Tenor. In 2006, Sylwester Smulczy\u0144ski graduated from the Department of Vocal and Acting Studies at the Gra\u017cyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Prof. Piotr Mici\u0144ski\u2019s class. He further perfected his vocal skills at the Baroque music interpretation course taught by Paul Esswood in Florence and during master courses with Prof. Jerzy Artysz.<\/p>\n
Already during his studies, he had an opportunity to take part in the international project Opera Island<\/i> in Norway, where he appeared in G. Verdi\u2019s La traviata<\/i> directed by J. Miller. As a student, he also made his debut as Count Almaviva in Rossini\u2019s The Barber of Seville<\/i> during a European tour with the Lublin Music Theatre.<\/p>\n
Between 2006 and 2017 he was a soloist at the Warsaw Chamber Opera, where he made his debut as Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore<\/i> by G. Donizetti. With the artists from this opera theatre, he appeared on many European opera stages, e.g. in Germany, Switzerland, France, or Spain. He\u2019s made guest appearances on stages of the Grand Theatre in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, the Wroc\u0142aw Opera House, the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin, the Cracow Opera, and the Music Theatre in Lublin.<\/p>\n
Smulczy\u0144ski participated in many music festivals, such as the \u201cWarsaw Autumn\u201d International Festival of Contemporary Music, the Iubilaei Cantus Music Festival in Nowy S\u0105cz, the Viva il canto International Vocal Music Festival, the Chopin in the Colours of Autumn – International Festival in Antonin.<\/p>\n
His repertoire includes many solo parts from the works of W. A. Mozart, G. Rossini, G. Donizetti, G. Verdi, B. Britten, and I. Stravinsky. The artist\u2019s most important scenic performances are his aforementioned debuts as Almaviva in Rossini\u2019s The Barber of Seville<\/i> and Nemorino in Donizetti\u2019s L’elisir d’amore<\/i>, as well as Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky\u2019s The Rake\u2019s Progress<\/i>. Also prominent are his leading roles in numerous operas by W. A. Mozart (Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio<\/i>, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte<\/i>, or Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni<\/i>).<\/p>\n
He also performs oratorios and cantatas from the repertoire of J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, and\u00a0G. Rossini, as well as broadly understood vocal literature. The artist is particularly fond of performing Evangelists\u2019 parts in Bach\u2019s works.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s performed under the baton of acclaimed conductors, such as Benjamin Bayl, Tomasz Bugaj, Kai Bumann, Massimiliano Caldi, Igor Dohovic, Zbigniew Graca, Christopher Hogwood, Vladimir Kiradjiew, Pawe\u0142 Kotla, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Helmuth Rilling, Wojciech Rodek, Eraldo Salmieri, Ruben Silva, Marc Soustrot, Lucas Vis, Marco Vitale, and collaborated with many outstanding directors, including Natalia Babi\u0144ska, Tomasz Konina, Jonathan Miller, Walter Neiva, Maciej Prus, Jitka Stokalska, Marek Weiss.<\/p>\n
Smulczy\u0144ski has recorded for the Polish Radio, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, and many other cultural institutions.<\/p>\n
Since 2017 he\u2019s been a soloist in the Polish Royal Opera.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25478,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17497","artysci","type-artysci","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n