Małgorzata Walewska has worked with many world-renowned conductors such as Marco Armiliato, Semyon Bychkov, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Asher Fish, Valery Gergiev, Philippe Jordan, Vladimir Jurowski, Marko Letonja, Nicola Luisotti, Carlo Montanaro, Stefan Soltesz, Carlo Rizzi, Massimo Zanetti, and Andriy Yurkevych. In 2015, she made her debut as Kundra in Wagner’s Parsifal. She ended the season as Countess in the Queen of Spades at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg. Walewska began the 2016/2017 season as Widow in Władysław Żeleński’s Goplana in the Wielki Theatre – National Opera. In the 2018/2019 season, the artist returned to Opera Köln, where she played the role of Auntie in Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes. She then performed as Zofia in The Man from Manufaktura. The opera was composed by Rafał Janiak, who was selected in an international competition, and the world premiere took place on 2nd February 2019 at the Wielki Theatre in Łódź.
The artist has also successfully performed in concert and oratorio repertoire, performing works by, among others, Johann Sebastian Bach (Magnificat), Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony No. 9), Hector Berlioz (The Death of Cleopatra), Anton Bruckner (Te Deum), Arthur Honegger (Le Roi David), Franz Liszt (Christus), Gustav Mahler (Symphony No. 2 and No. 3), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Coronation Mass), Feliks Nowowiejski (The Finding of the Holy Cross), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Gioacchino Rossini (Stabat Mater), Giuseppe Verdi (Requiem), and Antonio Vivaldi (Gloria). She has performed in Austria, Finland, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the United States and has taken part in many music festivals.
She has recorded for such record companies as Sony Music Poland (Voce di donna – 2000, Mezzo – 2000) and DUX (Panta Rhei – 2004, Walewska and Friends – 2004).
In 2002, Małgorzata Walewska was awarded the Milito pro Christo Medal. In 2015, she was appointed the Artistic Director of the Ada Sari International Festival and Competition of Vocal Art in Nowy Sącz. A year later, she was awarded the Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Merit to Polish Culture.
Artist’s website: www.malgorzatawalewska.com