NATALIA RUBIŚ

Biography

Natalia Rubis, a soprano lauded by the Spanish press for her “very lyrical” and impeccably utilized voice, recently made her debut at the Polish Royal Opera, captivating audiences in the title role of Moniuszko’s Halka. She previously debuted at the Teatro Real in Madrid and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in Haydn’s Orlando paladino with Il Gardino Armonico under the baton of Giovanni Antonini. Additionally, she performed at the Polish National Opera House in Warsaw in Penderecki’s Credo and debuted as Almirena in Händel’s Rinaldo at the Händel-Festspiele Halle with Capella Cracoviensis, directed by Xavier Sabata. She also portrayed Lisa in Lehár’s Das Land des Lächelns at the Masovian Music Theatre in Warsaw and Monica in Menotti’s The Medium with the Warsaw Chamber Opera. Rubis has also performed with the Warsaw Philharmonic in Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten , with the Bydgoszcz Philharmonic under the baton of Mykola Diadiura in Penderecki’s Credo and Dvořák’s Te Deum. At the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw she sang Sa Femme in Le pauvre matelot and Rosetta in Salade by Milhaud, and in Martinů’s opera Alexandre bis, all under the baton of Łukasz Borowicz. In addition, she has performed Rachmaninov’s The Bells at the Łódź Philharmonic. In 2022, she sang Bach’s Johannes-Passion at the Musikverein in Vienna under the direction of Michael Maciaszczyk.

Her previous engagements include portraying Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Warsaw Chamber Opera under the baton of Dirk Vermeulen, La Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro at the Grand Theater in Łódź, and Donna Elvira in Michał Znaniecki’s new production of Don Giovanni for the Warsaw Chamber Opera under the baton of Tadeusz Kozłowski.

Natalia is a regular guest at the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, where she has performed Penderecki’s Kaddish with Sinfonietta Cracovia under the baton of Jurek Dybała, and Moniuszko’s The Phantoms. She also sang the role of Donna Elvira in Gazzaniga’s Don Giovanni and recorded the title role in Cherubini’s Faniska, both under the baton of Łukasz Borowicz. She has appeared in Haydn’s The Creation at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw with the Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra and Polish National Youth Choir under the baton of Andrzej Kosendiak.

At the Chopin and his Europe Festival, she performed Moniuszko’s works such as Nijoła, Widma, and The Countess with Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, and with Václav Luks and Collegium 1704, she performed Stefani’s Krakowiacy i górale and Donizetti’s Requiem, all of which is recorded on CDs. She also gave a solo recital featuring songs by Weinberg and Koczalski.

In previous seasons, she performed Moniuszko’s Halka and Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at the Wroclaw Opera House, debuted in Halka (Vilnius version) with the Warsaw Chamber Opera, and performed Krzysztof Penderecki’s Credo for his 86th birthday celebration. She has also appeared in concert versions of Halka in Lisbon, Brussels, and Prague with Capella Cracoviensis, and recorded Halka for the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi label.

Other opera credits of Ms. Rubis include portraying Cristallina in Salieri’s La fiera di Venezia with L’arte del mondo (with the CD recording for Sony) and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at the Bach Festival in Poland , as well as Euridice and Musica in Orfeo 2.0 in Düsseldorf. She has also portrayed Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Despina in Così fan tutte, and Sa Femme in Le pauvre matelot with the Yale Opera. During the celebration of the Centenary of Polish Independence, she sang Missa pro pace by Kilar with the Chicago Philharmonic.

Ms. Rubis made her international debut in 2014 as Calisto in Giove in Argo by Händel at the Händel Festspiele in Halle, Germany. Since then, she has been invited to perform in other baroque operas such as Xerxes (as Romilda) and Le Cinesi (as Sivene) by Gluck in Dresden and Bad Lauchstädt, and has performed Bach’s cantatas with Collegium 1704 and Václav Luks in Dresden and Prague followed by a Händel recital in Kuks. She has also performed the part of Merab in Händel’s Saul with Czech Ensemble Baroque at the Znojmo Music Festival, in Brno, and in Prague alongside Andreas Scholl and Adam Plachetka.

In Poland, Ms. Rubis sang the world premiere of David Chesky’s Letter to a Composer for Krzysztof Penderecki’s Birthday Festival with Sinfonietta Cracovia. She took part in the Polish premiere of Carter’s Tempo e tempi at the Nostalgia Festival, was a soloist in Faure’s Requiem, and recorded a CD of operetta love duets with tenor Krystian Adam for DUX. She has also recorded Salieri’s La fiera di Venezia with L’arte del mondo for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

Natalia won the 2nd prize at the International Antonina Campi Vocal Competition in Lublin, the Special Prize at the International Maria Malibran Vocal Competition in Milan, and the “Giovane Promessa” prize at the Musica Sacra Competition in Rome.

In 2017, Ms. Rubis earned a Master of Musical Arts in Opera from the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Doris Yarick-Cross.

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