- Piotr Beczała
Piotr Beczała (born 1966 in
Czechowice-Dziedzice ) is a Polishopera tictenor .Piotr Beczała was born in southern Poland and initially trained in
Katowice . His first engagements were with the Landestheatre inLinz , after which he became a regular member ofZurich Opera . Between 2004-2006, Beczala made several major international house debuts. In April 2004, he made his debut at London'sRoyal Opera House as the Italian Tenor in "Der Rosenkavalier ", later returning in October of that year in the title role of "Faust", then in June 2005 as the Duke in "Rigoletto ", and in September 2006, again in "Faust". In November 2004, he made hisSan Francisco Opera and US debut as Lensky in "Eugene Onegin". Beczała'sLa Scala debut came in January 2006 as the Duke in "Rigoletto", the role in which he also madeMetropolitan Opera debut onDecember 19 ,2006 .In 2007 he was awarded the
Munich Opera Festival Prize which acknowledges outstanding accomplishments by departments and members of theBavarian State Opera as well as members of the Festival performance casts for his performances in in "Rigoletto", "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Werther ". [ [http://www.staatsorchester.de/425-ZG9tPWRvbTMmbD1lbg-~info~aktuelles~aktuelles_orchester.html Bavarian State Opera] ]Beczała appears as Alfredo Germont in the Farao Classics recording of "
La traviata " which has been nominated for a 2008Grammy Award . [ [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/50th_Show/list.aspx#30 2008 Grammy Awards] ] The cd is a live recording from the Bavarian State Opera's March 2006 production withAnja Harteros as Violetta,Paolo Gavanelli as Giorgio Germont, andZubin Mehta conducting.References
* [http://www.musicomh.com/classical_features/piotr-beczala_0906.htm musicOMH.com] - Interview with Piotr Beczala by Dominic McHugh, September 2006.
*Joshua Kosman, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/26/DDGQAA0KTT1.DTL&type=printable 'Soaring Opera hits new heights in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin'] , "San Francisco Chronicle", November 26, 2004.
*George Hall, [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/4635/faust Review: "Faust" at the Royal Opera House] . "The Stage", October 14, 2004.External links
* [http://www.beczala.com Official web site]
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