Wojtek Gierlach Bass In the 2020/21 season, Polish bass Wojtek and sang Bach's Magnificat at Auditorio Gierlach returns again to Welsh National Opera Nacional de Madrid, Bruckner’s Te Deum and to sing the role of Mephistopheles in Faust. A Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Ulster favourite at Polish National Opera, he also Orchestra in Belfast and his Missa solemnis with returns to Warsaw to sing The Gold Merchant in Helmuth Rilling at Konzerthaus Berlin, Salieri's Cardillac. The Passion of Jesus Christ with Solisti Veneti and Claudio Scimone and Rossini's Stabat Mater Last season at WNO, he made role debuts as with Orquesta del Principado de Asturias under Sparafucile Rigoletto, Parson The Cunning Alberto Zedda. He regularly performs Little Vixen and Procida in David Pountney’s Penderecki's music under the baton of the new production of Les vêpres siciliennes. composer, and has sung works including his Polish Requiem, Seven Gates of Jerusalem and In 2018/19 he sang Rocco Fidelio and Alidoro La Credo. A special performance of Penderecki’s Cenerentola at WNO, the latter being somewhat Dies Irae with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra led of a signature role for him, which he has also him to Caracas. performed with Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Teatro Maestranza in Wojtek’s large discography includes Mose in Seville. He also returned to the role of Figaro Le Egitto and La Donna del Lago, Meyerbeer's nozze di Figaro and sang Zbigniew Straszny Semiramide under Richard Bonynge, dwór at Teatr Wielki Poznań, and Penderecki’s Magnificat and Janacek’s Commendatore Don Giovanni for Opera Glagolithic Mass (all Naxos), G.S. Mayr's Medea Wroclawska. On the concert platform, he in Corinto (Oehms), Luigi Mosca's L'Italiana in appeared with the Royal Liverpool Algieri (Bongiovanni), Lodoïska by Cherubini Philharmonic Orchestra for Dvořák’s Stabat and Weber’s Euryanthe (both Poslkie Radio), Mater. Guillaume Tell with Michele Mariotti (Deutsche Grammophon), and a live recording of the world Past engagements include Priest Lady Macbeth premiere of Il dissoluto punito by Ramón of Mtsensk at the Royal Opera House, Talbot Carnice, conducted by Alberto Zedda. Maria Stuarda at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Rocco Fidelio and Conte Rodolfo Sonnambula He has won prizes in numerous international at Theater St. Gallen, Oroveso Norma with the vocal competitions, including at the Francesco Teatre Principal Palma, a role he previously Viñas Competition in Barcelona. sang at Teatro National Sao Carlos Lisbon, “…an absolutely wonderful, Melisso to Joyce DiDonato’s Alcina with Harry reliable, clear and charismatic Bicket and The English Concert at the Barbican, Carnegie Hall, Théâtre des Champs Élysées and bass singing Rocco; this instils Theater an der Wien, and in productions at Valid for use until 1 February 2021 Royal Danish Opera and Opéra national de For updated versions please contact life in the entire work from start Bordeaux. Furthermore Giorgio I Puritani – a [email protected] role that already brought him great acclaim at to finish and makes this a tonal WNO – and Alidoro at Danish National Opera. In ” Poland, appearances include Colline La and musical feast. bohème at Podlaska Opera and Escamillo Christoph Schlüren, Neue Carmen with the Warsaw National Philharmonic. He has also sung Don Basilio Il Musikzeitung barbiere di Siviglia with Deutsche Oper Berlin, Assur Semiramide at Royal Danish Opera, Mustafa L'Italiana in Algeri at Minnesota Opera, Orbazzano Tancredi in Seville, Leuthold Guillaume Tell as well as Sydney and Profondo Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Leporello Don Giovanni with Nico Opera Cape Town. At Polish National Opera in Warsaw he has also appeared as Hermes in Rozicky’s Eros i Psyche, Gesler Guillaume Tell, Talbot Maria Stuarda, Colline, Figaro, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor, Duce Alfonso Lucrezia Borgia, and Escamillo. Elsewhere in Poland, roles also include Selim Il turco in Italia and King of Clubs The Love for Three Oranges at Krakow Opera, and the title role of Don Giovanni at the Warsaw Mozart Festival. Wojtek is much in demand as a concert performer, in repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to contemporary music. He has appeared in Dettingen Te Deum, Saul and Elijah at Warsaw National Philharmonic Concert Hall, Rayfield Allied Member of the International Artist 9-12 The Stableyard Managers’ Association Broomgrove Road London, SW9 9TL, UK Rayfield Allied acts as agent only and can www.rayfieldallied.com accept no responsibility as principal E-mail [email protected] Telephone +44 (0) 20 3176 5500 Facsimile +44 (0) 700 602 4143 .