Marcin Bronikowski (Baritone) - APA Artists' Management Alexandra Mercer - www.apaartistsmanagement.com Marcin Bronikowski was born in Warsaw and studied at the K. Szymanowski College of Music, at the Bulgarian Academy of Music in Sofia and at the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro with Alberto Zedda going on to complete his studies with Carlo Bergonzi at Teatro alla Scala , Milan. Prizes include: first prize in the "Julian Gayarre International Singing Competition" in Pamplona; First Prize in the "International Singing Competition" in Bilbao; distinction at the "Cardiff Singers of the World" '93; third prize in the "International Singing Competition" in Vérviér, at the "Moniuszko International Competition" in Warsaw and at the "UNISA International Competition" in Pretoria (RSA). He received the Silver Ace Award from the "Polish Promotion Corporation" in Warsaw; fourth prize in the "Queen Sonya International Music Competiton" in Oslo, and first prize in the "Mirjam Helin" International Vocal Competition in Helsinki. Theatres in which he has sung include: London-ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN, Milano-TEATRO ALLA SCALA; OPERA DE NICE; Strasbourg-OPERA DU RHIN; Cape Town-NICO OPERA HOUSE; Athens-GREEK NATIONAL OPERA; Tel Aviv-NEW ISRAELI OPERA; Bilbao-PALACIO EUSKALDUNA, TEATRO ARRIAGA; Malaga-TEATRO CERVANTES; Pamplona-TEATRO GAYARRE; Palma De Mallorca-TEATRO PRINCIPAL; Menorca-TEATRO PRINCIPAL DE MAHON; Santa Cruz De Tenerife-AUDITORIO; Oviedo-TEATRO CAMPOAMOR; Trieste-TEATRO GIUSEPPE VERDI; Venezia-GRAN TEATRO LA FENICE; Berlin-DEUTSCHE OPER; Münich-BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER; Stuttgart-WÜRTTEMBERGISCHE STAATSTHEATER; Frankfurt-OPER FRANKFURT; HAMBURGISCHE STAATSOPER; Dresden-SEMPEROPER; Salzburg-LANDESTHEATER; BREGENZ FESTIVAL; MACAU FESTIVAL; FESTIVAL DELLA VALLE D'ITRIA, MARTINA FRANCA; VARNA SUMMER FESTIVAL; SHANGHAI OPERA HOUSE; HONG KONG OPERA HOUSE; Adelaide-STATE OPERA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA; Moscow-BOLSHOI THEATRE; WARSAW NATIONAL OPERA, and CRACOW OPERA and NBR NEW ZEALAND OPERA. Roles include: Figaro IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA; title role EUGENE ONEGIN; Albert WERTHER; Dandini LA CENERENTOLA; Rodrigo DON CARLO; Germont LA TRAVIATA; Anckarstroem UN BALLO IN MASCHERA; Valentin FAUST; Mercutio ROMEO ET JULIETTE; Papageno DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE; Escamillo CARMEN; Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY; Count Almaviva LE NOZZE DI FIGARO; Antonio LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX; Marcello LA BOHÉME; Silvio I PAGLIACCI; Scindia LE ROI DE LAHORE; Lescaut MANON; Lescaut MANON LESCAUT; Zarete IL PARIA; Enrico LUCIA DI LAMERMOOR; Malatesta DON PASQUALE; Bohuš JACOBIN; and Névers LES HUGUENOTS. Concert appearances include: concerts with the Israel Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Radio & TV Orchestra, Noordholland Philharmonisch Orkest, Spanish RTVE, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Wiener Symphoniker, MDR-Leipzig, WDR-Köln, NDR-Hanover, Finnish Tapiola Sinfonietta, Helsinki Opera House Orchestra, in such works as: GÖTTINGEN TE DEUM (Händel), LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN (Mahler), DAS LIED VON DER ERDE (Mahler), DER STURM (F.Martin), CARMINA BURANA (Orff), CORONATION MASS (Mozart), CREATION (Haydn), REQUIEM (Fauré), EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM (Brahms), FAUST ET HELENE (Lili Boulanger), MESSA DI GLORIA (Mascagni), STABAT MATER (Szymanowski). Conductors and Directors with whom he has worked include: Lorin Maazel, Michel Plasson, Marcello Viotti, Carlo Rizzi, Carlo Franci, Fabrizio Carminati, Giuliano Carella, Renato Palumbo, Rico Saccani, Ralf Weikert, Marco Guidarini, Gerd Albrecht, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Friedrich Haider, Marc Elder; Dario Fo, Carlos Saura, Jerome Savary, Jean Piere Ponelle, John Cox, Richard Jones, Emilio Sagi, Piero Faggioni, Otto Schenk, Nicolas Joël, Mariusz Treli?ski, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier. Recordings: Cecil MARIA STUARDA with Bayerischer Rundfunk, Marcello Viotti and Edita Gruberova for Nightingale; Zarete IL PARIA (Donizetti) for Bongiovanni; Bohuš JACOBIN (Dvo?ak) for WDR Köln; Nevers LES HUGUENOTS (Mayerbeer) for "Dynamic".