Sylwester Smulczyński

He has participated in numerous music festivals, such as the International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn, the Jubilaei Cantus Music Festival in Nowy Sącz, the International Festival of Vocal Music Viva il canto, the International Festival Chopin in the Colors of Autumn. In the years 2006-2017 he was a soloist of the Warsaw Chamber Opera, where he made his debut as Nemorino in the opera "L'elisir d'amore" by G. Donizetti. With the ensemble of this theater, he has had the opportunity to perform on the stages of European opera theaters, including in Germany, Switzerland, France and Spain. His artistic achievements include recordings for the Polish Radio, the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute and other cultural institutions. He has performed as a guest on the stages of the Grand Theater in Łódź, the Wrocław Opera, the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin, the Kraków Opera and the Music Theater in Lublin. Since 2017 he has been a soloist of the Polish Royal Opera. In 2020, the artist was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit.

His most important stage creations include the previously mentioned debuts in the role of Almaviva in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" and Nemorino in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", as well as Tom Rakewell in I. Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress" and a number of leading characters in numerous operas by W. A. ​​Mozart (Belmonte in "The Abduction from the Seraglio", Ferrando in "Cosi fan tutte" or Ottavio in "Don Giovanni").

He has performed under the baton of esteemed conductors such as Benjamin Bayl, Lukasz Borowicz, Tomasz Bugaj, Kai Bumann, Massimiliano Caldi, Igor Dohovic, Zbigniew Graca, Christopher Hogwood, Vladimir Kiradjiew, Paweł Kotla, Grzegorz Nowak, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Helmuth Rilling, Wojciech Rodek, Eraldo Salmieri, Ruben Silva, Marc Soustrot, Lucas Vis, Marco Vitale. He has also worked with many outstanding directors, including Natalia Babińska, Tomasz Konina, Jonathan Miller, Walter Neiva, Maciej Prus, Jitka Stokalska, Marek Weiss.

His repertoire includes numerous solo parts in works by W. A. ​​Mozart, G. Rossini, G. Donizetti, G. Verdi, B. Britten and I. Strawiński. He also successfully performs oratorio-cantata music by J. S. Bach, J. F. Handel, J. Haydn, W. A. ​​Mozart and G. Rossini, as well as vocal lyrics in the broad sense. He takes particular pleasure in performing the parts of Bach's Evangelists.