Lukasz Karauda

Łukasz Karauda projected powerfully as the strong-headed Bartley. Opera, January 2017

In 2019, Łukasz Karauda performed Donald and covered the title role in Britten’s Billy Budd at Warsaw Teatr Wielki-National Opera, after making his company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly the previous year. He made his Glyndebourne Festival debut in 2014, singing Flora’s servant in Verdi’s La traviata on short notice, accompanied by London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of David Afkham. Other highlights include performances of Puccini’s Tosca at the Wales Millennium Centre and The Fiddler on the Roof at the BBC Proms as part of Bryn Terfel’s 50^th birthday celebrations in 2015.

Łukasz Karauda has been a soloist with the Polish national music ensemble “MAZOWSZE” since 2019. He has appeared with Diva Opera, English Touring Opera, Grange Park Opera, Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival and Wexford Festival Opera and at festivals including Bath Festival, BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod and the St Magnus Festival in Scotland. His operatic repertoire includes Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, Tarquinius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia and the title roles of Britten’s Billy Budd, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro.

The Polish baritone is a dedicated Lieder singer and concert soloist with a repertoire including Dvořák’s Te Deum, Mozart’s Requiem and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem. He also enjoys singing gospel and Broadway songs.

Łukasz Karauda has worked with directors including Annilese Miskimmon, sung under conductors including David Afkham and Michał Klauza and performed with orchestras such as London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the orchestras of Welsh National Opera and Warsaw Teatr Wielki-National Opera

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