Burcu Uyar - Larissa

While studying piano and guitar, Burcu Uyar began singing in Turkey. Her talent as a musician and vocalist quickly earned her music conservatory awards. Immediately noticed by professionals, she first stepped on stage in the role of Olympia in Jacques Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman at the Izmir State Opera. She then became a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, where in the past seasons she starred as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Violetta in La Traviata, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Gilda in Rigoletto, and Die Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte, just to name a few. Particularly appreciated in the French repertoire (Bizet, Delibes, Gounod, Massenet, Offenbach), her role list also includes Mozart's masterpieces and operas by Donizetti and Verdi. Mrs. Uyar recently sang Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor in Padua; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Roberto Abbado conducting and Mario Martone directing; Juliette in Roméo and Juliette in Sassari; Violetta in La Traviata in Lecce. She recently sang Die Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte with René Jacobs and the Akademie für Alte Musik on tour throughout Europe (Concertgebouw - Amsterdam; Bozart - Brussels; Accademia di Santa Cecilia - Rome; Palau de la Musica Catalana - Barcelona; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon).

Burcu Uyar recorded Gluck’s Il Trionfo di Clelia in Athens for MDG.

Future plans include Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) in Antwerp and Die Zauberflöte in Vichy and Liège.