Kruszewski Adam

He is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Warsaw (1985), where he studied in the class of Edmund Kossowski. He is a prize-winner of the International Vocal Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands, 1987), the Jan Kiepura Competition in Krynica (Poland, 1988 - Grand Prix) and international vocal competitions in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 1989) and Nantes (France, 1989). After his graduation, he joined the Warsaw Chamber Opera. where he sang the lading baritone parts in the operas of Donizetti, Mozart and Rossini, performing on many stages across Europe with this ensemble.
In the 1990/91 season he was a soloist with the Wiener Kammeroper, singing the part of Malatesta in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" and Almaviva in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", and going on tour in Japan, South Korea and China. He has been working with the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera since 1993, singing the parts of Figaro in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville", Adam in Penderecki's "Paradise Lost", the title role in Verdi's "Macbeth" and Anckarström in "Un ballo in maschera", Albert in Massenet's "Werther", Sharpless in Puccini's "Madame Butterfly", Sword-bearer in Moniuszko's "The Haunted Manor", the title role of Don Giovanni in the opera by Mozart and Méphistophelés in Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust".
He took part in a gala concert at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. He has performed with the BBC Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow, and given concerts at the State Theatre in Pretoria (South Africa). He has worked with the National Opera in Prague, and taken part in music festivals in Poland and abroad. In 1992, he performed with Placido Domingo in Zabrze, as his partner in fragments from Verdi's "Don Carlos" and Puccini's "La Boheme". He has recorded for Polish and foreign record companies.
In 2001, he was extremely successful as Sword-bearer in a Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera production of Moniuszko's "Haunted Manor" directed by Mikołaj Grabowski, in 2001 he performed in Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello" (Iago), in 2003 in Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims" (Don Alvaro) and in Puccini's "La Rondine" (Rambaldo), in 2004 in "Tosca" (Scarpia) and in 2005 in Verdi's "Aida (Amonasro) and Britten's "Curlew River" (Traveller).
In June 2002, he appeared in Karol Szymanowski's "Stabat Mater", performed by the Radio Orchestra in Saarbrücken and conducted by Stanisław Skrowaczewski. He sang in Szymanowski's "Stabat Mater" again in July 2002, in a performance at Teatro La Fenice in Venice conducted by Jerzy Semkow. During a Japanese tour of the Polish National Opera in January 2003, he appeared together with José Cura in Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello", singing the part of Iago.

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