Małgorzata Walewska

Małgorzata Walewska
Born (1965-07-05) July 5, 1965
Warsaw, Poland
Occupation Opera snger (mezzo-soprano)
Website malgorzatawalewska.com

Małgorzata Walewska (born July 5, 1965 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish opera singer, dramatic mezzo-soprano.

Biography

Education

Dramatic mezzo-soprano, Małgorzata Walewska, graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music under the tutelage of Halina Słonicka. She is a laureate and finalist of many international competitions, such as Alfredo Kraus in Las Palmas.,[1] Luciano Pavarotti in Philadelphia,[2] Belvedere in Vienna and Stanisław Moniuszko in Warsaw.[3]

Operatic career

Already during her studies, in 1991 Małgorzata Walewska debuted as Aza in Manru[4] at the Polish National Opera. Her next engagements included Bremen Theater and the Vienna State Opera where she deubted as Polina in The Queen of Spades followed by performances of Carmen, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Pierotto in Linda di Chamounix[5]'. There, for the first time, she worked with such great artists as Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. Following years brought her engagements at the Semperoper in Dresden, where she performed the part of Ms. Quickly in Falstaff, and Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera (1999), and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, again as Ms. Quickly, as Amneris in Aida, and for the first time as Azucena in Il trovatore.[6] In 2006 Małgorzata Walewska debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Dalila in Samson et Dalila, where José Cura was her stage partner. At the Metropolitan Opera[7] Małgorzata Walewska also sung the parts of Santuzza and Amneris. In 2006 she also sung the role of Eboli in Don Carlos on the stage of the New National Theater in Tokyo. In 2007 she came back to the Deutsche Oper Berlin to sing the title role in Cassandra,[8] and again in 2011 to sing Dalila. Other important debuts on international stages were Azucena at the Royal Opera House in Covent Graden (2009), Amme in Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City (2012) and Dalila at the Grand Théâtre de Genève (2012), where the orchestra was conducted by Michel Plasson.[9] In 2015 she added the part of Kundry in Richard Wagner's Parsifal at the Poznań Grand Theatre and sung the role of Countess in The Queen of Spades at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strassburg.[10]

Concert career

Małgorzata Walewska has a very rich concert repertoire. She often gives recitals with the accompaniment of piano or harp. Her program includes songs of Polish and international composers such as G. Fauré, F. Schubert, S. Moniuszko, K. Szymanowski, F. Chopin, or P. Tchaikovsky, as well as song cycles such as Les nuits d'été by H. Berlioz or Wesendonck Lieder by R. Wagner. Since 2013 she sings french song repertoire, such as for example songs of R. Hahn, to the accompaniment of a harp played by Małgorzata Zalewska.[11]

Recordings and awards

Małgorzata Walewska recorded numerous CDs, starting with pieces which belong to her usual repertoire (e.g. Voce di donna published by Sony Classical[12]), through Christmas Carols (Christmas Time - Traditional Polish Christmas Carols published by DUX[13]), Crossover arrangements (Walewska and Friends issued by DUX, or Mezzo by Sony Music Poland CD[14]), arias of G.F. Händel’s, and religious and organ pieces (Farny issued by DUX[15]). On the list of the American magazineTime in 1999, she was included among the ten most famous Poles as "one of the stars that illuminate the way for Poland in the next millennium". In a ranking Pearls of the Polish Economy 2008 she was awarded with Honorary Pear in the culture category, for promoting Polish culture in the world.[16] In October 2016, Małgorzata Walewska has received a Gloria Artis medal of the highest class in recognition of her tremendous contribution to Polish culture. It is the most prestigious decoration bestowed by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.[17]

Other engagements

Since 2014 she is one of the Juries in a popular TV show Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (polish version of Your Face Sounds Familiar). In 2015, Małgorzata Walewska was nominated Artistic Director of the Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Festival and Competition held in Nowy Sącz, Poland.[18]

Private life

Małgorzata Walewska currently lives in Warsaw in Poland. She has one daughter, Alicja Kokosińska, who is a young, promising set designer[19]

Opera Repertoire

Oratorio Repertoire

Discography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.seattleoperablog.com/2011/09/meet-our-singers-malgorzata-walewska.html
  2. ↑ http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/articlePrint.php/25573/article
  3. ↑ http://www.polishculture.org.uk/news/article/9th-international-stanislaw-moniuszko-vocal-competition-3026.html
  4. ↑ http://uwaga.tvn.pl/reportaze,2671,n/malgorzata-walewska-kulisy-slawy,208551.html
  5. ↑ http://www.wolfartists.com/artists/mezzosoprani/malgorzatawalewska.aspx
  6. ↑ https://books.google.pl/books?id=sR4Ch1dMe8IC&pg=PA1761&lpg=PA1761&dq=semper+opera+walewska+dresden&source=bl&ots=3bOkj26UsV&sig=NFKZI2KpmtEP-mprZpvmz2dRI54&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB05Gz7JbQAhXIJSwKHeZpDH8Q6AEIUTAI#v=onepage&q&f=false
  7. ↑ http://www.opera.poznan.pl/de/malgorzata-walewska-4
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmCeePT8Uv8
  9. ↑ http://teatrpolonia.pl/event-data/1498/primadonny-nadzwyczajny-koncert-operowy
  10. ↑ http://teatrwielki.pl/en/people/malgorzata-walewska/
  11. ↑ http://studiokultura.com/portfolio/malgorzata-walewska/
  12. ↑ http://muzyka.onet.pl/malgorzata-walewska-voce-di-donna
  13. ↑ http://www.empik.com/christmas-time-traditional-polish-christmas-carols-walewska-malgorzata,p1045687085,muzyka-p
  14. ↑ http://www.ceneo.pl/10580937
  15. ↑ http://www.empik.com/farny-walewska-malgorzata,prod29890038,muzyka-p
  16. ↑ http://muzyka.wp.pl/aid,2196,title,Malgorzata-Walewska,artysta_biografia.html
  17. ↑ http://teatrwielki.pl/en/the-theatre/news/single-news/n/gloria-artis-for-malgorzata-walewska/
  18. ↑ http://wyborcza.pl/1,75410,15565115,Diwa_operowa_w_celebryckim_show___rozmowa_z_Malgorzata.html
  19. ↑ http://www.fakt.pl/kobieta/plotki/znana-spiewaczka-pokazala-corke-sa-podobne/xm94nfc

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