Anna Jeruc - Soprano
Anna Jeruc is a native of Olecko, Poland, and graduated with a Masters of Music from the Vocal and Acting Faculty in Breslau.
During her time in Poland, Anna was the winner of many vocal competitions and recipient of numerous awards. Among others: International Voice Competition Duszniki Zdrój (III Prize), 2003; Competition for Young Opera Singers Katowice (III Prize), 2002; Suwalki Song Vocal Competition (II Prize), 2001; Moniuszko Competition Podlasie, 2001; Prize for Moniuszko Song, 2001; Halska Competition Wrocaw (Prizewinner). In 2002 and 2003 Anna was awarded The Suwalki President Scholarship. She has partitipated in vocal masterclasses with Carl Richrdson (Hamburg), H.Lazarska (Wien), M.Foltyn (Warsaw) - (concert debut in The Great Theater Warsaw) and Kaludi Kaludov.
Anna has appeared on the operatic stage and concert platform in the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Denmark. Operatic credits include Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Monica in The Medium and Magda in The Consul by G.C.Menotti, Minerva in Orpheus in the Underworld and Leona in La belle Hélène, Musetta in La bohème. She has sung the title role in UK professional premiere tour of Halka by St. Moniuszko.
She has worked for various opera companies and festivals in Europe such as Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (dir. Rolf Beck), Wratislavia Cantans (dir.Paul McCreesh), Heritage Opera, Opera London, Unexpected Opera, Merry Opera, CCO, Opera Nova, Harrow Opera, Imperial Productions and Athenaeum Theater.
She is currently singing the role of Violetta with Merry Opera in Verdi's La Traviata (February - July 2012) and will be touring the same role along with taking part in opera galas with European Chamber Opera during April 2012. This summer, she will sing the role of Kate Pinkerton with Opera Brava in Puccini's Madame Butterfly (June - August 2012), and in the Autumn, she will sing the role of Pamina in Mozart's Magic Flute in Wexford Festival Opera's ShortWorks programme (October - November 2012).
Reviews
Violetta (La Traviata - Merry Opera, 2012)
"But for once – just once – I was engaged here, by a Polish soprano called Anna Jeruc-Kopec who has a quality of voice beyond the reasonable expectations of a little show like this, and a theatrical intensity to match. The timbre of the voice is pearly, almost Gheorghiu-like, with fierce attack and a generally secure coloratura. But above all, she's incredibly moving and dies so beautifully that for the first time ever (and I mean this) Violetta's last gasps drew a small tear from my tired old critic's seen-it-all-before eyes."
Michael White (The Telegraph, February 2012)
"Anna Jeruc-Kopec.....notes come with a coquettishness and vulnerability that goes straight to the senses. They're beautifully controlled too, her first act tour de force explosive, yet not too large.."
Kieron Quirke (Evening Standard, February 2012)
"Anna Jeruc-Kopec was hugely successful as Violetta, stretching over the dramatic range the part demands.."
Paul Kilbey (Bachtrack, February 2012)
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