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BERNADETTA  GRABIAS

BERNADETTA GRABIAS

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Mezzo-sopranos
She graduated from the Academy of Music in Łódź, studying voice under Professor Ziemowit Wojtczak (with honors) and also completed conducting studies at the same institution. Since 2004, she has been a soloist at the Grand Theatre in Łódź, performing leading mezzo-soprano roles.
 
She is a laureate of numerous vocal competitions, including the 3rd prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium in 2008. Her extensive repertoire includes over 30 operatic roles, such as Dalila in Saint-Saëns' "Samson and Dalila," Giovanna Seymour in "Anna Bolena," Elizabeth in "Maria Stuarda," Orsini in Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia," Rosina in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," Isabella in Rossini's "The Italian Girl in Algiers," Princess de Bouillon in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur," the title role in Bizet's "Carmen," George Sand in Ptaszyńska's "Lovers from the Monastery," Niclausse in Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann," Jadwiga and Cześnikowa in Moniuszko's "The Haunted Manor," and many others.
 
Since 2015, she has collaborated regularly with the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, performing roles like Hedwige in Rossini's "William Tell," Elisabetta in Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda," Brigitta in Korngold's "Die tote Stadt," Suzuki in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," and Landlady in Prokofiev's "The Fiery Angel."
 
She has been invited as a guest artist to numerous concerts featuring symphonic, oratorio, and song repertoire. She has performed major works such as Mozart's "Great Mass in C minor," "Requiem," and "Coronation Mass," Verdi's "Requiem," and Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater."
 
She has collaborated with various opera houses and orchestras, including the Krakow Opera, the Grand Theatre in Poznań, the Nova Opera in Bydgoszcz, the Silesian Opera, as well as international orchestras like the Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, Orchestra of the Royal Opera de Wallonie, The Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera, "I Musici Brucellensis," The Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, and others.
 
She participated in renowned festivals such as the Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival 2018, the International Festival "La Folle Journée" in Nantes, Printemps Musical in Silly (France), Opernfestival Riehen Opera St. Moritz, the Festival of the Łódź Philharmonic "Colors of Poland," Musica Sacra in Warsaw, and the International Festival "Laboratory of Contemporary Music" in Białystok.
 
She has collaborated with conductors like Kazushi Ono, Jesse Jones, Bassem Akiki, Andriy Yurkevych, Adrian Leaper, Łukasz Borowicz, Sierra Kingele, John Axelrode, Gunter Neuhold, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Wojciech Rodek, Ruben Silva, Tomasz Tokarczyk, Jan Przybylski, Marek Pijarowski, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Zofia Wisłocka, Antoni Wicherek, Andrzej Straszyński, Wojciech Michniewski, Jerzy Salwarowski, Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski, Paweł Przytocki, as well as directors like Mariusz Treliński, Dieter Kaegi, Maciej Prus, Tomasz Konina, Michał Znaniecki, Andrzej Wolf, Laco Adamik, Waldemar Zawodziński, Janina Niesobską, Roberto Skolmowski, Wiesław Ochman, and Henryk Baranowski.
 
She has been honored with the ZASP Award named after Fryderyk Schiller for the "best debut of 2004," the "Brylant Polski" Award for "outstanding young generation artist," and the Marshal of the Łódź Voivodeship Award for "special artistic achievements."
 
In addition to her artistic work, she dedicates time to teaching, conducting a vocal class at the Academy of Music in Łódź as an Assistant.
 
In 2022, the artist was awarded the Bronze Medal "Gloria Artis" for Merit to Culture.
 
Roles at the Grand Theatre in Łódź:
  • NABUCCO / Giuseppe Verdi – Fenena, directed by: Matthias Remus, premiere: October 24, 1987
  • ADRIANA LECOUVREUR / Francesco Cilèa – Princess di Bouillon, directed by: Tomasz Konina, premiere: October 23, 2004
  • LUCREZIA BORGIA / Gaetano Donizetti – Maffio Orsini, directed by: Maciej Prus, premiere: December 12, 2004
  • THE MERRY WIDOW / Franz Lehár – Olga, directed by: Wolf Annette, premiere: April 16, 2005
  • THE IMPRESARIO IN TROUBLE / Domenico Cimarosa – Dorabella, directed by: Robert Skolmowski, premiere: May 7, 2005
  • THE LITTLE CHIMNEY-SWEEP, OR LET'S MAKE AN OPERA / Benjamin Britten – Mrs. Baggott, directed by: Robert Skolmowski, premiere: January 28, 2006
  • LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR / Gaetano Donizetti – Alice, directed by: Roman Kordziński, premiere: March 18, 2016
  • HALKA / Stanisław Moniuszko – Zofia, directed by: Kazimierz Kowalski, premiere: October 28, 2006
  • CARMEN / Georges Bizet – Carmen, directed by: Laco Adamik, premiere: November 18, 2006
  • THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Cherubin, directed by: Wojciech Walasik, premiere: December 16, 2006
  • THE BARBER OF SEVILLE / Gioacchino Rossini – Berta, directed by: Henryk Baranowski, premiere: April 14, 2007
  • THE TALES OF HOFFMANN / Jacques Offenbach – Nicklausse, directed by: Giorgio Madia, premiere: December 15, 2007
  • EUGENE ONEGIN / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Olga, directed by: Wiesław Ochman, premiere: February 23, 2008
  • THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS / Gioacchino Rossini – Isabella, directed by: Michał Znaniecki, premiere: April 26, 2008
  • LOVERS FROM THE VALDEMOSA MONASTERY / Marta Ptaszyńska – George Sand, directed by: Tomasz Konina, premiere: December 18, 2010
  • DIDO AND AENEAS / Henry Purcell – The Witch, directed by: Jacek Gąsiorowski, premiere: March 5, 2011
  • MARY STUART / Gaetano Donizetti – Elizabeth, directed by: Dieter Kaegi, premiere: October 15, 2011
  • MADAMA BUTTERFLY / Giacomo Puccini – Suzuki, Kate Pinkerton, directed by: Janina Niesobska, premiere: March 10, 2012
  • ANNA BOLENA / Gaetano Donizetti – Giovanna Seymour, directed by: Janina Niesobska, premiere: June 22, 2013
  • THE BARBER OF SEVILLE / Gioacchino Rossini – Rosina, directed by: Natalia Babińska, premiere: January 11, 2014
  • THE HAUNTED MANOR / Stanisław Moniuszko – Cześnikowa, directed by: Krystyna Janda, premiere: October 18, 2014
  • THE GYPSY BARON / Johann II Strauss – Czipra, directed by: Tomasz Konina, premiere: March 21, 2015
  • DON GIOVANNI / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Donna Elvira, directed by: Maria Startowa, premiere: February 21, 2015
  • EUGENE ONEGIN / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Olga, directed by: Paweł Szkotak, premiere: October 29, 2016
  • THE REVENGE OF THE BAT / Johann Strauss II – Prince Orlovsky, directed by: Giorgio Madia, premiere: January 13, 2018
Artist's official website: www.mezzosopran.pl
 
Photo by Joanna Miklaszewska
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