Opalach, Jan
The American bass-baritone Jan Opalach has won the 1979 Metropolitan Opera National Auditions, the 1980 Walter M. Naumburg Vocal Competition, and the 1981 International Vocal Competition in the Netherlands. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Soloist Recital Grant. He has appeared with the Oratorio Society of Washington and New York, The Händel Festival Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and Musica Sacra, and the New York City Opera.
Jan Opalach is one of the most versatile vocalists in the USA. His repertory includes serious and comic roles of all eras and styles. He has appeared with the Oratorio Society of Washington and New York, The Handel Festival Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and Musica Sacra, and the New York City Opera. He further has performed with the New Orleans Opera the Kentucky, Dayton, and Greensboro Operas, as well as Festival Vancouver. He has also appeared in concert appearances with the London Sinfonietta at Carnegie Hall.
His recorded works include Stravinskys Renard/Pulcinella, Wolpes Quintet with Voice, Carters Syringa, Beasers Seven Deadly Sins, Handels Acis and Galatea, KernisMourning Song, Schubert lieder, and, with the Bach Ensemble, solo cantatas for bass by J. S. Bach.
