Jakub Józef Orliński

Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, Grand Finals winner of the 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and winner of the 2015 Marcella Sembrich International Vocal Competition, is quickly gaining a reputation as a singer of striking vocal beauty and daring stage craft. The 2016-17 season includes performances of Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall with both Musica Sacra and Oratorio Society of New York, and for his debut with the Houston Symphony. Mr. Orliński performs in Flight, Jonathan Dove’s modern-day comedy, with Juilliard Opera. He will join the Karlsruhe Handel Festival to sing Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus and excerpts from Handel’s Dixit Dominus. He makes his debut with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in Cavalli’s opera Erismena, and appears for the first time with Oper Frankfurt this season. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.