BIO
Polish soprano Marcelina Román comes from a musical family, she is a third-generation opera singer and her father is a double bass player.
She began her musical education as a cellist and then received her diploma at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław in the class of her mother, Prof. María Czechowska-Królicka. She was also a scholarship holder at the Riga Academy of Music (Prof. Lilija Greidane) and Soroptimist International. In 2018 she completed herPhD studies.
Her professional stage and role debiut was as a Violetta in “La Traviata” by G. Verdi with Andriy Yurkevych conducting and she won the Jan Kiepura Prize for “Female debiut of the Year”.
Marcelina is a laureate and winner of more than 20 prizes in international competitions, among others: I Eva Marton Voice Competition, Hungary; IVC’s-Hertogenbosch; The Netherlands; Jāzeps Vītols Vocal Competition in Latvia; Adam Didur Singing Competition in Polonia. After her spectacular success as «Armide» J.B.Lully she was named «Operatic Revelation of Year».
Marcelina has performed in opera houses and music halls all over the world, including Argentina, United States of America, Germany, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Croatia, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Ukraine.
Throughout her career she has worked with several directors, conductors and trainers, including Esther de Bros, Matthew Epstein, Ricardo Estrada, Marco Evangelisti, Anthony Manoli, Maria Todaro, Reinhard Seehafer, Jörg Peter Weigle, David Wroe, Teresa Żylis-Gara.
The repertoire includes 30 roles, including: Countess (The Marriage of Figaro), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Pamina & First Lady (The Magic Flute), Elettra (Idomeneo) W. A. Mozart, Halka (Halka) St. Moniuszko, Liu (Turandot), Mimi (La Bohème) G. Puccini, Micaëla (Carmen) G. Bizet, Nedda (Pagliacci) R. Leoncavallo, Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta & Stella (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) J.Offenbach, Pauline Viardot (En attendant Chopin) M. Znaniecki, Roxana (King Roger) K. Szymanowski, Thaïs J.Massenet, Violetta Valery (La Traviata), Leonora (Il Trovatore) G. Verdi.
In 2021, Marcelina released her solo album “Polish Soul” in collaboration with pianist Gilbert den Broeder, which included songs and opera arias by Polish composers.
Opera repertoire:
Ariadna | Los Hilos de Ariadna | C. Monteverdi, R. Strauss
- Festival Opera Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2018
Armide | Armide | J. B. Lully
Contessa | Le Nozze di Figaro | W. A. Mozart
- Toyota City Concert Hall,
Olympus Hall Hachioji, Japan 2019
Donna Anna | Don Giovanni | W. A. Mozart
Elettra | Idomeneo, Re di Creta | W. A. Mozart
Erste Dame | Die Zauberflöte | W. A. Mozart
Halka | Halka | St. Moniuszko
- Opole Philharmony 2019/2021
- Festiwal Moniuszkowski w Kudowie-Zdroj 2020
- Filharmonia Poznańskia 2019
- Toruń Philharmonic 2019
Liu | Turandot | G. Puccini
Micaela | Carmen | G. Bizet
Mimi | La Boheme | G. Puccini
- Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic 2017/2018
Olimpia, Antonia, Giulietta, Stella | Les Contes d’Hoffmann | J.Offenbach
Nedda | Pagliacci | R.Leoncavallo
Pamina | Die Zauberflöte | W. A. Mozart
- Warszawska Opera Kameralna 2018
- Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Grand Hall) 2019
- Opera Wrocławska 2023
Pauline Viardot | En attandant Chopin | M.Znaniecki
Roxana | King Roger | K. Szymanowski
Thais | Thais | J. Massenet
Violetta Valery | La Traviata | G. Verdi
Operetta repertoire:
Eurydice | Orpheus in Hell | J. Offenbach
Mariza | Gräfin Mariza | I. Kálmán
Saffi | Der Zigeunerbaron | J. Strauss
Sylvia Varescu | Die Csárdásfürstin | I. Kálmán
Concert repertoire:
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45 | J. Brahms
- Berliner Philharmonie 2021
Sinfonie Nr. 4 G-Dur Klanggemälde über die himmlischen Freuden | G. Mahler
- Kloster Chorin 2021
Symphony No. 3 of Sorrowful Songs | H.M.Górecki
- Poznań Philharmonic 2019
Carmina Burana | C.Orff
- Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Frankfurt (Oder) 2021
- Berliner Philharmonie 2021
- Altmark Festspiele, Arneburg, Neue Werkshalle der AMS 2019
Requiem | W. A. Mozart
- Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Japan 2019
- Vocaal Ensemble Markant/ the Netherlands 2016
The St. Matthew Passion | J.S.Bach
- Vocaal Ensemble Markant en Maasstedelijk Jongens- en Meisjeskoor/Concerto Brabant /Holland 2017 /2018/2019
- Grote of Catharijnechurch in Heusden (NBR), Netherlands 2015
- Hilarion Alfiejew 2014
Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B.71| A.Dvořák
Missa Pro Pace | Wojciech Kilar
Symphony No 2 (Lobgesang) | F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
St Matthew Passion. No 1 | Hilarion Alfeyev
Te Deum, WAB 45 | Anton Bruckner
Stabat Mater | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Four Songs, Op. 27 | Richard Strauss
Next roles:
- ARABELLA | ARABELLA |R.STRAUSS
- ELSA | LOHENGRIN | R.WAGNER
- LEONORA | Il TROVATORE | G.VERDI
Languages:
Polish, English, Italian, German, French, Spanish.