Krzysztof Bączyk

The Polish bass's early-career successes included The Magic Flute and Alcina (Aixen-Provence), La clemenza di Tito (Warsaw), and Acis and Galatea (Salzburg). In recent seasons he sang the Commendatore and Masetto/Don Giovanni in Stockholm; Capellio/ I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Melisso/Alcina, Raimondo/Lucia di Lammermoor, Masetto and Colline (all at the Zurich Opera House); and the Mozart Requiem (Opéra National de Lorraine). Other successes have included his Opéra National de Paris debut (Don Carlos) and subsequent roles in Iolanta and Tosca, Die Zauberflöte and Zuniga/Carmen at Polish National Opera, Rossini's Stabat Mater (Toulouse's Orchestre National du Capitole), Alcina (Paris's Théâtre des Champs-Elysées), The Fiery Angel (Polish National Opera, Aix-en-Provence Festival), and Masetto/Don Giovanni (NDR Philharmonie Hannover). Most recently he debuted at ABAO Olbe Bilbao as Colline/La bohème and made his U.S. debut singing Rossini's Stabat Mater with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Lyric debut: Don Basilio/The Barber of Seville (2019|20).

Last updated: September 29, 2019
Photo: Ksenia S. Photography