Lu Yuan - Tenor

Young tenor Lu Yuan, born in China, was admitted in 2001 to the Conservatory of Music in Tianjin, in the Music Education Department, where he studied Piano with Professor Li Hongmei and Voice with Professor Li Xiuqi. Lu Yuan moved to Italy in 2010 as a senior visiting scholar, and is currently continuing his studies with Mirella Freni at the “CUBEC - Centro Universale del Bel Canto”. Mr. Yuan won several international competitions, such as: “Golden Bell Awards” in China; “Neue Stimmen” in Germany; “Bellini” and “Magda Olivero” in Italy. Mr. Yuan made his Italian debut as Cavalier Belfiore and Gelsomino in Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival; more recently he starred in the gala Concert in honor of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena and he sang Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Beijin as well as Petite Messe Solennelle in Rome. He participated as cover of Juan Diego Florez in Le comte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and he recently was Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Irun (Spain).

Mr. Lu Yuan will sing again Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Treviso and Ferrara and Fernando in Donizetti’s Il Furioso all’Isola di Santo Domingo in Bergamo, Modena, Savona, Rovigo and Ferrara. In July he will take part in a gala concert at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.