Son Vergin Vezzosa - Music

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 Barbiere Di Siviglia . In February 2010 Kurzak Made Her Debut At The Teatro Alla Scala In The Role Of Gilda. Kurzak Has Appeared As Well At The Staatsoper In Berlin Queen Of The Night Teatro Regio In Parma And Théâtre Du Capitole In Toulouse Gilda Bavarian State Opera In Munich Cleopatra Adele Rosina Fiorilla Vienna State Opera Rosina Teatro Massimo In Palermo Norina Teatro Massimo Di Bellini In Catania Concert With Arias By Bellini Lyric Opera House In Chicago Blonde Salzburg Festival Concert Arias By Mozart Ännchen And Donna Anna Palau De Les Arts In Valencia Adina Mozart Festival In A Coruña As Well As At The Welsh National Opera In Cardiff Aspasia And At The Theater An Der Wien Donna Anna And Amenaide Finnish National Opera Gilda National Opera In Warsaw Gilda Violetta And Teatro La Fenice Donna Anna And Lucia In Seattle. Kurzak Has Collaborated With Many Well Known Conductors Including Ivor Bolton Bruno Campanella James Conlon Sir Andrew Davis Christoph Von Dohnanyi Riccardo Frizza Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos René Jacobs Nicola Luisotti Sir Charles Mackerras Ingo Metzmacher Daniel Oren Carlo Rizzi Ralf Weikert And Simone Young. Aleksandra Kurzak Has An Exclusive Recording Contract With DECCA. In The Next Future Season Kurzak Will Appear As Violetta In Torino Frankfurt Warsaw And Berlin Adina And Susanna In Vienna Staatsoper Gilda In San Francisco And Zurich Rosina In Arena Di Verona Fiordiligi In Los Angeles Gretel And Gilda At The MET Susanna In ROH Covent Garden Teatro Alla Scala And In Teatro Real In Madrid. read less