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Jacek JANISZEWSKI
was born in Warsaw in 1969 and, following his training in horn, studied voice at
the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw with Roman Węgrzyn. During
his studies he participated in several master classes conducted by the noted
Polish tenor Ryszard Karczykowski and by the Bulgarian teacher Rusko Ruskov in
Sofia. Since 1998 he has worked with Kurt Moll and since 2001 with Franz Hawlata. Jacek Janiszewski won first prizes and special awards at international
vocal competitions, for example, in Warsaw (3rd Stanisław Moniuszko
Vocal Competition 1998) and Vienna (Belvedere Singing Competition 1999).
He was a finalist at Plácido Domingo's Operalia Contest 1997 in Tokyo
and at the New Voices Singing Competition 1997 in Gütersloh. Beginning in 1997 he was engaged at the Flensburg Regional Theater,
appearing in roles such as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, the
Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte,
Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Sparafucile in Rigoletto,
Banco in Macbeth, Pimen in Boris Godunov, Daland
in Der fliegende Holländer and Emperor Altoum in Busoni's Turandot. He continues to make guest appearances in his native country, for example,
at the Warsaw State Opera in
the role of Zbigniew in The Haunted Manor by Stanisław
Moniuszko, Leporello in Mozart's Don
Giovanni, Colline in La Boheme by G. Puccini and at the side of José Cura as Zuniga in Carmen, or at the Cracow Opera Theater as Sarastro
and Ramfis in Aida. Since 2003 Jacek Janiszewski has appeared at the Hanover State Theater
as Osmin in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Ferrando in Il trovatore and Ercole in Cavalli's Giasone. Jacek Janiszewski is a regular guest at the Chiemgau Opera Summer and
sang the roles of Sarastro, Leporello, Colline in La bohème and
Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro with great success. In summer 2004
he appeared as Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Don
Fernando in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio, and in summer 2007 as
Basilio in Gioachino Rossini's Barbier von Sevilla. His busy concert career has taken him to numerous cities throughout
Germany and Poland. He sang Beethoven's Mass in C major and the Verdi Requiem
with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kazimierz
Kord. He was a soloist in Haydn's The Creation and The Seasons and
Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with the Schleswig-Holstein
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Matthias Janz, as well as
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Munich Symphony Orchestra in
the Herkules Saal (2002). During the summer of 2002 he appeared at the Richard
Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, singing the role of Peneios in Daphne
(conducted by Pinkas Steinberg, with Francisco Araiza and Birgit Remmert). Since
December 2005 he has been a member of the ensemble at the Bielefeld Municipal
Theater and was heard as Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail,
Thibaut D'Arc in Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans and King Arkel
in Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. |