Praised for her "stratospheric high notes" and "fearless, intense performance", French-Romanian soprano Gloria Tronel garnered international acclaim for her debut at the Opéra national de Paris in 2024, portraying Leticia Meynar in the French premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel.
Upcoming highlights include her double debut with the Requiem for a Friend at George Enescu International Festival, her role debut as Elvira in L’Italiana in Algeri at Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza, Sophie Der Rosenkavalier at National Theater Brno, an evening of Ravel at the Deauville Easter Festival, recitals devoted to George Enescu’s complete vocal works in Paris, and debuts at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
In the 2024/25 season, Gloria's engagements included a recital in Bordeaux’s Midi Musicaux series, a performance of Glière’s Concerto for Coloratura Soprano with Orchestre Colonne at Salle Gaveau, a return to Bolzano with the Haydn Foundation for Bruno Maderna’s Satyricon and performance Fauré’s Requiem with the Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza. Additionally, she recorded Richard Harvey’s Céline for the BBC and has participated in the world premiere of Michel Petrossian’s new opera Job, le procès de Dieu at La Cité Bleue in Geneva.
Recent seasons have seen Gloria acclaimed for her portrayals of Norina Don Pasquale at Brașov Opera, Königin der Nacht Die Zauberflöte in a children's production at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Katerina Cavalieri Amadeus at The Hague and the Royal Danish Opera, and her performances in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre in Lucerne.
A graduate of the Royal Danish Opera Young Artist Program, she holds a master’s degree from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and has studied at the European Opera Academy in Florence, as well as the National University of Music in Bucharest. She has been recognized with numerous international awards, including the First Great Award at the Manhattan International Music Competition and the Éloge Award for Singer of the Year from the Théâtre du Châtelet in 2024.