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Artist
Aleksandra Kurzak
12+ albums
Classicaloperasopranopolishpoland
about
Polish-born soprano Aleksandra Kurzak began her musical education at the age of 7, playing violin and piano. She studied voice at the conservatories of Wroclaw and Hamburg. She made her professional opera debut at the age of 21 at the Wroclaw State Opera as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Her mother and teacher Jolanta Żmurko performed the role of Countess. Kurzak is a laureate of singing competitions in Warsaw, Barcelona, Helsinki and Canton. In 2009 she received a PhD in Music. Between 2001 and 2007 Kurzak was a member of the ensemble of the Hamburg State Opera, where she sang numerous roles: Queen of the Night, Blonde, Susanna, Servilia, Marzelline (Fidelio), Nanetta (Falstaff), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Gilda, Adèle, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Maid (Powder her Face), Musetta, Cleopatra, Fiorilla (Il Turco in Italia), Marie (La Fille du Régiment) In 2004 Kurzak made her debut at The Metropolitan Opera in the role of Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. In the same season she debuted at the Royal Opera House-Covent Garden as Aspasia in Mitridate, Re di Ponto. The artist returned to the Met, singing Blonde in Entführung aus dem Serail and Gilda in Rigoletto. Since her first London appearance, Kurzak has returned regularly to the Royal Opera House, where she has performed roles of Norina (Don Pasquale), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Susanna, Matilde (Matilde di Shabran), achieving a real triumph on this stage and most recently Donna Fiorilla (Turco in Italia) and Rosina (Il Ba
top songs
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Cicha Noc
1,2792Mizerna Cicha
9053W Żłobie Leży
1554Gdy Śliczna Panna
1395J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus / Act 2 - Mein Herr Marquis
1396Bóg Się Rodzi
1217Przybieżeli Do Betlejem
1158Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I Scene 3: Ecco, respiro appena... Io son l'umile ancella
1109Lulajże Jezuniu
9310Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "O soave fanciulla"
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