Tamara Bounazou is a French-Algerian lyric soprano. She has not only excelled as a singer but also as an actress, showcasing her remarkable eclecticism through a variety of operatic roles.
She began her career in 2019 when she was selected to take part in the Young Singers’ Project at the Salzburg Festival, where she sang Dircé’s Première Suivante (Cherubini’s Médée) conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock and directed by Simon Stone.
In Vienna, at the Schloßteater Schönbrunn, she was Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), the Countess Almaviva in (Le nozze di Figaro) conducted by Christoph Meier and directed by Kateryna Sokolova, and Carolina (Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio Segreto).
The soprano appeared at the Opéra National de Paris (Bastille) in the role of Papagena (Die Zauberflöte). At the Palais Garnier, she played the roles of L’Amour and Clarine (Platée by Rameau) under the baton of Marc Minkowski and directed by Laurent Pelly.
At the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, she sang the role of Susanna in a new production of Le Nozze di Figaro directed by Gilles Rico and conducted by Inaki Encina Oyón. She has also performed the role of Enrichetta (I Puritani) with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris.
She recently sang the role of Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress), conducted by Barbara Hannigan at the Cologne Philharmonie, and the role of Eurydice (Orphée aux Enfers), conducted by Marc Minkowski at the Elbphilharmonie.
Tamara is « Artist of the Génération Opéra 2025-2026 Promotion ».
Passionate about poetry and the chamber music repertoire, she formed the Duo Moine ou Voyou with her pianist partner Anna Giorgi. These two artists won First Prize at the 2019 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, as well as the ADAMI Prize, the SACEM Prize, the Bullukian Foundation Prize and the Grandes Ecoles Prize. With a particular taste for creative interpretation, the duo performs regularly in recitals and concerts.
In October 2024, Tamara performed at Wigmore Hall in London and Salle Cortot in Paris. That same year, she also sang Claude Vivier’s Lonely Child, conducted by Barbara Hannigan in Winterthur.
The summer of 2025 marked her debut at the Verbier Festival, where she was invited to take part in several recitals at the Atelier Lyrique.
For the 2025-2026 season, Tamara will notably play the role of Donna Clara, the Infanta of Spain, in Alexander von Zemlinsky’s opera Der Zwerg at the Lausanne Opera, as well as the title role in Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride at the Opéra-Comique.