Monika Buczkowska (born 5 November 1992)[1][2] is a Polish operatic soprano, based in Germany at the Oper Frankfurt. Her repertoire, ranging from Baroque opera to contemporary music, includes especially Mozart roles such as Susanna and Pamina.
Monika Buczkowska | |
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| Born | 5 November 1992 Środa Wielkopolska, Poland |
| Education | Poznań Music Academy |
| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
| Organizations | Oper Frankfurt |
| Website | monikabuczkowska |
Career edit
Born in Środa Wielkopolska,[2] Buczkowska studied at the Music Academy in Poznań with Barbara Mądra-Bednarek, graduating in 2016. In May 2016, she appeared at the Grand Theatre in Poznań in a student project, as Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, conducted by Przemysław Neumann.[3]
She won first prize at the Polish Vocal Festival Maria Stankowa in Olsztyn and the Marta Eggerth & Jan Kiepura Prize of the Moniuszko Vocal Competition.[3][4] She was a member of the Opera Academy of the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, where she was coached by Eytan Pessen, Matthias Rexroth and Izabela Kłosińska.[4]
She made her debut in Germany at the Oper Frankfurt in 2019, as Lydie in Fauré's Pénélope, and joined the ensemble the following season.[4] She performed there the soprano solo in a staged performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.[5] She appeared at the Tyrol Festival in Erl, Austria, as Freia in Wagner's Das Rheingold and as Madeleine in Adam's Le postillon de Lonjumeau.[4] Her Mozart roles include both Zerlina and Donna Anna in his Don Giovanni, and both Papagena and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Papagena in a production directed by Barrie Kosky. She appeared as Donna Anna first at a music festival in Nieborów, and performed as Eurydike in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld with the Baltic State Opera in Gedańsk. She took part in a new production of Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw in a co-production with the Aix-en-Provence Festival, conducted by Kazushi Ōno. She performed the soprano solo in Penderecki's Credo in Nagoya.[4]
On 10 March 2022, she was the soprano soloist in the final of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in a charity concert at the Alte Oper of Frankfurt performers for Ukraine, with the hr-Sinfonieorchester conducted by Juraj Valčuha.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Monika Buczkowska". opera.poznan.pl. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Monika Buczkowska / Sopran" (in Polish). Teatr Wielki. 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Monika Buczkowska / Soprano". Oper Frankfurt. 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Zölibat-Kritik mit Pergolesi – Geteiltes Echo an Oper Frankfurt". musik-heute.de (in German). 18 October 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Benefizkonzert für die Ukraine" (in German). hr-Sinfonieorchester. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
External links edit
- Official website
- Monika Buczkowska operabase.com
- Interview video operavision.eu