Wacław Brzeziński

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In 1930, Brzeziński was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit of Poland "for merits in the field of artistic work and promotion of Polish art."

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Wacław Cyprian Brzeziński (15 September 1878 – 13 February 1955) was a Polish operatic baritone, opera manager and academic voice teacher.

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Life Brzeziński was born in Warsaw, the son of Teofil Brzeziński and his wife Henryka, née Małecka. He graduated from secondary school in Częstochowa, and then began his studies at the Warsaw University of Technology. Brzeziński made his stage debut in 1904 in the role of Plumkett in Flotow's Martha at the Teatro del Corso in Bologna, Italy. From 1904 to 1906, he studied singing with Witold Aleksandrowicz and performed with the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. In 1906, his first role at the Warsaw Opera was Sylvio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, and he remained a leading baritone at the house for two decades. He appeared there in the title roles of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Verdi's Rigoletto, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Rubinstein's The Demon. He also performed in Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor, as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca and Nevers in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, among others. In the 1911/12 season, Brzeziński performed in southern Italy and Sicily, where he was praised as Rossini's Figaro and Verdi's Rigoletto. From 1916 to 1917, he partnered with Adam Dobosz and Adam Ostrowski, eventually becoming the manager of the Warsaw Opera (now Grand Theatre, Warsaw). He retired from the stage in 1926 due…Citește mai mult