Magdalena Witczak
She made her debut in 1999 as Rosina in Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Her major stage roles include Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen, Oscar in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, Hanna in Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor, Lucia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia on an ancient theme, Countess Stasi in Kálmán’s Die Csárdásfürstin, and Mother Abbess in Rodgers’ The Sound of Music.
The artist has performed under the baton of such conductors as Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, Tomasz Bugaj, Kai Bumann, Massimiliano Caldi, Sławomir Chrzanowski, José Maria Florêncio Jr, Bogdan Jarmołowicz, Jerzy Katlewicz, Andrzej Knap, Alina Kowalska-Pińczak, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Janusz Przybylski, Wojciech Rajski, Zygmunt Rychert, Jerzy Salwarowski, Ruben Silva, Piotr Sułkowski, Tadeusz Wicherek, Sławomir Wróblewski, and Jan Miłosz Zarzycki.
She took part in the world premiere of Kazimierz Rozbicki’s Missa Festiva, as well as performances of Gedymin Grubba’s Papa in Memoriam for soprano, piano, and sampler, Andrzej Marko’s Miners’ Mass, Marek Czerniewicz’s cantata And the Night Will Surround You Like Brightness , Giedrius Kuprevičius’ The Muse’s Song with Trumpets and Bells for solo soprano and carillon, Andrzej Nikodemowicz’s sacred music, Rafał Kłoczko’s Passion, and Beata Wróblewska’s music drama Sic itur ad Deum. In 2021 she co-created the art-and-research project Poland Painted with Music, whose world premiere took place at Szczecin Philharmonic on 9th December 2021.
Witczak has recorded extensively for the radio, television, and record labels. She can be heard, among others, in the premiere recording of cantatas by Johann Theodor Roemhildt and in Antonio Vivaldi’s solo motet In furore (with Cappella Gedanensis, publ. SOLITON), in Kazimierz Rozbicki’s world premiere of Missa Festiva (with Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, ACTE PRÉALABLE), songs from The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (with the Polish Philharmonic ‘Sinfonia Baltica’), and on the album Adam Mickiewicz Ballad & Romances. Music by Beniamin Baczewski (DUX).
Magdalena Witczak has been awarded a postdoctoral degree in vocal art. She holds the post of professor at Szczecin’s Academy of Art.
