Mikolaj Zalasinski studied at the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland
(diploma with distinction). He is a prizewinner of a range of vocal
competitions, including the Adam Didur Opera Singers' Competition
and the Edvard Grieg competition. He won the Jan Kiepura Award for best
opera singer of 2009 (Poland) and the Amber Ring for the role of Renato in
Un ballo in maschera. He was nominated by Opernwelt for his
performance as Scarpia (Tosca) and Macbeth in the 2010/2011
season.
He is highly acclaimed for his interpretations of Macbeth, Nabucco,
Rigoletto, Il Trovatore (Luna), Otello (Iago), Un ballo
in maschera (Renato), La Forza del Destino (Don Carlo), Aida
(Amonasro), La Traviata (Germont), Il Corsaro (Seid) and
Ernani (Don Carlo). He also won praise for: Don Giovanni,
Eugenio Onegin, Re Ruggero, Andrea Chenier (Carlo Gerard), Tosca
(Scarpia), Gioconda (Barnaba), Salome (Jochanaan) and Das
Rheingold (Wotan). He is particularly known for his great acting
abilities and stage charisma.
The artist regularly performs at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice; Teatro
Regio, Turin; Zurich Opernhaus; Kammeroper, Vienna; Teatro Sao Carlos,
Lisbon; Teatro Real, Madrid; New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv; Teatro Lirico,
Cagliari; Maggio Musicale, Florence; Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; Polish
National Opera, Warsaw; and the opera houses of Beijing, Belfast, Berlin,
Chicago, Dublin, Graz, Lausanne, Prague, Tokyo, Vilnius, and Wiesbaden. As
a member of the Staatstheater Nurnberg for ten years, he performed mainly
Verdi repertoire and verismo operas.
He has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Paolo Arrivabeni,
Andrea Battistoni, Giampaolo Bisanti, Daniele Callegari, Asher Fisch,
Patrick Fournillier, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Jacek Kaspszyk, Donato
Renzetti, Marcello Viotti, Omer Wellber. He has performed in productions
of the following directors: David Alden, Gilbert Deflo, Peter Konwitschny,
Kornel Mundruczo, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, David Pountney,
Mariusz Treli?ski, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Graham Vick, Franco Zeffirelli.
Recent engagements include Otello (Jago) in Tel Aviv;
and Nabucco (title role) in Wroclaw.
Upcoming appointments include: Otello (Jago) in Prague and Tosca
(Scarpia) in Wroclaw.
February 2025