Tomasz Konieczny

Infobox Actor
name = Tomasz Konieczny


caption = Tomasz Konieczny, Düsseldorf (Germany), 2006
birthdate = birth date and age|1972|1|10
location = Łódź, Poland

Tomasz Konieczny (b. 10 January, 1972) is a Polish-born bass-baritone.

Life and work

Tomasz Konieczny, was born on the 10th of January 1972 in Łódź, Poland. He commenced his studies as an actor at the Film, TV and Theatre Academy in Lodz. Following this he studied voice at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy in Warsaw , finishing his studies under the guidance of Professor Christian Elßner at the Hochschule "Carl Maria von Weber" in Dresden .

He made his debut in a film directed by Oscar prize winning director Andrzej Wajda "The Ring with the Eagle" following this he worked as an actor/director in many TV Film and Theatre productions in Poland.

[http://www.tomasz-konieczny.com Tomasz Konieczny] is the recipient of many awards, including the Polish Arts and Culture Prize, the Alfred Toepfer Foundation Prize, the Stadtsparkasse Prize in Dresden, and second Prize in the International Dvorak competition in Karlsbad.

He made his debut as a singer in 1997 in the role of Figaro/"Marriage of Figaro" in Posen/Poland.

Two years later he made his debut at the Oper Leipzig as Kecal in the "Bartered Bride"/Smetana where he remained for the season 1999-2000.

In 2000 he was engaged as a Bass at the Thater Lübeck where he sang Procida/"I Vespri Siciliani", Pandolph/"Cendrillon", Orest/"Elektra" and Ramphis/"Aida".

Since 2002/2003 he has been a member of the ensemble of Nationaltheater Mannheim where he received the Arnold Petersen Prize for talented young singers, his roles in Mannheim have included Orest/"Elektra", Pimen/"Boris Godunow", King Mark/"Tristan & Isolde", Sarastro/"The Magic Flute", Amfortas/"Parsifal", Wotan/"Rheingold", Wotan/"Walküre", Pizzaro/"Fidelio", Grand Inquisitor/"Don Carlos", Melitone/"La Forza del Destino" and Johanaan/"Salome".

In February 2005 he made his debut at the Staatstheater Stuttgart as Sarastro and in June 2005 as King Vladislav in Smetana´s "Dalibor" at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken.

In September he made his debut at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Osmin in April 2006 as Melitone/"La Forza del Destino" and in May 2006 as Wotan/"Rheingold". In the season, 2006/7 he become a member of the Ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg. He sang here 2006: Bottom/"A Midsummer Night's Dream", 2007: Kurwenal/"Tristan and Isolde", Goloaud/"Pelleas and Melisande", Turco/"Il Turco in Italia", 2008: Amfortas/"Parsifal".

In Juni 2006 he sang at [http://www.mupa.hu/programreszletes.jsp?id=K_5240&id=K_5240&month=6&year=2007&day=8 Budapester Wagner Tage] as Amfortas/"Parsifal". The Conductor was Adam Fischer (Gurnemanz- Matti Salminen, Parsifal - Christian Franz, Klingsor - Günter von Kannen), und in Juni 2007 Wotan/"Walküre".

In August 2006 he made his debut in "Matthäuspassion"/Arias of Bach in Sao Paulo/Rio de Janeiro. The Conductor was Kent Nagano.

In January 2008 he made his debut at the Semperoper Dresden as Alberich. The Conductor was Peter Schneider.

In April 2008 he made also his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper as Alberich ( [http://www.derneuering.at/Content.Node2/ new production of] "Ring des Niebelungen"). The Conductor will be Franz Welser-Möst.

References

External links

* [http://www.tomasz-konieczny.com Tomasz Konieczny]

Persondata
NAME = Konieczny, Tomasz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Polish Bas/Basbariton and Actor
DATE OF BIRTH = January 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH = Łódź, Poland
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =