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About Piotr

Piotr Buszewski is considered as one of the most exciting young tenors of his generation and is praised by critics for his magnificent clear ringing tenor, nobility of tone and captivating stage presence.

This season sees Buszewski return to the Metropolitan Opera as Narroboth Salome and will make his house debuts at Opernhaus Zürich as Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor and Semperoper Dresden as Alfredo La Traviata. Elsewhere in 2024-25, Buszewski will return to Oper Leipzig to perform Ein Sänger Der Rosenkavalier and Stefan The Haunted Manor at Polish National Opera.

Recent highlights include his performances for the Metropolitan Opera as Tamino The Magic Flute, his house debut at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma playing Cassio Otello. Previously, Buszewski has performed Duke of Mantua Rigoletto and Ein Sänger Der Rosenkavalier for Oper Leipzig, Prince in a new production of Rusalka for Théâtre du Capitole du Toulouse, Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi for San Diego Opera, Fadinard in Nino Rota’s Il cappello di paglia for Oper Graz as well as Alfredo La traviata and Rodolfo La Boheme with Teatr Wielki. On the concert stage he has appeared with the Warsaw Philharmonic performing Dvorak Stabat Mater

Buszewki made his house debuts appearances at the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin as Italian signer Der Rosenkavalier and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Cassio Otello and the Metropolitan Opera as Chevalier de la Force Dialogues of the Carmelites. Previously he has appeared as Ismaele Nabucco, Nemorino L’elisir d’amore, Duke Rigoletto and Chevalier de la Force, and he sang Rodolfo La Boheme and Nadir The Pearl Fishers for Opera Wrocław. Other recent engagements have also included Tybalt Romeo et Juilette for Atlanta Opera, Camille The Merry Widow in Hong Kong and Nemorino in Leipzig. He is a graduate of the acclaimed Academy of Vocal Arts where he sang Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor, Prince Rusalka, and Ferrando Cosi fan tutte.

Among his many awards, Buszewski received first prize in the 2019 Loren Zachary Competition, three prizes at the Moniuszko Competition, including Audience Prize, third prize in the Zinka Milanov International Voice Competition, Special Prize at the Otto Edelmann Voice Competition and second prize in the Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition. He was a finalist of the 2019 Operalia Competition and a finalist in the National Council Awards of the Metropolitan Opera.

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Selected Repertoire

Bizet

Les Pêcheurs de perles (Nadir)

Donizetti

L'elisir d'amour (Nemorino)   •   Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)   •   Don Pasquale (Ernesto)   •   Il Pigmalione (Pigmalione)

Dvorak

Rusalka (Prince)   •   Vanda (Slavoj)

Gonoud

Le médecin malgré lui (Léandre)   •   Roméo et Juliette (Roméo   •   Tybalt)

Havelvy

La Juive (Prince Léopold)

Lehár

Paganini (Paganini)

Mozart

Così fan tutte (Ferrando)   •   Die Zauberflöte (Tamino)

Poulenc

Dialogues des Carmélites (Chevalier de La Force)

Puccini

Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio)   •   La bohème (Rodolfo)

Rota

Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Fadinard)

Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier (Ein Sänger)

Verdi

La Traviata (Alfredo Germont)   •   Otello (Cassio)   •   Nabucco (Ismaele)   •    Rigoletto (Il Duca di Mantua)

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  • Edgardo | Lucia di Lammermoor | Donizetti

    Opernhaus Zurich
    Sep 2024 - Oct 2024

    • Die Überraschung des Abends ist der polnische Tenor Piotr Buszewski in der Rolle des Edgardo di Ravenswood.

  • Il Duca di Mantova | Rigoletto | Verdi

    Leipzig Opera
    Mar 2024 - Jun 2024

    • Piotr Buszewski stellte den Herzog von Mantua als äußerlich liebenswürdig dar, verbarg aber kaum die Bereitschaft der Figur, seine Machtposition zu nutzen, um andere zu manipulieren, damit sie ihm geben, was er will. Buszewskis reiche Tenorstimme ist für die Ballade im ersten Akt „Questa o quella per me pari sono“ und die Canzone im dritten Akt „La donna è mobile“, die zu den technisch anspruchsvollsten der Oper gehören, ideal geeignet. Stimmlich und visuell hat Buszewski die Komplexität des Herzogs erfasst: die Umgänglichkeit, die unterschwellige Grausamkeit und die erotische Energie, die er in den von ihm gewählten Momenten ausstrahlt. Piotr Buszewski portrayed the Duke of Mantua as outwardly amiable, but barely concealed the character's willingness to use his position of power to manipulate others into giving him what he wants. Buszewski's rich tenor voice is ideally suited to the ballad in the first act, "Questa o quella per me pari sono", and the canzone in the third act, "La donna è mobile", which are among the most technically demanding in the opera. Vocally and visually, Buszewski has captured the complexity of the Duke: the affability, the subliminal cruelty and the erotic energy that he radiates in the moments he has chosen.

  • Chevalier de la Force | Dialogues des Carmélites | Poulenc

    Metropolitan Opera
    Jan 2023

    • Buszewski, with his ringing, clear tenor, made a dashing, handsome Chevalier de la Force, who was the perfect counterpart to Pérez’s Blanche. Buszewski’s Chevalier was impudent and prone to action, while she was reticent and contemplative. The scene when he comes to the convent and pleads with her to flee with him was the most touchingly heartfelt in the opera.

  • Cassio | Otello | Verdi

    Royal Opera House
    Jul 2022

    • Piotr Buszewski sang Cassio with fluidity and panache, with a guileless nobility of tone that triangulated well with Thomas and Maltman.

  • Tamino | Die Zauberflöte | Mozart

    Metropolitan Opera
    Dec 2023

    • Mozart’s Tamino is one of the most beautiful roles written for a tenor and Piotr Buszewski as Tamino reminded listeners of this fact. Buszewski’s voice is pure, resonant, and resilient as he sings. ... In moments, one might have wondered if Tamino had ever sounded this honest and soulful.

    • In a Met role debut, Piotr Buszewski provided an ardent and super energetic portrayal of Tamino. ... in Act 2 and displayed a delightfully delicate sound when paired with Janai Brugger

  • Fadinard | Il Cappello Di Paglia Di Firenze | Rota

    CD
    Mar 2023

    • The big number is Fadinard’s ‘Io voglio quel cappello’, ... delivered here with no lack of seductive Italianate legato – and a ringing top note – by Piotr Buszewski.

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