Claudia Urru

INTRODUCTION

Italian soprano Claudia Urru won First Prize at the Concorso Lirico Internazionale Valerio Gentile in 2020, at the Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico Traetta in 2023, at the Concorso Città di Brescia – Omaggio a Maria Callas in 2025, and, most recently, at the Concorso Umberto Giordano in 2026.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

During the 2024/25 season, Claudia Urru performed Gilda in Rigoletto at the Teatro Petruzzelli and La Principessa Badr-al-Budur in Aladino e la lampada magica at the Festival della Valle d’Itria. She also made her debut as Micaela in Carmen and returned to the role of Violetta Valéry in La traviata at the Teatro Antico di Taormina.

She reprised the role of Mozart’s Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara (2024), the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (2025), the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, and the Wielki Teatr (2026).

BIOGRAPHY

Italian soprano Claudia Urru was born in 1992 in Sardinia, Italy.

She earned her bachelor’s degree with honors in Bari and further perfected her studies in Pesaro at the Accademia Rossiniana “Alberto Zedda,” where she interpreted Madama Cortese in Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival.

Claudia Urru has collaborated with world-renowned conductors and directors such as Donato Renzetti, Stefano Montanari, Diego Fasolis, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, Francesco Lanzillotta, Corrado Rovaris, Leo Muscato, Jonathan Miller, Francesca Zambello, and Davide Livermore, among others.

At the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, she made her debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, as Fuso and Usignolo in La bella dormente nel bosco by Respighi, and as Rosetta in La Ciociara by Tutino.

In Piacenza, she performed the roles of Musetta in La bohème and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, while at the Luglio Musicale Trapanese she appeared as Elisetta in Il matrimonio segreto.

She performed the role of Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Opera House Muscat and Giulia in La scala di seta at the Rossini in Wildbad.

She also appeared as Adina in L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa and in Taranto, and again as Musetta at the Teatro Zandonai.

Claudia Urru has developed a keen interest in contemporary repertoire and has interpreted numerous roles, including Cenerentola in Cenerentola by C. Carrara, La Principessa in Il gatto con gli stivali at the Teatro Petruzzelli, and Isabella d’Aragona in Le nozze di Leonardo by A. Pofi in Trieste.

She also enjoys performing symphonic repertoire, including Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mozart’s Missa in C minor as Soprano I, Faure’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (La Creazione), in the roles of the Angel Gabriel and Eve.