Jacek Laszczkowski
Jacek Laszczkowski (born March 28, 1966 in Szczuczyn , Powiat Grajewski , Poland ) is a Polish singer who sings in the soprano and tenor voices .
After studying the clarinet in Białystok , he went to the Chopin Academy in Warsaw and studied singing (tenor). After that he had engagements as a lyric tenor . He had already sung as a child and was able to keep his clear soprano voice through his voice breaking. In a production of the Warsaw Chamber Opera , in which he sang the title role of Orfeo von Monteverdi as tenor, he was asked to audition the role with his soprano. He then got the role of Nerone in Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea and began his career as a soprano, which also took him to major international opera houses and festivals.
In 2003 Opernwelt magazine voted him singer of the year.
He also worked as an actor in several films, including a. in a leading role in Dusza spiewa z cyklu “Opowiesci weekendowe” by the Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi .
Laszczkowski lives in Warsaw with his wife and two daughters.
Discography
as tenor:
- Saverio Mercadante : Caritea, regina di Spagna, Nuova Era
- Jacopo Peri : L'Euridice , Pro Musica Camerata
as soprano:
- Georg Friedrich Handel : Imeneo , Pro Musica Camerata
- Georg Friedrich Handel: Teseo , DVD
- Alessandro Scarlatti : San Casimiro, re di Polonia, Acte Préalable
- Antonio Vivaldi : Catone in Utica , Dynamics
- Antonio Vivaldi: Rosmira Fedele , Dynamics
Movies
- The voice of heaven - Jacek Laszczkowski, documentation by Peter Schlögl, arte / NDR, Germany 2006, 51 min.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laszczkowski, Jacek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish soprano and tenor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczuczyn , Powiat Grajewski, Poland |