Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa

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Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa, 1934

Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa (born December 22, 1876 in Warsaw , Russian Empire ; died June 20, 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher.

Life

Korolewicz-Waydowa took lessons from Oleksandr Myschuha for a few months and then studied Walery Wysocki at the Lviv Conservatory in Austria-Hungary for two years until 1897 . She then made her debut at the Lviv Opera as Hanna in Stanisław Moniuszkos Straszny Dwór ; She had other appearances in the title roles of Bizet's Carmen and Flotow's Martha .

From 1898 she was engaged at the Warsaw Opera, where she made her debut in Vincenzo Bellini's La sonnambula and switched to the dramatic repertoire ( Richard Wagner ). She also took part in secret concerts for the benefit of political prisoners. In 1900 she sang the title role in Halka for the first time at the opening of the Lviv Opera . During the six years under the direction of Tadeusz Pawlikowski , she appeared here every season, including as Bronka in Władysław Żeleński's Janek , Margarete in Gounod's Faust , Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto , Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème and Lotte in Massenet's Werther .

She also had international appearances in Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona and Kiev (with Fyodor Ivanovich Chalyapin ). At the Royal Opera House she sang with Enrico Caruso in Der Bajazzo . Her first overseas tour took her to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Cleveland in 1910, and the following year she made a successful tour of Australia with Nellie Melba's Band of Stars .

From 1912 she worked again in Poland, performed in Lviv and Krakow and directed the Warsaw Opera from 1917–1918, where she staged 38 operas. From 1920 to 1923 she lived again in the USA, after which she settled in Zakopane and withdrew from her artistic activity for a long time. From 1934 she took over the management of the Warsaw Opera for two seasons. She later founded her own opera studio in Warsaw, where she trained singers such as Emma Szabrańska , Lucyna Szczepańska , Halina Stecka , Kazimierz Poreda , Cezary Kowalski and Tadeusz Beval .

In 1935 she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta . During the Second World War Korolewicz-Waydowa lived under difficult conditions in Warsaw. She almost completely lost her sight, and in 1944 her husband passed away. In 1955 she was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Polonia Restituta Order at the Warsaw Opera. Immediately after the ceremony, she was taken to a hospital, where she died in June 1955.

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SURNAME Korolewicz-Waydowa, Janina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1955
Place of death Warsaw