Our artists Current artists Magdalena Kuźma Polish-American soprano Magdalena Kuźma was a Prize Winner in the Concert Artists Guild (New York) and Young Classical Artists Trust International Auditions in 2022. She is a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York as a Lindemann Young Artist and is in her second year. During her first year her roles included Giannetta in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Sister Catherine in Dead Man Walking. Future engagements as a Young artist include Papagena in The Magic Flute and Yvette in La Rondine. Magdalena is an alumna of Renee Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall and is an avid song performer. The 22/23 season saw her give a debut recital at Merkin Concert Hall (New York) and in the 23/24 season she will be making her Wigmore Hall debut with James Baillieu, performing a programme of Samuel Barber, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. Magdalena’s recent performance highlights include her debut at Santa Fe Opera performing the role of Frasquita in Carmen, and Juliet in Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet at the Glimmerlgass Festival. She also returned to San Francisco Opera's Merola Program and was a fellow at Ravinia's Steans Music Institute. Recent awards include 1st Prize at the 2021 ACPC Marcella Sembrich Vocal Competition, the 2021 Opera Mississippi John Alexander Vocal Competition, and the CT District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. In 2021 she was honored as valedictorian at Yale University. On the concert platform highlights have included Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Richmond Symphony Orchestra and recitals at the Arts Club of Washington D.C., New York City’s Saint John’s in the Village, and Paris’s Galerie dorée de la Banque de France. She has worked with and performed music by composers Nico Muhly, André Previn, John Musto, and Tom Cipullo. During her studies Magdalena’s roles have included Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (Opera Orlando), Lila in Higdon’s Cold Mountain (Music Academy of the West), Blanche in Poulenc’s Dialogues de Carmélites and Anna in Weill’s Die Sieben Todsünden (Oberlin Opera) Miles in Britten’s Turn of the Screw and Giannetta in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Chautauqua Institute), and Drusilla in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (Teatro Petrarca). She has studied Barbarina and Susanna in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Anne Trulove in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, and Sophie in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and participated in opera scenes including Giulietta in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Monntecchi, Manon in Massenet's Manon, Echo in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos , Lucia in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, and Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Magdalena is also an alumna of Houston Grand Opera's Young Artists Vocal Academy & The Bach Institute at Emmanuel Music. She holds degrees in music and psychology from Oberlin College & Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Yale University where she recently completed her Masters studying with Gerald Martin Moore. She has participated in masterclasses with Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne, James Conlon and Edith Bers among many others. Download publicity pack Press reviews "The outstanding leads, tenor Duke Kim and soprano Magdalena Kuzma, sang with radiant voices and endless passion and determination [...] Kuzma’s Juliet displayed intuition and self-will." Times Union / Glimmerglass Festival - Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet / July 2023 “Polish-American soprano Magdalena Kuźma…has a voice that instantly engages the listener: shining, free and lustrous.” “...Kuzma's voice stood out musically and dramatically…She was on stage for only a brief scene, but it was long enough to convey star quality, and leave the audience wanting to hear more.” Contact To book Magdalena please contact: UK & Europe Etta Dainty – Senior Artist Manager [email protected] 0207 379 8477 North America Kate Backus – Senior Vice President, Concert Artists Guild kbackus@concertartists.org (212)-333-5200 ext. 1016 Follow Magdalena on: Website Instagram FacebookYouTube Photos © Dario Acosta