Polish soprano Izabela Matuła, whose performance as Tosca were described as, “Fierce physically and vocally from her entrance, she rarely calms down” (The Stage) will, in the 2026/2027 season sing the lead soprano role of Kateryna in the world-premiere of George Brant and Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets’s Mother’s of Kherson with Teatr Wielki Opera Nardowa in Warsaw, conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson. Other debuts include Senta in Der fliegende Holländer with Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and Renata in Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel with Staatstheater Kassel.
Last season, Izabela Matuła performed 18 performances in a new production as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly at Royal Swedish Opera, as well as at Teatr Wielkl. Additional projects at Teatr Wielkl included Abigaille in Nabucco, a role debut, and the title role in Halka, as well as Sieglinde in Die Walküre in a new production with Baltic Opera Festival.
Her extensive stage repertoire includes leading soprano roles in Madama Butterfly at the Bayerische Staatsoper (2023), Katerina in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Düsseldorf, 2025), Aida, Il Trovatore (Mannheim, Linz), La forza del destino (Oper Frankfurt 2022), Luisa Miller, Otello, Stiffelio, Un Ballo in Maschera, Madama Butterfly (Mannheim), Suor Angelica, Tosca (Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Angers-Nantes Opera, Tirol Festival, Grange Park Festival), Liu in Turandot and Mimi in La bohème (ABAO Bilbao), and the title role of Catalani’s La Wally (Theater an der Wien 2021, also recorded on DVD). She also specializes in German and Slavic repertoire, including Elsa in Lohengrin, Mariya in Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin (Linz), Janacek’s Kat’a Kabanova, Smetana’s Dalibor (Frankfurt) and Weinberger’s Švanda Dudak (Teatro Massimo Palermo).
A frequent guest artist at Teatr Wielkl in Warsaw, Izabela has performed the title role in Halka, Leonora in La forza del destino, Madama Butterfly, the title role in Cherubini’s Medée and Tosca.
In concert, Ms. Matuła has performed in many concert halls around the world, including the Simón Bolívar Concert Hall in Caracas, the Berliner Konzerthaus, the Doha Concert Hall, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Darmstadt Koncerthaus, the Musikverein Graz and the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. Repertoire highlights include Kaddish Symphony with Pannon Philharmonic, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow and Wojciech Killar’s Missa pro pace with the Warsaw Philharmonic, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Ślaska Philharmonic.
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