To mark Polish Heritage Month, host Oliver Camacho surveys favorite contemporary Polish opera singers including sopranos Aleksandra Kurzak and Iwona Sobotka; countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński; tenor Piotr Beczala; baritones Mariusz Kwiecien and Artur Ruciński; and the late contralto Ewa Podleś.
Polish Opera Singers of the 21st Century
Playlist
Stanislaw Moniuszko: “Come, let invigorating sun” from Verbum Nobile
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: “Had I wished to be bound” from Eugene Onegin
Mariusz Kwiecień, baritone
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor
Karol Szymanowski: “Taniec” from Six Songs of the Fairy Tale Princess, Op. 31, No. 4
Iwona Sobotka, soprano
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Johannes Brahms: “Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit” from A German Requiem
Iwona Sobotka, soprano
Coro Amici Musicae
Orquesta Reino de Aragón
Ricardo Casero, conductor
George Frideric Handel: “Venti turbini” from Rinaldo
Ewa Podleś, contralto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian
Frédéric Chopin: “Handsome Lad,” from Polish Songs, Op. 74, No. 8
Ewa Podleś, contralto
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Giacomo Puccini: “Donna non vidi mai” from Manon Lescaut
Piotr Beczała, tenor
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Marco Boemi, conductor
Moniuszko: “Płyną tratwy po Wiśle” from Flis
Piotr Beczała, tenor
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor
Gioachino Rossini: “Dunque io son” from The Barber of Seville
Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano
Artur Ruciński, baritone
Sinfonia Varsovia
Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor
Feliks Nowowiejski: “Ich geh’ nach Rom!” from Quo vadis
Artur Ruciński, baritone
Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic Orchestra
Piotr Sułkowski, conductor
Moniuszko: “Do grobu trwać w bezżennym stanie” (Hanna’s aria) from The Haunted Manor
Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano
Gjorgi Dimceuski, violin
Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Omer Meir Wellber
Mieczysław Karłowicz: “Zaczarowana królewna (Enchanted Princess),” Op. 3, No. 10
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
Michał Biel, piano
Henry Purcell: “Music for a While” from Oedipus, Z. 583
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
Aleksander Dębicz, piano
Marcin Ułanowski, drums
Wojciech Gumiński, double bass