DUMITRU MITU
tenor
RECENT AND UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS
- Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, at Estonian National Opera and Bucharest National Opera;
- Victorin in Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, at the Bergen National Opera;
- Solo part in Dvořák's Stabat Mater, at the Philharmonie Berlin;
- Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, at the Bucharest National Opera;;
- Don José in Bizet's Carmen and Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata, at the Chisinau National Opera.
BIOGRAPHY
Moldovan tenor Dumitru Mitu studied voice at the Valeriu Poleakov Music School, in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Academy for Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of Chisinau. In 2016, he became a member of the Young Artists Opera Program of Bolshoi Theatre and, in 2017, he integrated the ensemble of Chisinau National Opera & Ballet.
Dumitru Mitu won several prizes in voice competitions: 1st Prize at the Alexei Starcea International Contest of Chisinau, 3rd Prize at the Neue Stimmen 2022 and Prize “Emmerich Smola” at the SWR Junge Opernstars 2023.
In Chisinau, Mitu has already performed roles such as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Vodemon in Iolanda and Lensky in Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky and Alfredo in La Traviata by Verdi.
The 2023-24 season brought important debuts to the young tenor: Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini at the Estonian National Opera, Lensky at the Bucharest National Opera and the solo part in Dvořák's Stabat Mater, at the Berliner Philharmonie.
Dumitru Mitu's upcoming commitments include Victorin in Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, at the Bergen Nasjonale Opera, Norway, and a revival of Madama Butterfly in Tallinn.