Elżbieta Szmytka
Elżbieta Szmytka (born 1956 in Prochowice , Lower Silesian Voivodeship ) is a Polish opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Szmytka studied with Helena Łazarska and made her debut as “ Susanna ” at the Cracow Opera . This was followed by appearances at the Vienna State Opera , Grand Théâtre de Genève , Grand Opéra de Paris , Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels , De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Berlin , Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires as well as at the Salzburg Festival , the Festival of Aix-en- Provence and to Glyndebourne .
The artist's repertoire includes Mozart roles such as Cinna in Lucio Silla , Pamina , Despina , Konstanze and Donna Anna , Ilia and Elettra in Idomeneo , and Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito .
Szmytka also interpreted Adina at L'elisir d'amore , Gilda , Violetta (in Berlin, Brussels and Düsseldorf) and Nanetta , the Oscar and the Zerbinetta , the Sophie, the Rosalinde (at the Salzburg Festival and at the Komische Oper ), Mélisande , Antonia , Alieja (again at the Salzburg Festival ) and Mimi , the Roxana in Król Roger von Szymanowski (at the Marinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and at the Edinburgh Festival ), the Infanta and the title roles in Alcina , L'incoronazione di Poppea , Luisa Miller and the Medea in Corinto at the Theater St. Gallen .
Elzbieta Szmytka has sung under the direction of well-known conductors such as Claudio Abbado , Pierre Boulez , Sylvain Cambreling , John Eliot Gardiner , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Neville Marriner , Antonio Pappano , John Pritchard , Simon Rattle and Georg Solti .
Sound recordings
- Mozart's arias
- Cossi fan tutte with Neville Marriner
- La finta Giarniera
- Abduction from the Seraglio (Blondchen)
- Don Giovanni by Giuseppe Gazzaniga with Bruno Weill
- The merry widow with Franz Welser-Möst
- Szymanowski's King Roger with Thomas Hampson under the direction of Simon Rattle
- Complete recording of Chopin's songs
literature
- Kutsch / Riemens: Large song dictionary . Unchanged edition., KG Saur , Bern, 1993, third volume supplementary volume, p. 996, ISBN 3-907820-70-3 (3 volumes)
Web links
- Elzbieta Szmytka at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Elżbieta Szmytka's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
- Elżbieta Szmytka agency profile
- Elżbieta Szmytka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szmytka, Elżbieta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prochowice , Lower Silesian Voivodeship |