- Adrianne Pieczonka
Adrianne Pieczonka (born
March 2 ,1963 ) is a Canadiansoprano opera singer.She grew up near
Toronto in Burlington, and graduated from the Opera School of theUniversity of Toronto . Her professional debut occurred with theCanadian Opera Company in 1988 inShostakovich 's "Lady Macbeth of Mtensk ". She soon after moved to Europe, joining theVienna Volksoper in 1989 and theVienna Staatsoper in 1991. In 1995, she made her British debut atGlyndebourne as Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni " and debuted at theMetropolitan Opera in 2004 as Lisa inTchaikovsky 's "The Queen of Spades". With the completion of theFour Seasons Centre in Toronto, making working back home more viable, she returned to live in Toronto.Though her operatic repertoire ranges from Mozart to Britten, Ms. Pieczonka has more recently specialized in Wagnerian roles, especially Sieglinde. The German magazine "Die Zeit" referred to her as "the Sieglinde of our time." [ [http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/artslife/story.html?id=d61cc8bf-2ef5-472f-afc6-f2018c2cce6b&k=21625 Ringing endorsement ] ] Indeed, Ms. Pieczonka's rendition of Sieglinde in the
Canadian Opera Company 's inaugural Ring Cycle at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts was met with great acclaim [ [http://www.coc.ca/performances/ring_acclaim.html Canadian Opera Company ] ] .Her album "
Adrianne Pieczonka Sings Wagner and Strauss " was nominated for Classical Album of the Year - Vocal or Choral Performance at the 2007 Juno Awards.In March 2007, Ms. Pieczonka was invested as a
Kammersänger in Austria. She, along with tenorMichael Schade , are the first two Canadian singers to have had this honour. In 2007, she was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada .Adrianne resides in Toronto with mezzo-soprano wife Laura Tucker, and their two year old daughter Grace. [ [http://www.torontolife.com/features/fine-tuned/ Toronto Life ] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.adriannepieczonka.com/ Adrianne Pieczonka's official website]
* [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/1550.htm A biography from Naxos]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/feature-thering-singers.html/ A biography from the CBC]
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