Source: ATHOLE STILL ARTIST
Polish baritone Mikołaj Trąbka is currently a member of the ensemble of the Oper Frankfurt with roles such as Eugene Onegin (title role), HARASTA The cunning little Vixen, DER KÖNIG Die Kluge, DES SIRIEX Fedora, MALATESTA Don Pasquale and DANDINI La Cenerentola. Guest appearances include MARCELLO La bohème Opéra de Montpellier, Eugene Onegin Deutsche Oper am Rhein and HARLEKIN Ariadne auf Naxos Teatr Wielki, Polish National Opera.
Previous roles include ROBERT Iolanta, MALATESTA Don Pasquale, HARLEKIN Ariadne auf Naxos, MORALES and DANCAIRO Carmen, ZWEITER HANDWERKSBURSCH Wozzeck, DONALD Billy Budd, MARULLO Rigoletto, FILIPPO in Rossini’s La gazzetta, and ANDREI in Eötvös’s Tri Sestry. During the Covid lockdowns he performed in Oper Frankfurt’s musical drama Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Christof Loy) and featured on arte.tv.
Engagements at other house include SER AMANTIO DI NICOLAO Gianni Schicchi Salzburger Festspiele, HARLEKIN Ariadne auf Naxos Opéra de Montpellier, and Deutsche Oper am Rhein and MARULLO Rigoletto Staatsoper Hannover. Past guest appearances have included BELCORE L’elisir d’amore Tiroler Festspiele Erl, FIGARO Il Barbiere di Siviglia and PAPPACODA Eine Nacht in Venedig Teatr Wielki in Łódź, MALATESTA Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and MARULLO Staatsoper Hannover. He sang PAPAGENO Die Zauberflöte in (Barrie Kosky) Teatr Wielki Warsaw, and with Komische Oper Berlin on tour to Taiwan, Macau and South Korea, KAROL POZNAŃSKI in the world premiere of Korcz’s Łódź Story Łódź and Bydgoszcz and DON TABARANO in Hasse’s La Contadina Schlosstheater Rheinsberg. In concerts, he appeared with Lublin Philharmonic, festival Kilar+ in Gdańsk, National Opera Bucharest, Sinfonia Varsovia and Warsaw Chamber Opera.
Mikołaj won the Stella Maris International Vocal Competition and Glanzlichter der Oper. He studied at the Academy of Music in Łódź and with the Young Talent Programme of the Polish National Opera Teatr Wielki.
