BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION:
Violetta Kowal took up singing at the Conservatory of
Music in Cracovia with Professor Sonia Lehnert and
continued with Professor Maria Vardi, at the same time
she studied Geology and Mineralogy at the AGH
University of Science and Technology in Cracovia. She
compleded her singing education at the Music
University in Vienna with Km.Sgr. Margarita Lilova and
participated in master classes with Km.Sgr.Ileana
Cotrubas and Km.Sgr.Inge Borgh.Her career took off
1996, when she won the third prize in the Ferruccio
Tagliavini Competition.
OPERATIC DEBUT:
She debuted as Blonde in Mozart’s “Die Entführung
aus dem Serail” (Abduction from the Seraglio) at the
Schoennbrunn Palace Theater in Vienna and as Quinn
of the Night in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at the
Prague State Opera.
ENGAGEMENTS:
Theatre in St.Gallen in Switzerland, Pfalztheater in
Kaiserslautern, Bad Ischl Operetta Festival,
Kreuzgangspielen (Cloister Games) Feuchtwangen,
St.Margarethen Opera Festival, Gmunden Festival,
Festival MozART Praha, Prague State Opera and
Vienna Volksoper.
CONDUCTORS:
Paul Angerer, Rudolf Bibl, Wolfgang Bozic, Francesco
Corti, Alfred Eschwé, Richard Hein, Martin Haselböck,
Ernst Märzendorfer, Marc Piollet, Kurt Rapf, Alexander
Rumpf, Koen Schoots, Jiri Starek, Uwe Theimer,
Bohdan Warchal
DIRECTORS:
Gianfranco de Bosio, Hans Gratzer, Robert Herzl, Jörg
Hube, Ladislav Stros, Wolfgang Quetes, Dominik
Wilgenbus
PRESS
RIGOLETTO by Giuseppe Verdi
"... Violetta Kowal is a very sweet Gilda, singing
beautifully over more than two octaves, and touching
in her performance" (Marlott Persijn - Vautour)
ARABELLA by Richard Strauss
"... In a cheerful ensemble Violetta Kowal impresses
with the deep emotional expressiveness of her clear
voice as Zdenka." (Prof. Dr. Franz R. Stuke)
"... her (Arabellas) performance lacked charisma.
However, Violetta Kowal made up for this with her
excellent soprano quality in the role of Zdenka."
(Gabor Halasz)
ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS (ORPHEUS IN THE
UNDERWORLD) by Jacques Offenbach
"... Euridice, sweet round-full soprano, good voice:
Violetta Kowal ..." ("West Central Franconia")
"... Euridice (Violetta Kowal) is a clever girl, she knows
how to use her feminine charms, as well as her
impudent trap." (WB)
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (THE WEDDING OF FIGARO)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"... There is Susanna (Violetta Kowal), adorable,
sometimes tantalizingly flirtatious, then again ardent,
as in the Rose-aria, this animated confession to the
beloved Figaro ..." (Marlott Persijn-Vautour)
"... Susanna, sung vivdly by Violetta Kowal, flawless ."
(Pfälzischer Mercury)
MACHE MIR EIN WENIG LÄRM VOR (MAKE A BIT
OF NOISE FOR ME) songs, duets, piano works and
letters by Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy
"... Soprano Violetta Kowal and mezzo-soprano Susan
Maclean complemented each other brilliantly regarding
harmony, interpretation and vocal-intonational
accordance. Both opened wide the doors to the
mysteries of a poignant, fascinatingly beautiful
elocution, characterized by a pure, melodious sound
and clear diction. It was evident: for the singers, this
event was not a compulsory exercise, but an affair of
the heart because the songs lived from the devotion to
the textual atmosphere.” (Rainer Henn, "Die
Rheinpfalz)