Praised for her “star quality” by Opera News, Polish-American soprano Magdalena Kuźma is currently a member of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Program and made her mainstage Met debut in the 23-24 season as Giannetta L’elisir d’amore. A graduate of The Juilliard School and Yale University, Magdalena won the First Prizes at the Butler International Competition and Pasadena Vocal Competition in 2022 and won Second Prizes at the Metropolitan Opera Regionals, Rochester International, Washington International, and Shreveport Opera competitions. She is also a proud graduate of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program, Santa Fe Opera, Ravinia Festival, Renée Fleming’s Song Studio at Carnegie Hall, and Houston Grand Opera's Young Artists Vocal Academy.

An avid recitalist, Kuźma recently performed with LyricFest and made her Wigmore Hall debut in November 2023. Other recital debuts this season include performances at the The Green Music Center, Merkin Hall, Newport Classical Music Festival, Bruno Walter Theater, and the Society of the Four Arts.

Recent projects include Juliette Roméo et Juliette at The Glimmerglass Festival, Pamina Die Zauberflöte at Opera Orlando, Frasquita Carmen at Santa Fe Opera, Adina L’elisir d’amore at Yale Opera, Lila Cold Mountain with Music Academy of the West, Blanche Dialogues de Carmélites and Anna Die Sieben Todsünden with Oberlin Opera, Miles Turn of the Screw and Giannetta L’elisir d’amore at Chautauqua Opera, and Drusilla L’incoronazione di Poppea at Teatro Petrarca. On the concert scene, she has performed Mahler Symphony No.4 with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra.

This season projects at the Metropolitan Opera include Sister Catherine Dead Man Walking, Papagena The Magic Flute, and Yvette La Rondine. Other projects include her role debut as Susanna Le nozze di Figaro at the Aspen Music Festival, her recital debut at the Cincinnati Song Initiative, Mahler Symphony No. 4 with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra.

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