Dinyar Vania has recently emerged as one of the country's most exciting young tenors. With a voice which combines both power and beauty, he has earned critical acclaim portraying several of the most beloved roles in opera.  In season 2011-12 he sings as Rodolfo in La bohème with Dayton Opera, also in a fully staged production with Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Pensacola Opera.  

In July, Mr. Vania will take part in a world premeire production of Hakola's La Fenice presented by The Savonlinna Festival.  Future engagements include a return to Lyric Opera of Kansas City and a debut with Boston Lyric Opera as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. 

 In the 2010-11 season he performed as Don Jose in Carmen in his debut with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Duke in Rigoletto with Opera Grand Rapids, Rodolfo in La bohème with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra.  He returned to the roster of New York City Opera for its production of L'elisir d'amore and also appeared as soloist in an evening of opera arias with Seattle Symphony Orchestra. In June, Dinyar joined Teatro alla Scala for their new production of Attila covering the role of Foresto.

In the 2009-10 season he made his debut with the Utica Symphony Orchestra as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, returned to Sacramento Opera to make his role debut as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, to Mercury Opera (Rochester, NY) to sing Alfredo in La traviata, a role which he immediately reprised in concert with Symphony of the Mountains, and to Knoxville Opera as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. 

Recent highlights include his role debut as Edgardo with Mobile Opera, followed by his Mercury Opera debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca, a return to Knoxville Opera for his role debut as the Duke in Rigoletto, performing as soloist in Cavalleria Rusticana in concert with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra, and his return to the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra for concert performances of Tosca.

He has performed with New York City Opera as Rodolpho in La bohème, a role which he has also performed with Madison Opera, Opera Roanoke and Knoxville Opera. He has sung as Cavaradossi in Tosca with Dallas Opera, Sacramento Opera and Toledo Opera; Alfredo in La traviata with Opera Cleveland; Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Knoxville Opera, and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Syracuse Opera.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, which he has also sung with the Harrisburg Symphony. Other concert appearances include singing as soloist with the Naples Philharmonic in a gala holiday series, and with the Jacksonville Symphony in an all-Verdi evening.

Mr. Vania was awarded Syracuse Opera's "Artist of the Year" award, as well as First Place in the Giulio Gari Vocal Competition, Second Prize in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition, and was a semi-finalist in Placido Domingo's Operalia in Madrid, Spain.