Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński opens the Grand Théâtre recital season

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by Opera Charm Team

September 3, 2024

After his performance at the Paris Olympic Games ceremony, countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński opens the Grand Théâtre recital season.

We left him performing an excerpt from Les Indes galantes in the rain at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, with his dual artistic credentials as both the beloved countertenor of Generation Z and an accomplished breakdancer. The Polish singer Jakub Józef Orliński is multiplying his artistic collaborations with constant success, as evidenced by his latest album Beyond (Warner Classics/Erato), considered by The Times to be one of the best classical albums of 2023, which will launch him on tours across the Atlantic this season.

But before that, the countertenor will come to enchant the GTG stage for a recital in which he will take us on a journey through arias by Handel, Schubert and Purcell, accompanied on the piano by his compatriot Michał Biel. This evening is a prelude to his appearance next May in Pergolesi’s eagerly awaited Stabat Mater, alongside the immense Barbara Hannigan.

Programme

Georg Friedrich Haendel
Voi che udite

Tadeusz Baird
Spójrz co tu ciche serce wypisało
Drwię, mając ciebie, z całej ludzkiej pychy Słodka miłości
Jakże podobna zimie jest rozłąka

Franz Schubert
Die Stadt
Auf der Donau Nachtstuck

Georg Friedrich Haendel
Un Zeffiro

— Entracte —

Luca Antonio Predieri
Dovrian quest’occhi piangere

Henry Purcell
Sweeter than roses
If music be the food of love (1st version) O, lead me

Mieczyslaw Karłowicz
Idzie na pola
Smutną jest dusza moja Skąd pierwsze gwiazdy Po szerokim morzu Rdzawe liście
Czasem gdy długo

Georg Friedrich Haendel
Furibondo spira il vento from Partenope

JAKUB JÓZEF ORLIŃSKI
Countertenor

Graduating from the Julliard School in 2017, Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński has rapidly become one of the most sought-after singers, triumphing both on stage, in concert and on disc. His first recording for Warner/Erato, Anima Sacra, won him the Opus Klassik Prize for solo vocal recording, while his second, Facce d’amore, won him the prize for recording (solo recital) of the year at the International Opera Awards 2021. His recitals across Europe and the United States are sold out, and his live filmed performance of Vivaldi’s ‘Vedrò con mio diletto’ at the Aix-en-Provence Festival has been viewed over eleven million times online. His third and fourth albums, Anima Aeterna in 2021 and Beyond in 2023, were accompanied by European and world tours with the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro. On stage, he recently performed Athamas in Handel’s Sémélé in Munich (2023) and Licida in Vivaldi’s Olympiade at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (2024).

MICHAŁ BIEL
Piano
Young pianist Michał Biel’s collaborations have already taken him to some of the world’s greatest concert halls, including the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and
Alice Tully Hall. He has also given recitals at opera houses such as Frankfurt Opera, Lille Opera and Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera. He regularly collaborates with countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński and together they have performed at such prestigious festivals as the Verbier Festival, Life Victoria Barcelona and Pierre Cardin’s Lacoste Festival.

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Alice Lechner

Alice Lechner comes from a music-loving family. Her first encounter with the opera universe was at the tender age of six. The grandeur of the stage productions and costumes, the backstage chatter, and last, but definitely not least, the music left her in awe, beginning with Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The overall feeling that opera awakens in anyone who gets a glimpse into this part of artistic eternity, that each and every day passes the test of time, was what drew her to stay and be a part of this world. The Opera House of Brașov became her second home, and the people who worked there were her second family.

Since then, Alice has devoted her spare time to maximising her musical knowledge through instrumental studies, studying both piano and violin for a short time. In the following years, her number one passion stepped out of the limelight and graciously gave way to Law Studies.
Since 2018 she has been studying Law at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University in Iași.

Her passion for opera, even if it is no longer her top professional priority in terms of career, it has most definitely become her priority during her free time. Wanting to experience the best of both worlds and extend her musical horizons, she regularly attends opera performances throughout Romania and abroad.
With OPERA Charm Magazine, Alice aims to nurture her creative side to help it flourish and bloom and to discover, alongside the magazine’s readers, the fascinatingly complex world of opera.

Currently, she is an LL.M. in Business Law at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University in Iași.

Oana Zamfir

Oana Zamfir is a second year MA student at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts, at the Department of Musicology.

She studied violin for 12 years at the “Stefan Luchian” High School of Art in Botosani, later focusing on the theoretical aspects of music. In 2019 she completed her bachelor studies in Musicology as a student of the National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima” in Cluj-Napoca. Her research during 2018-2019 brought to the forefront elements of the archaic ritual within works of composers who activated during the communist period, giving her the opportunity to start a research internship at the “Carl von Ossietzky” University in Germany. In this context, she recorded conversations with members of the Sophie Drinker Institute in Bremen, and had access to documents directly from the Myriam Marbé archive.

Since 2019 she has been a teacher of Music Education and Theoretical Music Studies, making full use of interactive methods in the musical training of students and working, at the same time, with the children’s choir founded in the first year of her activity.

Her interests include pursuing a degree in interior design in 2020.

Alexandru Suciu

Alexandru Suciu inherited his passion for art growing up in a family of several generations of musicians. He began his musical studies at the “Augustin Bena” School of Music in Cluj, where he studied piano and guitar. Even though his main study direction was philological, his passion for music prevailed. He began his academical journey at the Faculty of Letters of the “Babeș-Bolyai” University, studying Comparative literature and English. He continued by studying Opera Singing at the “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy. He also graduated the Musical Education section, followed by Artistic Directing at the Musical Performing Arts department.

His multidisciplinary education opened the doors towards research, which is seen both through his participation in national and international conferences and symposia, such as the Salzburg Easter School PhD-forum, organized by the Salzburg Universität or the Silesian Meeting of Young Scholars, organized by the Institute of English at the University of Silesia, as well as the collaboration with Opera Charm Magazine.

During his student years, he won several prizes, including the Grand Prize at the “Paul Constantinescu” National Musical Interpretation Competition, the Romanian Composers and Musicologists’ Union Prize at the same competition, the First Prize and the Schubert Prize at the “Ada Ulubeanu” Competition.

He further developed his artistic skills by specializing in courses and masterclasses held by personalities such as Vittorio Terranova, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Marian Pop, Ines Salazar, Riccardo Zanellato, Paolo Bosisio, Valentina Farcaș and Manuel Lange in contexts such as the Internationale Sommerakademie für Operngesang Deutschlandsberg, Corso Internazionale di Canto Lirico I.M.C. Licata or the Europäische Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst Montepulciano. Besides his activity on-stage, he currently teaches Opera Singing Didactics, and Pedagogical Practice within the Department for Teacher Education and Training at the “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy.

Cristina Fieraru

Cristina is a 24 year-old Romanian soprano & a student at the National University of Music Bucharest, where she pursues the MA program in Vocal Performance.

She made her debut in Pamina from “Die Zauberflöte” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at only 19 years old at the Bucharest National Opera House, as a member of the Ludovic Spiess Experimental Opera Studio. Over the years she made her debut in roles such as Contessa d’Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Mimì & Musetta (La Bohème), Alice Ford (Falstaff), Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte) in her university’s opera productions.
Her passion and experience extends in the field of choral music, too.

She has been part of our dream team since the fall of 2021. For a good period of time she took care of OPERA Charm’s social media and took you on the monthly journey through the history of opera through our Legends rubric – and a few times through the Theaters around the World rubric.

Her little soul rubric – from 2021 to present – is definitely the Conductors of the Future, where, every month, she gives you the chance to meet a young star of the world of conducting and, of course, to find out what’s the most charming feature of opera in these artists’ views.

BIANCA L. NICA

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