Adrian Janus
Graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of Paweł Sobierajski, since 2021, Adrian Janus has been a participant in the Young Talents Development Programme - Opera Academy of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, where he has honed his skills under the tutelage of outstanding artists: Olga Pasiecznik, Izabela Kłosińska, Katelan Trần Terrell, Sophia Muñoz and Michał Biel.
He made his debut on the stage of the Silesian Opera in Bytom in 2018 with the role of Roberto (Nardo) in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera La finta giardiniera. In 2019, he performed the role of Zbigniew in Stanislaw Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor at the 1st Wiesław Ochman Festival in Zawiercie. He created the role of Uberto in the intermezzo La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi at the Silesian Opera. He was a soloist at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (2023), International ‘Wratislavia Cantans’ Festival in Wrocław (2017), Gdynia Classica Nova Festival (2023), and the Jerzy Waldorff Summer Music Festival in Radziejowice (2023).
He is a laureate of the First Prize at the Imrich Godin ‘Iuventus Canti’ International Competition in Vráble, Slovakia (2022), First Prize at the ‘Bella Voce’ International Vocal Competition in Busko-Zdrój (2023), Second Prize at the ‘Ars et Gloria’ International Competition for Solo Sacred Singing (2022), as well as a laureate of the Ada Sari International Competition of Vocal Art in Nowy Sącz (2023), the Kościuszko Foundation Award for an outstanding singer of the Opera Academy and became a finalist in the Klaudia Taev Competition for Opera Singers in Pärnu, Estonia (2023).
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