Edyta Piasecka
Edyta Piasecka is a Polish dramatic coloratura soprano.
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| Occupation | Opera singer (soprano) |
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Biography
She graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków.
She participated in a range of master classes, including, a. o. the Bachakademie (ang)[1] and courses led by Antonina Kawecka, Christian Elsner (niem.), Ryszard Karczykowski and Izabela Kłosińska.
She made her debut at the Kraków Opera, singing the Queen of the Night in W. A. Mozart's The Magic Flute (while still a student). She became a soloist with the Kraków Opera in 1999, when she sang a. o. Rosina in G. Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Hanna in S. Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor, Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Coraline in A. Adam's Le toréador, Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte and Rosalinda in J. Strauss's Die Fledermaus.
She made her debut at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw in 2003 as Contessa di Folleville in the Polish premiere of Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims.[2] She sang there a. o. Sophie in S. Moniuszko's Halka,[3] Rosina in G. Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia,[4] Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, Hanna in S. Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor,[5] title part in W. Żeleński's Goplana.
Two productions with her were broadcast-ed by Opera Platform: S. Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor and W. Żeleński's Goplana (rewarded by International Opera Awards in category "Work rediscovered").[6]
In March 2017 she performed in Grand Theatre in Warsaw as Fiorilla in Rossini's Il turco in Italia[7].
She also sang, in concert version, Mimi in G. Puccini's La bohème and Bellini's Norma.
She performs many oratorios and symphonic music (soprano part in Verdi's Messa da Requiem; Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate, Coronation Mass, Requiem; Stabat Maters by Pergolesi, Rossini and Szymanowski; Vivaldi's Gloria; Carl Orff's Carmina Burana; Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras). She collaborates with Polish and international opera houses and philharmonics, she has performed in music festivals in Poland and abroad.
Outside of Poland, she has sung in Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the USA, Denmark, Kuwait, and Italy.
Repertoire
Opera:
- T. Adam, Toreador, Coralina
- V. Bellini, Norma, Norma
- G. Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lucia
- R. Leoncavallo, Pagliacci, Nedda
- S. Moniuszko, Halka, Sophia
- S. Moniuszko, The Hanted Manor, Hanna
- W.A. Mozart, Cosi fan tutte, Fiordiriligi
- W.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night
- W.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni, Donna Anna
- W.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, Contessa
- G. Puccini, La boheme, Mimi, Musetta
- G. Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rosina
- G. Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims, Contessa di Folleville
- G. Rossini, Il turco in Italia, Fiorilla
- G. Verdi, Rigoletto, Gilda
- G. Verdi, Traviata, Violetta
- W. Żeleński, Goplana, Goplana
Operetta:
- J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Rosalinda
Oratoria and symphonic works:
- H. M. Górecki, II Symphony "Copernicus"
- W.Kilar, Angelus
- W.Kilar, Te deum
- G. Mahler, II Symfonia c-moll
- W.A. Mozart, Exsultate, jubilate
- W.A. Mozart, Msza Koronacyjna
- W.A. Mozart, Requiem;
- W.A. Mozart, Grabmusik
- C.Orff , Carmina Burana
- G.B.Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
- G. Rossini, Stabat Mater
- Fr. Schubert, Msza As-dur
- K. Szymanowski, Litania
- K. Szymanowski, Stabat Mater
- A. Vivaldi, Gloria
- G. Verdi, Quatro pezzi sacri
- G. Verdi, Requiem
- H. Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras
Songs of Polish composers:
- Fryderyk Chopin;
- Witold Friemann;
- Mieczysław Karłowicz;
- Witold Lutosławski,
- Stanisław Moniuszko;
- Karol Szymanowski;
- Władysław Żeleński.
Bibliography
References
- led by Professor Anna Reynolds
- With Ewa Podleś (Marchesa Melibea), Rockwell Blake (Count Libenskoff), conducted by Alberto Zedda, directed by Tomasz Konina.
- Directed by Maria Fołtyn.
- Under misical direction by Will Crutchfield.
- Directed by David Pountney
- "2017 - Opera Awards". Opera Awards. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- Directed by Christopher Alden.