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bass-baritone

With his sensational success as Alberich at the Vienna State Opera and as Jochanaan and Wotan/Wanderer Tomasz Konieczny has established himself at the forefront of outstanding dramatic bass-baritones of his generation. In Vienna he also sang Amfortas, thy Flying Dutchman, Scarpia and other roles. The Polish singer made his debut in the film The Ring with the Eagle (directed by Andrzej Wajda). He began his vocal studies at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy in Warsaw, after which he went to Dresden where he joined the class of Prof. Christian Elßner at the Hochschule für Musik. In 1998 he won the 33rd Dvorak International Vocal Competition in Carlsbad. In 1997 he made his debut singing Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Poznan Opera, followed by engagements in places such as Leipzig, St. Gallen, Chemnitz and Mannheim. In 2002 he joined the ensemble of the National Theater Mannheim where he sang roles as Orest, King Marke, Amfortas, Wotan, Jochanaan and Gran' Inquisitore. In 2004 Mannheim bestowed upon him the Arnold-Petersen-Award, a special prize for outstanding young talents. Between 2006 and 2014 he was a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg where he could add to his repertoire some important leading roles like Wotan, Osmin, Golaud, Kurwenal, the Flying Dutchman, Barak, Falstaff and Escamillo. He has been a regular guest at the Wagner in Budapest, Where he sang under the baton of Adam Fischer Amfortas (2006), Wotan (Die Walküre, 2007 and 2009), Wanderer (2010), Kurwenal (2010, 2011). Big success was his debut at the Salzburger Festspiele (2012) as Stolzius (Zimmermann: Soldaten). In 2013 he sang two important CD - Productions of Ring: as Wotan - the conductor is Marek Janowski (Pentatone Classics) and as Alberich - the conductor was Christian Thielemann (Deutsche Grammophon). His concert repertoire includes Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, the Weihnachtsoratorium, Handel's Messiah and Mendessohn´s Elijah, Mozart's, Verdi's and Dvorak's Requiem, Beethoven's 9th Symphony.