BIO
Polish soprano Marcelina Román based in Barcelona, Spain, 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 debut was as Violetta in La Traviata by G. Verdi, conducted by Andriy Yurkevych and staged by Karolina Sofulak, for which Marcelina won the Jan Kiepura Prize for “Female Debut 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, Spain, 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, Karolina Sofulak, 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, Élisabeth de Valois (Don Carlo) G.Verdi, 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, Ruth (Ruth, Oratorium op.50) G. Schumann, 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
Contessa
Le Nozze di Figaro
W. A. Mozart
Toyota City Concert Hall, Olympus Hall Hachioji, Japan 2019
Halka
Halka
St. Moniuszko
Festiwal Moniuszkowski w Kudowie-Zdroj 2020
Toruń Philharmonic 2019
Pamina
Die Zauberflöte
W. A. Mozart
Violetta Valery
La Traviata
G. Verdi
Operetta repertoire:
Concert repertoire:
H. Alfeyev
St Matthew Passion. No 1
J.S.Bach
The St. Matthew Passion /Matthäus Passion, BWV 244
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
9. Sinfonie in d-Moll op. 125 9th Symphony
Berliner Philharmoniker 2024
J. Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Berliner Philharmoniker 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 Mass in C major, K.317 ("Coronation Mass")
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos 2024
W. A. Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Japan 2019
Vocaal Ensemble Markant/ the Netherlands 2016
C.Orff
Carmina Burana
Split Summer Festival 2024
Altmark Festspiele 2023
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
G. Schumann
Ruth, Oratorium op.50
Berliner Philharmoniker 2023
Future repertoire:
G. Puccini
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
P. Tchaikovsky
Yevgeny Onegin
Tatiana
G. Verdi
Il trovatore
Leonora
G. Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Soprano
Languages:
Polish, English, Italian, German, French, Spanish.
