Silga Tīruma Soprano
Chorus of the Opera

Biography

Member of the Paris Opera Chorus

Born in Latvia, Silga Tīruma graduated in singing (opera, concert, and mélodie) from the J. Vitols Academy of Music in Riga. She was selected by the Opera Studio to perform the roles of Adina (L’Elesir d'amore), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), and Fanny (Il Cambiale di matrimonio) at the Riga Opera.

She completed her master's in lyric singing with honors at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. The jury of the Riccardo Zandonai International Singing Competition in Riva del Garda, Italy, awarded her the prize for the best interpretation of R. Zandonai.

She sang the lead female role in the world premiere of the opera Franz Jägerstätter by Viktor Fortin in Graz. In Vienna, she met Christa Ludwig, from whom she received training. She worked under the direction of conductor Gustav Kuhn on the roles of Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) and Eva (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) at the Tyrolean Festival in Erl, Austria.

She performed Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Lelde (the lead female role in Spèlèju, dancoju by Imants Kalniņš) at the National Opera of Riga, and the title role in the Viennese operetta Clivia by Nico Dostal at the Riga Operetta Theatre. She has sung with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Hainfeld Castle in Austria and participated in the gala concert of the Sigulda Summer Lyric Festival (Latvia) with the Riga Opera Orchestra.

In Latvia, she won the public's prize at the Music Awards, and Radio Classique awarded her the prize for the best debut career.

Since 2015, she has been a member of the Paris Opera Chorus.

At the Paris Opera: Don Carlos (A Voice from Above), 2017; Yvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne (Second Lady), 2020; A Midsummer Night's Dream (Second Elf), 2022.