Valer Sabadus achieved international fame in 2012 with his outstanding interpretation of Semira in Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse at the opera houses of Nancy, Lausanne and Cologne, the Theater an der Wien, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Opéra Royal de Versailles and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
His long-standing partners include renowned early music ensembles such as La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Barockorchester, L’Arpeggiata, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Kammerorchester Basel, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Cappella Mediterranea, Accademia Bizantina, Il Pomo d’Oro, Les Talens Lyriques, Ensemble 1700 and Nuovo Aspetto under conductors such as Leonardo García-Alarcón, Ivor Bolton, Ottavio Dantone, Michael Hofstetter, Andrea Marcon, Alessandro De Marchi, Riccardo Minasi and Christophe Rousset.
His discography includes numerous opera recordings and albums such as Café – Orient meets Occident (2012), Trialogue – Music for the One God with the Turkish Pera Ensemble (2013), Alla Napoletana with L’Arpeggiata (2021), Closer to Paradise with the classical band SPARK (2022) and Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: Bravo! Bene! with Nuovo Aspetto (2023).
He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the ECHO Klassik and the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for Young Artist of the Year 2013.
In the 2024/25 season, Valer Sabadus returned to Timișoara to interpret the swan in Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Filarmonica Banatul Timișoara under Gabriel Bebeselea. Following his success as Adriano in Graun’s Adriano in Siria at the Potsdam Music Festival, he once again took on this role at the Philharmonie Essen, where he was accompanied by the Ensemble 1700 under Dorothee Oberlinger. He returned to Potsdam for a concert with the Kammerakademie Potsdam and performed with the La Cetra Barockorchester Basel under Andrea Marcon in Basel, Olten and Lugano.
