. Tatulescu join the ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, where she sang Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanni. Her other roles in Munich included Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and her role debut as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, as well Despina in Cosi fan Tutte and Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel.

Ms. Tatulescu’s 2008-09 season was marked with a series of celebrated debuts. She made her US and role debut as Lauretta in Woody Allen’s celebrated new production of Gianni Schicchi to open the season at Los Angeles Opera. Her performance as Lauretta was praised for being “alluringly sung” (New York Times) and “uncommonly sexy” (LA Times). The production was conducted by James Conlon and was also presented at the Spoleto Festival in Italy in the summer of 2009. Her roles with the Vienna State Opera that season included Musetta in La Bohème and Marzelline in Fidelio, as well as Despina in Cosi fan Tutte on tour with the Vienna State Opera in Japan under Riccardo Muti. In May 2009 she made her debut with the Bayerische Staatsoper as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro.

Ms. Tatulescu has had a close relationship with the Vienna State Opera since 2005. In the 2007-08 season her roles in Vienna included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Despina in Cosi fan Tutte under Maestro Riccardo Muti in Vienna and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw under Peter Schneider. She also sang Sophie in Werther under Marco Armilliato and opera gala concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan. In January 2007 she made her role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro in Vienna under the baton of Philippe Jordan and was praised for her “stature, bell-like and soulful sound, and her instinct in portraying the incredible complexity of this character” (Der Neue Merker). She made her professional opera debut in 2004 as Marguerite in Faust at the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest.

Her orchestral repertoire covers a wide range of Oratorio and concert repertoire, including works by Bach and Mozart, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Gorecki’s Third Symphony, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Poulenc’s Gloria, Faure’s Requiem, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Ms. Tatulescu received the prestigious Münchener Festspielpreis for her portrayals in the 2011 Festspiele of Hanna in the World Premiere of Make No Noise by Miroslav Srnka, as well as Zerlina and Marzelline. She also received the first and only Uli Maerkle Prize of the Vienna State Opera as most promising young singer in 2006.