Laurentiu Rotaru, bass-baritone, is a native of Romania, currently living in Hartford, CT. He started his intensive music training at The Conservatory of Bucharest – Romania, and he performed for one year at The National Opera of Bucharest. In the same time, he performed as a soloist in numerous ensembles […]

Returning to CLO to star as the alluring gypsy, Carmen, will be Polish mezzo-soprano Aleksandra Kaminska. Below is from an article on CTClassicalMag.com from last spring: March will roar into Connecticut like a lamb – – not a lion — when Connecticut Lyric Opera presents Mozart’s sunny, charming and lighthearted […]

Director Stephen Fried shares his views of Tosca:  “I think that there are very few operas in which you so viscerally feel each character’s needs pounding through the score and driving each moment as actively as you do in Tosca.  It’s a spectacularly well-configured drama, and if done properly, I […]