Jerzy Artysz (18 November 1930 – 22 July 2024) was a Polish baritone and academic teacher. A long-term member of the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, he made an international career, performing all over Europe, in Israel, Canada and the United States. He performed title roles from Monteverdi's early Baroque L'Orfeo, to Mozart's Don Giovanni, Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Verdi's Macbeth and Falstaff, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Szymanowski's King Roger, Enescu's Œdipe and Alban Berg's Wozzeck. In contemporary opera, he performed in Penderecki's Die schwarze Maske and Menotti's The Telephone; he cr
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Jerzy Artysz (18 November 1930 – 22 July 2024) was a Polish baritone and academic teacher. A long-term member of the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, he made an international career, performing all over Europe, in Israel, Canada and the United States. He performed title roles from Monteverdi's early Baroque L'Orfeo, to Mozart's Don Giovanni, Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Verdi's Macbeth and Falstaff, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Szymanowski's King Roger, Enescu's Œdipe and Alban Berg's Wozzeck. In contemporary opera, he performed in Penderecki's Die schwarze Maske and Menotti's The Telephone; he created roles in the world premieres of Josep Soler's Oedipus et Jocasta at the Liceu in Barcelona in 1986 and of Paweł Mykietyn's Ignorant i szaleniec in Warsaw in 2001. During the 1970s he focused on teaching, both in Barcelona and in Warsaw.
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Life and career Artysz was born in Sochaczew on 18 November 1930. He studied voice with Maria Halfter and violin at the Warsaw Music Academy, graduating in singing in 1959. He continued his studies in Milan with Maria Carbone. He achieved prizes at singing competitions, a third prize at the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow in 1957, a second prize and the Grand Prix at the International Singing Competition of Toulouse in 1959, and second prize at the Geneva International Music Competition in 1960. As a student he made his stage debut at the Grand Theatre, Łódź, as Janusz in Moniuszko's Halka directed by Kazimierz Dejmek. He was a member of the company from 1958. Artysz joined the ensemble of the Grand Theatre in Warsaw in 1964, where he remained for 26 years. He toured the world, performing in Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, and beyond Europe, including Canada, Israel and the United States. He often participated in festivals such as Warsaw Autumn. His wide repertoire of leading roles ranged from early Baroque to contemporary. Roles included Monteverdi's Ottone in L'incoronazione di Poppea and the title roles of L'Orfeo,…
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External links Jerzy Artysz discography at Discogs Jerzy Artysz at cdaccord.com.pl (record company) Jerzy Artysz: poszukiwanie towarzyszyło mi od dziecka (radio interview, in Polish) on YouTube
