Bernard Ładysz (24 July 1922 – 25 July 2020) was a Polish bass-baritone and actor. He performed internationally at major opera houses and festivals, and was known especially for the title roles of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. His recordings include Lucia di Lammermoor alongside Maria Callas. He took part in the world premieres of Krzysztof Penderecki's opera The Devils of Loudon at the Hamburg State Opera and the bass solo in his St Luke Passion at the Salzburg Festival. As an actor, he played in several films such as The Promised Land in 1974.
Bernard Ładysz (24 July 1922 – 25 July 2020) was a Polish bass-baritone and actor. He performed internationally at major opera houses and festivals, and was known especially for the title roles of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. His recordings include Lucia di Lammermoor alongside Maria Callas. He took part in the world premieres of Krzysztof Penderecki's opera The Devils of Loudon at the Hamburg State Opera and the bass solo in his St Luke Passion at the Salzburg Festival. As an actor, he played in several films such as The Promised Land in 1974.
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Life Born in Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania), Ładysz began to study voice in Wilno in 1940. The following year, he became a sergeant of the Polish Home Army, who took part in the 1944 Operation Tempest. When Wilno was taken by the Red Army, he, among many others, was conscripted to military under the condition of giving an oath to the Soviet Union. Those who refused were sent to various Gulag labor camps in Siberia. Ładysz was imprisoned in Gulag from 1944 to 1946, eventually landing in a camp by Kaluga, Western Russia. Upon release he returned to Poland and continued his studies at Warsaw Conservatory. He first worked from 1946 in the Ceremonial Band of the Polish Army. He made his stage debut in 1950 as Gremin in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. He remained a member of the ensemble to 1979. In 1956, he won the competition in Vercelli, which led to his international recognition. He was then invited to perform at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. He appeared as Raimondo in a 1959 recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor conducted by Tullio Serafin, alongside Maria Callas in the title role, the only…
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Awards
1947 – First Prize, National Vocal Competition in Warsaw
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1951 – Gold Cross of Merit
1956 – First Prize, International Vocal Competition in Vercelli, Italy
1974 – Order of the Banner of Labour Class 1
2000 – Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (previously awarded the Officer's Cross (1959) and Knight's Cross (1956))
2002 – Award from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland for life achievement
2005 - Gold Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture
2008 – Honorary doctorate of the Chopin University of Music
2009 – Prize of the City of Warsaw
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Bernard Ładysz discography at Discogs
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Aria Skołuby z opery "Straszny Dwór" wyk. B. Ładysz (bas), R. Łukomski (bas) (2015) on YouTube