Daria Lupu

Year: 2025

Daria Lupu
soprano (Romania)

 

 

Education
In 2023 she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Music at the National University of Music Bucharest, followed by a Master’s degree (2023–2025) at the same institution.
From 2023 to 2025, she has been part of the “Ludovic Spiess” Experimental Opera Studio of the National Opera House Bucharest, where she gained valuable stage experience through numerous productions.
She graduated from “Bălașa Doamna” High School, specializing in Music (2015–2019).

Main Roles and Performances
Her notable operatic roles include:
• Marguerite in Faust – National University of Music Bucharest (2025)
• Mimì in La Bohème – National University of Music Bucharest (2024)
• La Bergère in L’enfant et les sortilèges – National University of Music Bucharest (2024)

Awards and Distinctions
Among her honors and recognitions are:
Ana María Martínez Encouragement Award – 37th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, Concert of Arias, Houston Grand Opera, January 17, 2025
Finalist – Sumi Jo International Singing Competition, 2024
Scholarship for outstanding cultural and artistic achievements, National University of Music Bucharest, 2024
Merit Scholarship, Faculty of Interpretative Stylistics – Canto, National University of Music Bucharest
Romania’s representative at the semifinals of Voix Nouvelles 2023, Paris, Opéra de Massy (June 28–29, 2023)
First Prize – “Belcanto at the Royal Court” Competition and Masterclass, 2022
“Iolanda Mărculescu” Scholarship, awarded by soprano Felicia Filip, January 16, 2022
Scholarship of the Romanian Union of Musicians and Performers, 2021–2022

Teachers, Conductors, and Collaborations
She has worked and studied with numerous distinguished teachers, vocal coaches, and conductors, including:
Georgeta Stoleriu, Mariana Luca Ștefănescu, Ramón Vargas, Ruxandra Donose, Leontina Văduva, Alexandru Petrovici, Liora Maurer, Sharon Mohar, Daniel Fueter, Elena Moșuc, Cellia Costea, Cristian Hodrea, James Gaffigan, David Crescenzi, Tiberiu Soare, Ciprian Teodorașcu, Alexandru Ganea, Adrian Morar, Daniel Jing.

Scholarship holder of the Raina Kabaivanska Fund for studies at the Vecchi–Tonelli Institute for the 2025/26 academic year.

Photo: Atanas Atanasov