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| Dinyar Vania is rapidly emerging as
one of the America’s most exciting new talents, whose attributes
include a rich lyric voice of astonishing power and beauty. The
busy 2007-08 season includes his return to New York City Opera as
Rodolfo in La Bohème, a role he will also sing in his
debut with Madison Opera. He will make his debut singing Cavaradossi in
Tosca at Dallas Opera and will repeat the role at Sacramento
Opera. He also will perform holiday concerts with the Naples
Philharmonic, Verdi concerts with the Jasksonville Symphony Orchestra,
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra and the
Verdi Requiem with the Dayton Symphony Orchestra.. The 2006-07 season included Rodolfo in La Bohème at New York City Opera, Opera Roanoke, and Knoxville Opera. The season continued with debuts at Syracuse Opera as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and Toledo Opera as Cavaradossi in Tosca. He made his debut with Opera Delaware in a Gala Concert and followed this with his first Alfredo in La Traviata at Opera Cleveland. He also performed Alfredo in La Traviata with Metro Lyric Opera under the baton of Anton Coppola. Highlights of recent seasons include debuts at Connecticut Grand Opera singing Rodolfo in La Bohème, at Knoxville Opera and Cedar Rapids Opera Theater singing Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and at Nevada Opera Theater singing Cavaradossi in Tosca. At New York City Opera he was heard in the role of Meleagros in Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata, and was a featured soloist in their New York City Opera in The Parks concert series. Mr. Vania celebrated his Carnegie Hall debut as tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, as part of a “Pakistani Earthquake Relief Concert,” and also sang the symphony with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. The beauty of his voice has garnered him “Artist of the Year Award” from Syracuse Opera, First Place in the important Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition, Second Place in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition, and he was a semi-finalist in Placido Domingo’s Operalia in Madrid (Spain). At the prestigious International Vocal Arts Academy in Tel Aviv (Israel) he performed excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor under the baton of Maestro Paul Nadler and the New Israeli Chamber Orchestra. 10/5/07 |