Tomasz Konieczny
Tomasz Konieczny ( born January 10, 1972 in Łódź) is a Polish bass / baritone and actor
At the Lodz Film Academy, he first studied acting, to then record a vocal studies in Warsaw at the Fryderyk Chopin University, which he then went on to the University of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden in the class of Prof. Christian Elßner.
As an actor he appeared in the film ring with the eagle in the crown of Andrzej Wajda. It was followed by other appearances as an actor, including as Tristan in a television production of Tristan and Isolde directed by Krystyna Janda.
As a singer Konieczny was in 1997 a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland, of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation from 1998 to 2000 and 1999, the Foundation for Art and Culture of the Sparkasse Dresden. At the 33rd International Dvořák Song Contest 1998 in Karlovy Vary the 2nd prize was awarded to him.
His debut as a singer was in 1997 at the Opera Poznań in the role of Figaro in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. Two years later, he debuted in Germany as Kezal in Smetana's The Bartered Bride as a guest singer at the Leipzig Opera, where he sang in the season 1999/2000 in the fixed commitment to Monterone in Rigoletto by Verdi, the editor in the nose and in turn the Kezal.
With the season 2000 /01 he joined as a bass to the Theater Lübeck. His roles have included Procida in the Sicilian Vespers, Pandolfe in Cendrillon by Massenet, Orest in Elektra and Ramfis in Aida. During this time he was engaged as a guest at the Theater St. Gallen as Procida, at the Halle Opera as Sarastro, to the Theater Chemnitz Pandolfe and at the National Theatre Mannheim as Colline.
From the season 2002/ 03 Konieczny was a permanent member of the National Theatre Mannheim, where he was awarded an award for especially talented young artists 2004 Arnold Petersen price. His games in Mannheim were Orest in Elektra, Pimen in Boris Godunov, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Amfortas in Parsifal, Wotan in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, Pizarro in Fidelio, Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos, Melitone in La forza del destino and Johanaan in Salome. The largest part of which was headed by Ádám Fischer.
In February 2005, his debut was at the Staatstheater Stuttgart as Sarastro and in June 2005 as King Vladislav in Smetana's Dalibor at Staatstheater Saarbrücken in March 2006, he debuted at the Prague State Opera Procida in Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, in June 2006, he debuted as Amfortas in Parsifal at the Budapest Wagner days led by Ádám Fischer, in August 2006 he made his debut in Bach's St. Matthew Passion, with arias in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro under the direction of Kent Nagano, in March 2007 and made his debut as King Henry in Lohengrin in Tokyo the New Japan Philharmonic under the direction of Christian Arming.
From the season 2005/ 06 the German Opera on the Rhine signed him in Dusseldorf first as Wotan in Das Rheingold under the direction of Hans Wallat, Osmin in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Melitone in La forza del destino led by John Fiore, and from the 2006 / 2007 as a permanent member. His games were Bottom ( List ) in Midsummer Night's Dream and Kurvenal in Tristan and Isolde, Goloaud in Pelléas et Mélisande, Selim in Il Turco in Italia and Amfortas in Parsifal.
In June 2007, Konieczny Wotan sang again at the Budapest Wagner days in Valkyrie led by Ádám Fischer.
In January 2008, his debut was at the Semperoper Dresden as Alberich under the direction of Peter Schneider.
27 April 2008 was his debut as Alberich in the new production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, conducted by Franz Welser- Möst at the Vienna State Opera. Also under the baton of Welser- Möst he gave in October 2013 at the Vienna State Opera, the Sheriff Jack Rance in La Fanciulla del West.