The Polish bass Jakub Szmidt was a Capellio of imposing authority … Opera, March 2024

In April 2026, Jakub Szmidt will make his debut at Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa. In 2024, the young bass made his debut at Opera Wrocław, singing his first Mustafa in a new production of Rossini’s L’ italiana in Algeri. In his home country he performed at Opera Bałtycka and Opera Śląska, earlier – his repertoire includes Don Fernando in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Serwacy in Miniuszko’s Verbum Nobile and Il commendatore in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In November 2025, he returned to Opera Bałtycka in Gdansk, to be part of a new production of Moniusko’s The  Haunted Manor.

Jakub Szmidt, was a member of Staatsoper Hannover’s International Opera Studio during the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, drawing attention in production of Halévy’s La Juive, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, Puccini’s La bohème and Puccini’s Tosca as well as in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Tchaikovsky’s Jewgeni Onegin and Verdi’s Aida and Otello as well as in Wagner’s Parsifal. Jakub Szmidt worked with directors Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, Jerzy Snakowski, Michael Thalke, Waldemar Zawodziński.

As a concert soloist, Jakub Szmidt has sung Bruckner’s Requiem, Kozłowski’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Mozart’s Requiem. The young bass is a dedicted Lied recitalist. He was a guest artist at festivals including Bardzkie Lato Organowe, Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej w Krakowie and Legnickie Wieczory Organowe.

Jakub Szmidt was accompanied by bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Filharmonia Koszalińska, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Częstochowskiej, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Podkarpackiej, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Pomorskiej,  Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Śląskiej, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Zabrzańskiej, Orkiestra Opery Bałtyckiej w Gdańsku as well as Orkiestra Opery Śląskiej w Bytomiu – under the baton of conductors inluding Giulio Cilona, Tomasz Chmiel, Sławomir Chrzanowski, James Hendry, Paweł Kapuła, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Andrea Sanguineti, Yaroslav Shemet, Tomasz Tokarczyk and Maciej Tworek.

1st Prize / Prize for the best Polish Song Performance: VI. International Vocal Competition Ars et Gloria, Katowice 2025

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Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Giovanni da Procida: Oh tu Palermo…..
Recording 2023