Born in 1984 in Bucharest, he received in 2015 a MA at the Bucharest University of Music – Canto Section, studying with tenor Ionel Voineag. Between 2012 – 2015 he attended masterclasses with Rockwell Blake, Liora Maurer, Mariana Nicolesco, Ira Siff, Lucy Arner, Maria Slatinaru‐Nistor, Marius Vlad Budoiu.
His artistic experience includes collaborations with „G. Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio National Orchestra, Iași România National Opera House, Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera House, Stara Zagora Opera House, and participations in many important Romanian festivals as George Enescu International Festival, but also in Germany, with Sommer Opern Festspiele – Heidenheim, Würtembergischer Philharmonie and Saarländische Staatststheater.
Adrian Dumitru won several competitions, receiving the first prize at the China International Vocal Competition, Ningbo, 2014, the first prize at Vox Artis International Opera Competition, Sibiu, 2013, the Grand prize at Hariclea Darclée International Voice Competition, Braila 2015, and many others.
Since February 2018 he collaborated regularly with the Bucharest Romanian National Opera House. Since February 2022 to May 2022 he was employee of Iași Romanian National Opera House. Since 29 of June 2022 he is employee of the Brașov Opera House, and from January 2025 he is employee of the Bucharest Romanian National Opera House.
His repertory includes the following roles:
Roles which were performed on stage:
Rinuccio from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini; Pinkerton from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini; Rodolfo from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini; Il Duca di Mantova from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi; Don Jose from Carmen by Georges Bizet; Mario Cavaradossi from Tosca by Giacomo Puccini; Calaf from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini; Luigi from Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini; Ruggero from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini; Riccardo from Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio by Giuseppe Verdi; Don Carlo from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi; Foresto from Attila by Giuseppe Verdi; Alfredo from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi; Faust by Charles Gounod; Manrico from Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi; Don Jose from Carmen by Bizet; Riccardo (Gustavo) from Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi; Ismael from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi; Gabriele Adorno from Simone Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi; Turiddu from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni; Canio from I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo; Gurov from The lady with the dog by Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea; Yechiel Dinnur from Eichmann’s trial by Gil Shohat; The Duke of Urbino from One Night in Venice by Johan Strauss I
Roles which are ready to be performed:
Radamès from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi;
Edgardo from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti;
Hoffman from Les Contes d’Hoffman
Nadir from Les pêcheurs des perles by Georges Bizet;
Barinkay from Der Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauss the Son
Roles which are in preparation to be performed:
Samson from Samson et Dalilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
Othello from Othello by Giuseppe Verdi
Des Grieux from Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Dick Johnson from La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini
Werther from Werther by Jules Massenet
Andrea Chenier from Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano
Maurizio from Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea
Vocal symphonic repertory:
Tenor solo part from Verdi’s Requiem;
Tenor solo part from Rossini’s Stabat Mater
Tenor solo part from Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
Tenor solo part from Mozart’s Requiem
