Arnold Rutkowski
Soloist, Tenor
Polish tenor, he has sung leading roles both in his native country and abroad in such prestigious theatres as the Opéra national de Paris, Berlin State Opera, Zurich Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Dresden State Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Bolshoi Opera in Moscow, Mikhailovsky Opera in St Petersburg, Opéra de Lyon, Deutsche Oper am
Rhein (Düsseldorf), Royal Swedish Opera (Stockholm) and Opera Australia (Sydney). His wide repertoire includes, among others, Riccardo (Un ballo in maschera), Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca), Manrico (Il trovatore), Alfredo (La traviata), Pollione (Norma), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Don José (Carmen), Rodolfo (La bohème), Duke of
Mantua (Rigoletto). In 2009 he won the Jan Kiepura Vocal Competition, the prize CulturArte – Bertita & Guillermo Martínez at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia and the Public prize for “Best Singer” at the Klassikmania Competition in Vienna. He has sung Pollione again at the Norwegian National Opera (Oslo) and at the Krakow Opera. // Last update: June 2019