Mihai Damian

Born in Zalău in 1996 and trained at the Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca, where he studied conducting alongside singing, Mihai Damian took first prize at Operalia in Sofia in 2025, together with the Rolex audience prize and a special prize from the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture. He joined the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca in 2024, and was announced to make his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cecil in Maria Stuarda in the 2026–27 season. He completed his conducting studies in 2019 and his singing studies in 2024, studying voice with Cristian Hodrea and Iulia Suciu.