© 2024 Bartłomiej Sarna
Biography
He began his musical education at the State Secondary Music School of W. Zelenski in Krakow in 2010 in the bassoon class of prof. Eugeniusz Studnicki. In 2016, he graduated from the State Secondary Music School of R. Bukowski in Wroclaw at the Vocal Faculty in the solo singing class of prof. Bogdan Makal.
He continued his education in the solo singing class of prof. Dorota Radomska at the Vocal and Acting Department of the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw, where in 2021 he received a graduate diploma. In the years 2021-2023, he was a member of the Opera Academy, run by the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, where he took on such roles as: Barone Douphol (La Traviata), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Leporello (Don Giovanni) and more.
He is currently developing his talent in the Swedish Opera Programs in Gothenburg and Stockholm. He is also a graduate of the Study of Culture Animators “SKiBA” with a pantomime specialization and the Conducting Study in the class of prof. Franciszek Suwala.
He is a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, he received also a scholarship of the Department of Culture, Promotion and Tourism of the Marshal’s Office of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in Warsaw and multiple scholarships of the Rector of the Academy of Music of Karol Lipinski in Wroclaw. He was the only one to win an award for the Lower Silesia Region during the Artistic Education Center Auditions in 2016.
He is a laureate of many awards in vocal competitions:
- the 4th National Vocal Competition of Prof. Halina Slonicka
- the 1st Silesian Vocal Competition
- the 4th Polish National Vocal Competition of Felicja Krysiewicz
- the 10th National Vocal Competition of Ludomir Rozycki
- the 14th National Vocal Competition of Franciszka Platowna
- the 1st Polish National Vocal Competition of Stanislaw Jopek
- the 17th International IUVENTUS CANTI Competition Imrich Godin in Vrable (Slovakia)
He is a participant of numerous workshops, including: Workshop of the stage opera game “What to do with an aria?” led by Roberto Skolmowski, XXXIII aster Vocal Course in Duszniki Zdroj led by Bogdan Makal, Vocal Workshops “Italian Mozart” led by Francesco Bottigliero, Vocal focus and extending breathing workshops “Vocal focus and extending breathing” led by Anne Sims, Acting Workshops “We create a musical” conducted by Mikolaj Woubishet, XXXIV Master Vocal Course in Duszniki Zdroj led by John Truitt and Hyera Hwang, Vocal Course “Belcanto Italiano” conducted by Pierangelo Pelucchi, Workshops “Performative Mechanisms” conducted by Ari Teperberg and Master Vocal Course “Women Composers of Lied in the Romantic period ” led by Tanya Aspelmeier and Lisa Herger.
In his vocal and acting career so far, the artist can boast of such roles as:
- Barone Douphol in the opera "La Traviata"
- Figaro in the opera "Le nozze di Figaro"
- Leporello in the opera "Don Giovanni"
- Papageno in the opera "Die Zauberflöte"
- Don Fernando in the opera "Fidelio"
- Colas in the opera "Bastien und Bastienne"
- Paquiro in the opera "Goyescas"
- Masetto in the opera "Don Giovanni"
- Bartholomew in the opera "Verbum Nobile"
- Kruszyna in in the opera "Sold bride"
- Pychodumski in the song "Philosopher changed"
- Harry in the musical "My fair lady"
- Messenger in the drama by Sophocles "Antigone"
- Christ the Good Shepherd in the drama "Failed Krewniak"
- Raven in the fairy tale "Heart of Ice"
- Wilk / Zboj in the fairy tale "Gold and Leaves"
- Kefirek / Krol Cwieczek in the fairy tale "Cinderella"
In performances and numerous concerts, he collaborated with the Royal Opera, Philharmonic Hall of Romuald Traugutt, Piwnica pod Baranami, Teatr MIST, Teatr Groteska, Teatr Proscenium, Teatr Reverse “CzystaReForma”, Academic Choir “Organum” and Instrumental Ensemble “Ricercar”, Choir and Orchestra “Echo Sacrosongu”, Orchestra Wieniawa, Singing and Dancing Team “Krakus ”, Studio of Music, Theater and Dance, Gospel Association and an outstanding Krakow composer – Andrzej Zarycki. During his activity, he also gave charity concerts to the sick and artistically talented children, performing, inter alia, for the Anna Dymna Foundation “Mimo Wszystko”, the Pro Musica Bona Foundation and the Society of the Friends of the Sick “Hospicjum im. st. Lazarus “. He performed mainly in Poland, but he could also be heard as a guest artist in: the USA, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco and Ukraine.