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
Micaela
Carmen
G. Bizet
Mimi
La Boheme
G. Puccini
Olimpia, Antonia, Giulietta, Stella
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
J.Offenbach
Nedda
Pagliacci
R.Leoncavallo
Pamina
Die Zauberflöte
W. A. Mozart
Pauline Viardot
En attandant Chopin
M.Znaniecki
Roxana
King Roger
K. Szymanowski
Thais
TThais
J. Massenet

Operetta repertoire:

Eurydice
Orpheus in Hell
J. Offenbach
Mariza
Gräfin Mariza
I. Kálmán
Saffi
S Der Zigeunerbaron
J. Strauss
Sylvia Varescu
Die Csárdásfürstin
I. Kálmán

Concert repertoire:

H. Alfeyev
St Matthew Passion. No 1
J.S.Bach
The St. Matthew Passion
  • 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
L. v Beethoven
Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123
  • Berliner Philharmoniker (2024
J. Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
  • Berliner Philharmonie  2021
A. Bruckner
Te Deum, WAB 45
A.Dvořák
Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B.71
H.M.Górecki
Symphony No. 3 of Sorrowful Songs
  • Poznań Philharmonic 2019
W.Kilar
Missa Pro Pace
G.Mahler
Sinfonie Nr. 4 G-Dur Klanggemälde über die himmlischen Freuden
  • Kloster Chorin  2021
F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony No 2 (Lobgesang)
W. A. Mozart
Missa da coroação
W. A. Mozart
Requiem
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Japan 2019
  • Vocaal Ensemble Markant/ the Netherlands  2016
C.Orff
Carmina Burana
  • Split Summer Festival 2024
  • Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Frankfurt (Oder) 2021
  • Berliner Philharmonie  2021
  • Altmark Festspiele, Arneburg, Neue Werkshalle der AMS  2019
G. B.Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
R.Strauss
Four Songs, Op. 27

Next roles:

  • ARABELLA | ARABELLA | R.STRAUSS
  • ELSA | LOHENGRIN | R.WAGNER
  • LEONORA | Il TROVATORE | G.VERDI

Languages:

Polish, English, Italian, German, French, Spanish.