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The Romanian tenor, Tiberius Simu, has begun the study of music at a young age, starting with violin, then piano and later clasical singing, which he turned into his profession. After graduating as both an opera regisseur and singer from the Academia Națională de Muzică "Gheorghe Dima" in Cluj (1999-2005), he received a scholarship at the famous Accademia del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, where he had the opportunity to work with some of the great singers of the operatic world: Renato Bruson, Leyla Gencer,
Mirella Freni and Lucianna Serra, to name a few.
After finishing his period of studies in Milano, Tiberius Simu enrolled in the ensemble of the Oper Leipzig, where, over a period of 2 years (September 2007-August 2009) he appeard as Alfredo in La Traviata, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tamino in
W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Don Ottavio in
W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni. Over the next years, he was a guest of opera theaters across Europe, singing Tamino at the
Wiener Staatsoper, Don Ottavio at the Frankfurt Opera,
W.A. Mozart's Lucio Silla at the Opera de Nantes, Fenton in Falstaff at the Theatre Royal de Wallonie in Liege, or Nemorino at Toulon Opera.
His interests have been also in the world of operetta, as Tiberius Simu appeared as Camille de Rossion in The Merry Widow at the Teatro Communale di Padova, Italy, and also in the title role of Lehar’s The Zarewitsch, at the Seefestspiele Morbisch. Upon returning to his hometown, he started in September 2018 teaching at the Academia Națională de Muzică "Gheorghe Dima", where he teaches within the Performing Arts Department of the accademy. Also, a permanent collaborator of the Opera of Cluj, he added to his repertoire new roles such as Gabriel Eisentein the Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, or Danilo Danilovitsch in Lehar’s The Merry Widow.
One the passions that spans over 2 decades in Tiberius Simu's activity is the passion for chamber music, as he performed numerous lied recitals with works by
W.A. Mozart, Robert Schumann, Schubert,
Gustav Mahler, Gabriel Fauré,
Georges Bizet, Massenet, Verdi and Wagner. Since January 2016, he is also Artistic Director of Ad Libitum Voices.
Also, in recent years, Tiberius Simu has added numerous sacral music works to his repertoire, works like
L.v. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, W.A. Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass,
L.v. Beethoven's Messiah, J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion
BWV 244, Schubert's E flat Mass, and
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, to name just some of the most well-known works. |
