2024/25
among others
* 05-July-2025 - Premiere & Debut
Vivaldi - La Senna Festeggiante - VIRTÚ
Château de Versailles - Théâtre de la Reine
*10-05-25 - Premiere & Debüt & Hausdebüt
Britten - A Midsummernight's Dream - OBERON
Oper Graz
*28-03-25 - Revival
Händel - Siroe - SIROE
Intern. Händefestspiele Karlsruhe / Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
* 30-01-2025 - Concert
Les Trois Contre-Ténors - Opera Royal de Versailles - Sale de Hercule
* 05-01-2025 - Revival Premiere & House-Debut
Händel - Rodelinda - UNULFO
Oper Frankfurt
* 22-11-2024 - Opera in concertHändel - Rodelinda - UNULFO
Lira d'Orfeo / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma
Händel - Rodelinda - UNULFO
Lira d'Orfeo / Theater an der Wien
27-09-2024 - Revival
Händel - Amadigi di Gaula - AMADIGI
Intern. Händelfestspiele Halle / Oper Halle
28-09-2024 - TV - mezzo classic TV - 5:40pm
Händel - Saul - WITCH OF ENDOR
Theater an der Wien - Christopher Moulds / Claus Guth
Polish countertenor Rafał Tomkiewicz praised by the press for his “powerful, clear and masculine sounding voice” and his “captivating role portraits”, and from early childhood trained at the violin, studied at the Frédéric Chopin Music University in Warsaw, completing his education at the Opera Academy of Polish National Opera in Warsaw, as well as in masterclasses with Hedwig Fassbender, Eytan Pessen and Matthias Rexroth, for whom he in July 2023, on a short call, overtook <Nomi-Omni, in memoriam Klaus Nomi> at KlangARTVision in Halle. In Halle, at the International Händel Festival, Mr. Tomkiewicz also performed the title part of AMADIGI in "Amadigi di Gaula", as well as IDELBERTO in "Lotario" and CLEOFE in "La Resurrezione" (also on CD), accompanied by the Händelorchester Halle under the baton of Attilio Cremonesi. CLEOFE also led him to the International Händel-Festival in Karlsruhe, to which he returned in the title-role of Händel's SIROE in the openings-premiere in 2024. The 24/25 season sees his house-debut as UNULFO in Händel's "Rodelina" at Oper Frankfurt and in concert-versions with Ensemble Lira d'Orfeo at the Musiktheater an der Wien and the Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia / Roma; his role-debut as FARNACE in Mozart's "Mitridate, Re di Ponto" with Capella Cracoviensis under Philippe Jaroussky at the Opera Rara Kraów; his house-debut as OBERON in Britten's "A Midsummernight's Dream" at Oper Graz; his house-debut at Opera Royal de Versailles, performing in the "Les Trios Contre-Ténors"-Concert and as LA VIRTÚ in Vivaldi's "La Senna Festeggiante". Furthermore, he returns to the International Händel Festival in Karlsruhe in the title-part of SIROE, in the title part of AMADIGI to Oper Halle and in the part of TOLOMEO in "Giulio Cesare" to the Polish Chamber Opera in Warsaw. Mr Tomkiewicz he will appear for the 1st time with Lira d'Orfeo, performing UNULFO in Händel's "Rodelinda" at the Academia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and at Theater an der Wien, where he already sang the WITCH OF ENDOR in Händel's "Saul"; due to Covid, only in a Live-Stream. The recording will be shown Aug. 28th on mezzo TV https://www.mezzo.tv/en/Opera/Handel%27s-%27Saul%27-at-the-Theater-an-der-Wien-8805 Further committments of the recent past included Händel's AMADIGI di GAULA with Sofia Baroque at the Bulgarian Nationaltheater / Opera Sofia, at Staatstheater Meiningen and the Theater Ulm, where he also sang New Year's Concerts; PORSENNA in J.J. Fux's "Costanza e Fortezza" and BACCHUS in his "Arianna" at the Styriarte Graz, 1stSHEPHERD in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" with L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar at the ICE Kraków; ORFEO in Gluck's "Orfeo & Euridice" in a concert version with Capella Bydgostiensis in the Filharmonia Pomorska; JOACIM in Händel's oratorio "Susanna" with Capella Cracoviensis in the Filharmonia Kraków; SANCTUS PETRUS in Hasse's "Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena" at Baroque Scene in Bydgoszcz, ALTUS in Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" at Zielona Góra, SWAN in Orff's "Carmina Burana" under Jaime Martín with Irish National Symphony Orchestra at the RTÉ Dublin and staged with Warsaw Chamber Opera; UNULFO in Händel's "Rodelina" to the Baroque Festival at Polish Royal Opera; and ATHAMAS in Händel's "Semele" at the Arte Athene, in a produktion by the International Händel-Fest Göttingen in stage direction and under the baton of George Petrou, with whom Mr. Tomkiewicz also performed' NIRENO in Händels "Giulio Cesare" in Göttingen and at the Dutch Nederlandse Reisopera; Furthermore, he was heard with Bachs "Johannes-Passion" in the famous Goldener Saal of the Wiener Musikverein and with the Beethovenorchester Bonn and Händels "Israel in Egypt" under Jan Willem de Vriend to the Polish Philharmony Warsaw.
Further commitments brought him as ANASTASIO in Händel’s “Giustino” and TAMERLANO in Vivaldi’s „Bajazet“ to the Kammeroper Wien; the title-role in Peter Eötvös RADAMES to the Teatro Comunale di Bolzano and the Theater Biel/Solothur; BACCHUS in Fux’ “La Corona d’Arianna” tot he Styriarte Graz; the Händel-part of TOLOMEO to the Grand Opera Poznań; BERTERIDO and UNULFO in „Rodelina“ to the Polish Royal Opera Warsaw ; NARCISO in “Agrippina” to the Drama per Musica Baroque Festival in Warsaw; the title-role of Cavalli’s GIASONE to the Collegium Nobilium Warsaw; and NINO in Stradella’s “Il Trespolo tutore” to the Collegium Nobilium in Warsaw; as well as with the Ensembles Nostre Marum to the Festival Barocco Alessandro Stradella di Viterbo e Nepi, where he also recorded the world-wide 1st DVD of this work. It’s releases on CD was nominated as “Best CD in the category opera” at the “Award of the German recordings 2020”.
Due to Covid, Mr. Tomkiewicz’s debut at Theater an der Wien as WITCH OF ENDER in Händels „Saul“ under Christopher Moulds and in stage direction of Claus Guth only was shown as Live Stream (DVD recording); and his debut at Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, as well as his participation at the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival, with appearances in concerts and in the world-premiere “About a star, which couldn’t shine” had to becancelled completely.
Next tot he already mentioned, his further concert repertoire, which he has performed at the Grand Opera Poznań, the Seminary-Church Warsaw, at Unimus Koblenz, the Annum Baroque Festival, the Philharmony Kraków, Philharmony Opole and the Grand Hall of the Royal Castle Warsaw with the Ensemble Il Tempo & Ensemble Ars Chori, Musica Antiquae Collegium Varsoviensis, Vocal Ensemble of the Chamber Opera, La Chapelle Vocale de Lausanne, Ensemble Vocal Heinrich Schütz and Ensemble Baroque du Léman Genève é Lausanne, includes HAMOR in Händel’s “Jephta” and his “Messiah”, Bach’s "Christmas Oratorio”, “Magnificat” and "Cantatas", Pergolesi’s "Stabat Mater", Bernstein’s "Chichester Psalm” and Antonio Teixeira’s "Te Deum". In addition, he appears in <3 Countertenor’s Concerts> all over Poland.
The artist had the pleasure working with conductors and stage directors such as Benjamin Bayl, Felix Bender, Attilio Cremonesi, Marcello Chryssicos, James Darrah, Andrea de Carlo Roberto Diaz-Cajamarca, Paul Esswood, Krzysztof Garstka, Hinrich Horstkotte, Andrzej Klimczak, Kristian Lada, Christopher Moulds, Liliana Stawarz or Jan Willem de Vriend.
His competition-successes include, among others, the 1st Prize at <III. Krystyna Jamroz Competition 2017> and the Special Award for Young Talents at the <IV. International Baroque Competiion> in Poznań. In addition, he was a Finalist at the renowend <International Antonio Cesti Competition for Baroque Opera 2018> at Innsbruck Festival for Baroque Music. And since 2024, Mr. Tomkiewicz is Dr. Rafal Tomkiewicz. Subject of this Doctoral Thesis: <The part of Amadigi in Händel's "amadigi di Gaula" in the context of the interpretation by nowadays countertenor-voices" Season 2024/25 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED! Copy and use of the CV, as well as of all materials on this website, including all photos, is not allowed. For a CV in required length and / or a headshot, please contact us at: AYNpmn(a)icloud.com ALLE RECHTE VORBEHALTEN! Das Kopieren und die Verwendung des CVs, sowie sämtlicher Materialien auf dieser Website, inklusive aller Fotos, ist nicht gestattet. Für ein CV in gewünschter Länge und / oder ein Portraitfoto, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte unter: AYNpmn(a)icloud.com
2023/24 * 24-05-202 - Händel - Amadigi di Gaula - AMADIGI Openings--Premiere - Intern. Händel Festival Halle * 16-02-202 - Händel - Siroe, Re di Persia - SIROE Openings--Premiere - Intern. Händel Festival Karlsruhe * 03-11-2023 - Händel - Semele - ATHAMAS Olympia City Music Theatre Maria Callas *25-10-2023 - Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / in concert - 3. PASTORE (Cover La Speranza) L'Arpeggiata - Christina Pluhar - ICE Kraków * 21-10-2023 - Hasse - Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena - SANCTUS PETRUS Bydgoska Scena Barokowa * 12-10-2023 & 13-10-2023 - Händel - Amadigi di Gaula - in concert - AMDIGI Sofia Baroque - National Opera Sofia - debut *07-10-2023 & 08-10-2023 - Händel - Rodelinda - UNULFO Festiwal Barokowy - Polska Opera Królewska * 22-09-2023 - CD Release - J.J. Fux - La Corona d'Ariana - BACCHUS Styriarte Graz, 2022 World Premier Recording ( shortened version) - * 16-09-2023 - Pergolesi - Stabat Mater - ALTUS Ziolona Góra *10-09-2023 - Orff - Carmina Burana - staged with Ballett - SWAN Opera Kamerlana Warszawa & 12-02-2024 - From now on, Dr. Rafal Tomkiewicz - Doctoral Thesis about <The role of Amadigi in Händel's "Amadgi di Gaula" in the context of the interpretation by nowadays countertenor-voices> 2022/23 chronologial * Jerzy Snakowsky - Snack Opera Basen Artystyczny Opera Kameralna * Concert - Pergolesi - <Stabat Mater> - ALTO Concert Hall Nowa Sól * Concert - Bach - Kantaten BWV 7, 78, 106 - ALTO Ensemble Il Tempo & Ensemble Ars Chori Seminary Church Warsaw *
* Concert - Händel <Israel in Egypt> - ALTO - debut National Philharmony Orchestra - National Philhamrony Warsaw / debut Jan Willem de Vriend * Concert - Orff <Carmina Burana> - SWAN National Symphony Orchestra - National Concert Hall Dublin & SETU Arena Waterford - debut - Jaime Martín * Concert - Bach <Christmas Oratorio> & Cantatas IV - VI - ALTO- Musica Antigquae Collegium Varsoviense - Royal Castle Warsaw - Great Hall * Concert <New Year's Concerts> - Baroque, Operetta, Musical, Pop Theater Ulm - debut - Felix Bender * Opera in concert & CD recording Händel <La Resurrezione> - CLEOFE - debut International Händel Festival Halle - debut International Händel Festival Karlsruhe - debut - Attilio Cremonesi * Bach - <St. John's Passion> Beethoven Orchestra Bonn - Opera Bonn - debut - Attilio Cremonesi * New production - Händel <Semele> / staged - ATHAMAS - debut International Händel Festival Göttingen - George Petrou * Händel <Amadigi di Gaula> - AMADIGI Theater Ulm * Opera in concert - Händel <Lotario> IDELBERTO -debut International Händel Festival Halle - Opera Halle * Opera in concert - Fux <Costanza e Fortezza> - PORSENNA - debut - Styriarte Graz * <Nomi-Omni - in memoriam Klaus Nomi - KlangARTVision Halle * Händel -<Amadigi di Gaula> - AMADIGI - Theater Ulm
* 2021/22 - Sep. 17th, 2021 – Role & Theater-Debut - Händel - AMADIGI di GAULA - AMADIGI Season's openingat Staatstheater Meiningen Conductor: Massimiliano Cremonesi / Staging: Hinrich Horstkotte - Re-Opening - Händel RODELINDA - BERTARIDO - Polska Opera Królewska Warszawa Conductor: Krzysztof Garstka / Staging: Andrzej Klimczak - Jan 22nd, 2022 - Debut NRO - Händel - GIULIO CESARE - NIRENO Conductor & Stage Director: George Petrou Tour Netherlands, a.o. Den Haag, Enschede, Groningen, Maastricht, Carré Theater Amsterdam - May 2022 - Debut International Händel Festival Göttingen - Händel - GIULIO CESARE - NIRENO - Conductor & Stage Director: George Petrou - J.S. Bach - "Johannes-Passion" - Archikatedra Św. Jana Chrzciciela (Warszawa - J. B. Bach - "Johannes-Passion" - Wiener Konzerthaus - J.J. Fux - "La Corona d'Arianna" - BACCO - Styriarte Graz - Ensemble Zefiro - Arnold Schoenberg Chor * 2020/21 – Worldwide 1st CD - A. Stradella ‘IL TRESPOLO TUTORE – NINO / Ens. Nostre Marum Nominated for the "Award of the German Critic's Prize“ - Debut at Theater an der Wien – Händel SAUL / Stream + DVD – WHICH OF ENDER Conductor: Christopher Moulds / Staging: Claus Guth - Debut Händel BAJAZET – TAMERLANO – Kammeroper Wien -
* 2019/ 20 - Worldwide 1st DVD - A.Stradella IL TRESPOLO TUTORE – NINO - Debut at Teatro Comunale di Bologna – Peter Eötvös – RADAMES - Debut at Kammeroper Wien – Händel – GIUSTINO – ANASTASIO
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