The Romanian tenor Bogdan Mihai trained in Italy under the guidance of Mirella Freni who awarded him the Nicolai Ghiaurov scholarship. He also obtained his Masters Diploma in Belcanto at the Transylvania University in Brasov, Romania. In 2008 he appeared at Bucharest National Opera as Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Ugo (Parisina d’Este), Tamas (Gemma di Vergy), and Ernesto (Don Pasquale). An international career quickly followed. In 2009 he made his début with Staatsoper Stuttgart as Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and then as the Italian Singer (Der Rosenkavalier). He made his English début in Rossini’s Armida at Garsington Opera. He has appeared as Count Almaviva at the Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, as Adelberto (Adelaide di Borgogna) in Pesaro, and in the title rôle in Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira at the Martina Franca Festival.