Jadwiga Rappé

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Jadwiga Rappé, 1993

Jadwiga Rappé (born February 24, 1952 in Toruń ) is a Polish opera singer (alto).

Life

Rappé studied Slavic Philology at the University of Warsaw . She also took singing lessons from Zofia Brégy , which she continued with Jerzy Artysz at the Breslau Music Academy . In 1980 she won first prize at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, and in 1981 the gold medal at the International Festival of Young Soloists in Bordeaux.

As a specialist in oratorios and cantatas, her repertoire ranges from baroque music through romantic oratorios to modern and contemporary music (including works by Tadeusz Baird , Witold Lutosławski , Andrzej Panufnik and especially Krzysztof Penderecki's Polish Requiem and Te Deum ). She worked under the direction of conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Marek Janowski , Bernard Haitink , Colin Davis , Krzysztof Penderecki, Stanisław Skrowaczewski , Jesús López-Cobos , Mstislav Rostropowitsch , Leopold Hager , Anton Guadagno , Antoni Wit and others, gave concerts in Vienna ( Musikverein, Konzerthaus), Paris (Salle Pleyel), Munich (Herkulessaal) and Amsterdam and took part in festivals such as the MDR Musiksommer , the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival , the Salzburg Festival and the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico.

Rappé is also successful as an opera singer. She sang the title role in Georg Friedrich Händel's Amadigi , Orpheus in Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice , Mrs. Quickly in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff , Cieca in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda and the Countess in Peter Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame . In the role of Erda in Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen she appeared at the Deutsche Oper Berlin , the Royal Opera House , the Vienna State Opera and the Festival d'Orange .

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SURNAME Rappé, Jadwiga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish opera singer (alto)
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Toruń