Biography
Polish bass Hubert Kowalczyk has been acclaimed for his “powerful voice” (opernmagazin.de) and “solid, dark bass” (onlinemerker.com). A member of the Staatsoper Hamburg ensemble since 2021, he has steadily built an international presence with appearances at major houses across Europe. Highlights include roles such as Nourabad in Les Pêcheurs de perles and Truffaldin in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Opernhaus Zürich, Fasolt in Das Rheingold at Theater Basel, Zuniga in Carmen at the Staatsoper Berlin under Bertrand de Billy, and Haly in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri at the Bregenz Festival.In the 2025/26 season at Staatsoper Hamburg, Hubert will be heard as Sarastro/Zauberflöte, Pistola/Falstaff, 1.Soldat/Salome, Il Marchese d’Obigny/La Traviata, Surin/Pique Dame and Eremit/Der Freischütz. He will also appear in Die große Stille, a new pastiche directed by Christopher Rüping featuring works by Mozart and conducted by Omer Meir Wellber.
His previous roles at Staatsoper Hamburg include Cuno/Der Freischütz, 2.Geharnischter/Die Zauberflöte, Colline/La Bohème, Oroveso/Norma, Luther/Crespel in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Polizeioffizier/Boris Godunov, Sparafucile and Il Conte di Ceprano/Rigoletto, Ferrando/Il Trovatore, Pietro/Simone Boccanegra, D’Obigny/La Traviata, 5. Jude/Salomé, Ein Hauptmann/Eugen Onegin, Alter Diener/Elektra, Hausknecht and Sergeant/Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and Markus in Samuel Penderbayne’s Unser kleines Scheisskaff – Fucking Åmål. He has collaborated with renowned stage directors such as Frank Castorf and Dmitri Tcherniakov.
Engagements elsewhere include Bartolo in a concert performance of Le nozze di Figaro with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michał Klauza and Collatinus in a concert performance of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Robin Ticciati.
Hubert Kowalczyk is a graduate from the Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler’ in Berlin, where he studied with Prof. Martin Bruns and Prof. Dr. Michail Lanskoi. Whilst still a student, he joined the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Hamburg, taking on roles such as Montano/Otello, Alcindoro/La Bohème, Brabantischer Edler/Lohengrin, conducted by Kent Nagano, Narumov/Pique Dame, Dottore Grenvil and D’Obigny. Furthermore he is a former member of the Opera Academy at Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw and studied at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali ‘Pietro Mascagni’ in Livorno.
He has participated in masterclasses with Helmut Deutsch, Tomasz Konieczny, Mariusz Kwiecień, Sergej Leiferkus and Neil Shicoff.
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