Katarzyna Nowak-Stańczyk

Katarzyna Nowak-Stańczyk

She graduated with distinction from Faculty of Vocal and Acting at Academy of Music in Łódź, in Professor Jadwiga Pietraszkiewicz’s class. At V year of her studies she was hired as a soloist at Grand Theatre in Łódź.

In 1989 she started working at Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz. Her debut was Gilda in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”. In the same year she took part in International Vocal Competition in Bilbao (Spain) – she was a semifinalist. In 1991 in Amsterdam she performed the title role in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”.

She participated in many festivals:
  • Stanisław Moniuszko Festival in Kudowa Zdój (five times),
  • Jan Kiepura Festival in Krynica,
  • International Opera Festival in Luxemburg,
  • International Opera Festival in Xanten (Germany),
  • International Festival de la Musique de La Chaise-Dieu (France).

She has a doctor’s degree – she got in 2003, by singing Violetta’s part in Verdi’s „Traviatta” at Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz. Since then she is working at Opera Nova and Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In 2013 she got a professor title from President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski.

During her career, Katarzyna Nowak–Stańczyk sang over 1200 spectacles.

She was awarded for her artistic path by: President of Zduńska Wola, President of Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Marshal and Rector of Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In 2015 she got decoration of honor “Meritorious for Polish Culture” from President of Poland.

Repertoire

  • W.A. Mozart - „The Magic Flute” - Pamina/ I Lady
  • W.A. Mozart - „Cosi fan tutte” - Fiordiligi
  • W.A. Mozart - „Don Giovanni” - Elwira
  • W.A. Mozart - „Le nozze di Figaro” - Hrabina
  • G. Rossini - „Il barbiere di Siviglia“ - Rozyna
  • G. Rossini - „Il Turco in Italia” - Fiorilla
  • G. Rossini - „Semiramida” - Semiramida
  • G. Donizetti - „Don Pasquale” - Norina
  • G. Donizetti - „Lucia di Lammermoor” - Lucia
  • V. Bellini - “Purytanie” - Elvira
  • G. Verdi - „Il trovatore“ - Leonora
  • G. Verdi - „Nabucco” - Anna
  • G. Verdi - „Un ballo in maschera” - Oskar
  • G. Verdi - „Traviata” - Violetta
  • G. Verdi - „Rigoletto” - Gilda
  • G. Puccini - „La boheme” - Musetta/Mimi
  • G.Puccini - "Madama Butterfly" - Cho Cho San
  • P. Czajkowski - „Eugene Onegin” - Tatiana
  • St. Moniuszko - „The Haunted Manor” - Hanna
  • G. Bizet - „Carmen“ - Micaela
  • A.Boito - “Mefistofele” - Margarita
  • J. Offenbach - „ Les contes d'Hoffmann” - Giulietta
  • L. Delibes - „Lakmé” - Lakmé
  • G. Gershwin - „Porgy and Bess” - Clara
  • E. Humperdinck - „Hansel and Gretel” - Hansel / Witch
  • F.Poulenck - „Dialogues des Carmélites” - Nowa przeorysza
  • C. Orff - “Carmina burana”
  • P. Glass - „Echnaton” - Teje
  • P. Nymann - „The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat ” - Mrs. P.
  • J. Strauss - „Der Zigeunerbaron” - Saffi / Mirabella
  • F. Lehar - „The Merry Widow” - Hanna Glavari
  • P. Abraham - „Victoria and her huzar” - Victoria

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At Opera Nova she was singing those parts:

  • J. Strauss - „Der Zigeunerbaron” - Mirabella
  • J. Strauss - „The Revenge of the Bat” - Rozalinda
  • A.Ponchielli- "La Gioconda" – the title role
  • G.Puccini- "Madama Butterfly" - Cho Cho San
  • G.Verdi- "La Traviata" - Violetta Valery
  • G.Verdi- "Troubadour" - Leonora
  • G.Bizet- "Carmen" - Micaela
  • E.Humperdinck- "Hansel and Gretel" - Witch
  • L.Delibes- "Lakme” – the title role
  • A. Dvorak "Rusalka" – The Foreign Princess
  • A.Lerner - F.Loewe "My Fair Lady" - Eynsford Hill
  • G.Rossini- "Il barbiere di Siviglia" - Berta
  • W.A.Mozart- "The Magic Flute"- I Lady
  • E. Kálmán "Die Csárdásfürstin" - Izabela
  • W.A.Mozart "Le nozze di Figaro" - Marcelina
  • G.Verdi "Falstaff" - Mrs. Quickly

Recordings:

  • SABC - Johannesburg - A. Dvorak - „The Gypsy Songs”
  • F. Chopin – selected songs
  • Polish Radio II – selected songs
  • G. Verdi - „Traviata” – Violetta’s aria
  • G. Verdi - „Ernani” – Elwira’s aria

Vocal competitions:

  • 1987 r. - Ada Sari in Nowy Sącz – special award
  • 1990 r. - International Vocal Competition in Pretoria – finalist
  • 1992 r. - I Stanisław Moniuszko International Vocal Competition in Warsaw – special award