Şzymon Komasa in Opera Columbus world premiere "The Flood"

Şzymon Komasa as Stanley Kowalski

We originally featured Şzymon Komasa back in 2013 when a readers spotted him participating in an online master class at Julliard with Joyce DiDonato. His father is the famous Polish actor, Wieslaw Komosa, who appeared in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. 

He just wrapped up a run in Leonard Bernstein's Candide at Opery Wrocławskiej and now has two exciting projects on the horizon. From February 8-10, he'll appear as Hans in the world premiere Korine Fujiwara and Stephen Wadsworth's The Flood with Opera Columbus. The opera tells a story of human connection through loss and shared tragedy, centered around the devastation of Columbus’ Franklinton neighborhood in the Great Flood of 1913. Tickets and additional cast information is available online.

In March, he'll return to the Teatr Wiekl as Stanley Kowalski in Andre Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire, which he performed with the company in May. Tickets and additional cast information is available online. 

Şzymon Komasa as Stanley Kowalski

Komasa was born in Poznań, Poland and studied at the Academy of Music in Łódź, from which he graduated with honors in 2009 in both cello and vocal studies. He graduated from the Opera Studies program at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Juilliard School in New York.

He has won awards in international singing competitions, including the Best Wagner Singer at the 7th Annual Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in Dublin in January of this year. He previously took third prize at the Ada Sari Vocal Art Competition in Nowy Sącz in Poland, first prize at the Puccini International Singing Competition in Verona and first prize at the Halina Halska-Fijałkowska Vocal Competition in Wrocław. In 2011, he represented Poland in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, but fell ill and had to withdraw before the finals.

Reader Submission: Şzymon Komasa

Polish Barihunk Şzymon Komasa

Our latest reader submission is Şzymon Komasa, who took part in a master class at Julliard on October 4th with Joyce DiDonato. He caught the attention of our reader during the live online webstream of the master class. Renee Fleming and Eric Owens will be featured in upcoming master classes, so check the school's online schedule.

Şzymon Komasa was born in Poznań and studied at the Academy of Music in Łódź, from which he
graduated with honors in 2009 in both cello and vocal studies. Komasa comes from a very artistic family. His mother Gina was a singer, his father Wieslaw is a famous Polish actor, his brother Jan is a director, his sister Mary is a lead singer of a band and his youngest sister Sophie is a stylist. Jan Komasa directed him in Sala samobójców (Suicide Room), which was also written by his brother. 

He studied opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before becoming a student of Edith Wiens at Juilliard’s Artist Diploma program in Opera Studies.. In 2011, he represented Poland in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, but fell ill and had to withdraw before the finals. 

Şzymon Komasa

He has won awards in international singing competitions, including the Best Wagner Singer at the 7th Annual Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in Dublin in January of this year. He previously took third prize at the Ada Sari Vocal Art Competition in Nowy Sącz in Poland, first prize at the Puccini International Singing Competition in Verona and first prize at the Halina Halska-Fijałkowska Vocal Competition in Wrocław. 

Şzymon's opera performances include Slook in Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio, Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Figaro in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, all at Teatr Wielki in Łódź, and Schaunard in Puccini's La bohème at Teatro Filharmonico in Verona. His repertoire also includes Mityukha Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.  This summer, he sang Albert in Halevy's La Juive in Dresden.

You can watch him HERE during an appearance on a Polish morning TV show.