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Pawel Izdebski, Bass
Born in Poland, Pawel Izdebski moved with his family to Boston USA and graduated with a Master’s Degree of Arts in Voice Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston. In the summer of 1987 he attended the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California where he made his operatic debut as Colline in La Boheme. He continued his studies as a member of the International Opera Studio in Zürich and has studied with a number of notable teachers, including Armin Boyjian, Otto Edelmann, Arrigo Pola, Malcolm Smith and Manfred Schenk. He is also a winner of the Fifth International Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition in Modena, Italy.
His first professional engagement was in 1989 at Lincoln Center in Philip Glass’ Fall of the House of Usher. The following year he was engaged by Zürich Opera to appear in various productions including Il Trovatore and Un ballo in maschera conducted by Nello Santi, as well as in Eugene Onegin and Die Zauberflöte conducted by Ralf Weikert . He has sang with such well known stars as Cappucilli, Obratzova, Araiza and Salminen.
In Germany since 1991, he was previously engaged at the Stadttheater Koblenz , where he performed many important roles including Mephistopheles (Faust), Kezal (The Bartered Bride), Elviro (Xerxes), Banquo (Macbeth), Falstaff (The Merry Wives of Windsor). Since 1996 Pawel Izdebski has been engaged as a soloist at the Staatstheater Meiningen where his roles include Rocco (Fidelio), Colline, Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Leporello (Don Gionanni), Daland (Der Fliegende Holländer), Dulcamara (L’elisir d’Amore), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Boris (Lady Macbeth von Mzensk), Frank (Die Fledermaus) and his acclaimed portrayal of Baron Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier).
Pawel Izdebski has toured extensively throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. His many guest appearances include Kalman Zsupan (Der Zigeunerbaron) with the Opera Ireland in Dublin, Angelotti (Tosca) at Opera de Nancy, world premiere of Karetnikov’s Till Eulenspiegel at the Opera de Nantes, Zaccarias (Nabucco) with the State Opera Prague and in Cracow, Poland, the Speaker (Die Zauberflöte) at the Bershire Opera Festival as part of the Tanglewood Festival, Ferrando (Il Trovatore) in Summer 97’ Festival Baden-Baden. He has appeared regularly at the Heidenheim and Bad Hersfeld Summer Festivals. Highlights of previous seasons include Ramfis (Aida) at the Malmö Musik Teater, Sweden and his interpretention of Hunding (Die Walküre) and Philip (Don Carlos) at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, for which he received high critical praise.
Pawel Izdebski is equally at home on the concert stage. He has performed many of the great orchestral and vocal works and has received special notice for his performances in Slavic repertoire. He has appeared in many concerts throughout Germany with the Rheinische Philharmonie, Mahler’s Eight Symphony in Göttingen and Hammeln, Dvorak’s Requiem in Bad Hersfeld, Verdi’s Requiem with Opera Bergen, Norway , with the National Symphony Orchestra in Mexico City and Albany Symphony in Albany, N.Y., Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Nürnberger Symphony and most recently a Gala Concert with the Kanazawa Symphony in Japan.
His recent engagements include Fasold (Das Rheingold) in Meiningen, Colonna (Rienzi) with the Munich Philharmonic in Munich and Rome, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Japan, Verdi’s Requiem with Peter Dvorsky in the Chech Republic and with Francisco Araiza in Fussen.
Using all the advantages of a top singer: an impressive voice of beautiful timbre, a range extending from the lowest bass notes well into the baritone range, effective stage presence, expressive acting and solid musicianship allow Pawel Izdebski to make each of his roles into a remarkable and memorable musical experience.