Jakub Szmidt is a member of Staatsoper Hannover’s International Opera Studio from the 2022/23 season. The bass has been singing in a new production of Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher and in revivals of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, Puccini’s La bohème and Puccini’s Tosca.

The Polish bass performed in his home country at Opera Bałtycka and Opera Śląska – his repertoire includes Don Fernando in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Serwacy in Miniuszko’s Verbum Nobile and Il commendatore in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

As a concert soloist, Jakub Szmidt has sung Bruckner’s Requiem, Kozłowski’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Mozart’s Requiem. In February 2023, he will sing Mozart’s Requiem with Filharmonia Koszalińska. 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, 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 Tomasz Chmiel, Sławomir Chrzanowski, Paweł Kapuła, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Jarosław Shemet, Tomasz Tokarczyk and Maciej Tworek.

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