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Ewa Podleś

Ewa Maria Podleś (Polish: [ˈɛva ˈpɔdlɛɕ]; 26 April 1952 – 19 January 2024) was a Polish coloratura contralto singer who had an active international career both on the opera stage and in recital. She was known for the agility of her voice and a vocal range which spanned more than three octaves. She excelled in Rossini roles such as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the title role of La Cenerentola, Isabella in L'italiana in Algeri and the title role of Tancredi. She was able to perform roles that Handel had written for castratos, such as Rinaldo and Giulio Cesare. Podleś appeared on leading stages of the world and made many recordings.

Ewa Podleś

(1952-04-26)26 April 1952

Warsaw, Poland

19 January 2024(2024-01-19) (aged 71)

Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Academy of Music

Operatic coloratura contralto

1975–2017

Grand Theatre, Warsaw

Jerzy Marchwiński

Airs Célèbres (Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Gluck, and ) with Patrick Peire[11][12]

Marcello

Chopin: Mélodies with [11]

Abdel Rahman El Bacha

Chopin: Songs with [11][12][13]

Garrick Ohlsson

de Falla: with Krzysztof Penderecki[11]

El amor brujo

Duets (Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann) with and Jerzy Marchwinski (piano)

Joanna Kozłowska

Gluck: as La Haine with Marc Minkowski[11][12][13]

Armide

Gluck: as Orfeo with Peter Maag[11][13]

Orfeo ed Euridice

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice as Orphée with Patrick Peire

Handel Arias from Rinaldo and Orlando with Constantin Orbelian[12]

[11]

Handel: as Polinesso with Marc Minkowski[11][12]

Ariodante

Mahler: : "Resurrection" with Jean-Claude Casadesus[11][12]

Symphony No. 2

Mahler: with Antoni Wit[11][14]

Symphony No. 3

Mozart: with Michel Corboz and L'Ensemble vocal et instrumental de Lausanne

Requiem

Offenbach: as L'Opinion publique[11]

Orphée aux enfers

Penderecki: with Kazimierz Kord

Seven Gates of Jerusalem

Penderecki: Te Deum and [12]

Lacrimosa

Ewa Podleś & Garrick Ohlsson Live[12]

[11]

: Concerto for Marimba; Songs of Despair and Loneliness[11]

Marta Ptaszynska

Prokofiev: with Jean-Claude Casadesus[11][13]

Alexandr Nevsky

Puccini: with Bruno Bartoletti

Il trittico

: Il Tramonto with Michał Nesterowicz[13]

Respighi

Rossini Arias for Contralto with Pier Giorgio Morandi[11]

[12]

Rossini Gala with

Wojciech Michniewski

Rossini: as Tancredi with Alberto Zedda[6][12][14]

Tancredi

Russian Arias with Constantin Orbelian[14]

[12]

Russian Melodies (Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff), with [11]

Graham Johnson

A Treasury of Polish Songs with

Ewa Pobłocka

Podleś made many recordings, CDs and DVDs of complete operas as well as symphonic works, arias and songs.[11] She took part in the first recording of Krzysztof Penderecki's Te Deum, conducted by the composer.[12] Several recordings earned international awards, such as Airs Célébres a Grand Prix du Disque, Mélodies Russes (Russian songs) a Grand prix de l'Académie française); a recording of Rossini's Tancredi earned the CD Classic's "The Best Buy 1995" award and a nomination for the 1996 Grammy Award. Arias by Rossini won her both the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and the "Record of the Year" 1996 award of Studio magazine. Mahler's Symphony No. 2 earned her the "Palmarés Nouvelle Académie du Disque".[12]

Official website

at IMDb

Ewa Podleś

discography at Discogs

Ewa Podleś