Joanna Zawartko

Biography Highlights

Contessa Le Nozze di Figaro, Desdemona Otello with Wrocław Opera, Cio-Cio-San Madama Butterfly with Polish National Opera and Landestheater Linz, Lena in Noskowski’s Wyrok with Teatr Wielki Poznan, Tatyana Eugene Onegin & Tamara in Rubinstein’s The Demon with Staatstheater Nürnberg, Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème, the title roles in Moniuszko’s Halka and Szymanowski’s Hagith, as well as Amelia in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, with Oper Graz, Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Landestheater Linz, the Grand Theatre in Łódź, the Wrocław Opera. 

Laureate of 9th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition
Laureate of the 49th Antonín Dvořák International Vocal Competition 
“Discovery of the Year" at Coryphaeus of Polish Music 2018

Reviews & Press

Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Cio-Cio-San

Joanna Zawartko berührt als Cio-Cio-San, genannt Madame Butterfly, zutiefst mit einer so wandelbaren, ausdrucksstarken Stimme und intensiver Bühnenpräsenz.

 

- Carola Baumann-Moritz , pnp.de

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Joanna Zawartko macht mit ihrer ausdrucks- und wandlungsreichen Stimme die Titelrolle zur vielbejubelten Sensation.

 

volksblatt.at

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Der Jubel um den stimmgewaltigen Auftritt von Joanna Zawartko, die als Madama Butterfly gerade in einer fast drei Stunden dauernden One-Woman-Show abgeliefert hat, will nicht verebben.

 

- Helmut Atteneder, , nachrichten.at

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Szymanowski - Litany to the Virgin Mary & Francis Poulenc - Stabat Mater

The soprano Joanna Zawartko was emotionally moving in her approach to both the music and the poetry

 

- Michael Moran

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Outstanding performances were delivered by [...] as well as the soloist in both pieces, soprano Joanna Zawartko, with her beautiful timbre.

 

- Dorota Szwarcman

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Mendelssohn - Lobgesang

... quite differently from how Joanna Zawartko articulated them, giving them a soft, poetic expression while flexibly, fluidly, and nobly shaping the melodic lines. The duet of the sopranos [...] sounded captivating, with both soloists and the orchestra consistently emphasizing the darker overtones, which made the voices ring softly and soothingly.

 

- Łucja Siedlik , Ruch Muzyczny

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Szymanowski - Hagith - Hagith

[...]the resonant, silvery soprano of Joanna Zawartko in the title role rose above all the rest, soaring in a flowing cantilena, and her singing never for a moment seemed forced.

 

maestro.net

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In the title role of Hagith, Joanna Zawartko was very convincing, endowed with a dark and powerful yet lyrically expressive soprano — a confident and reliable artist, working in excellent harmony with the other musicians.

 

- Dorota Kozińska

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Yesterday’s success would not have been possible without the soloists. Here, Joanna Zawartko in the title role came to the fore, possessing a beautiful, powerful soprano and conveying the heroine’s emotions of the drama with her voice.

 

- Anna Woźniakowska

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Henryk M. Górecki - Symphony No. 3 Symphony of sorrowful songs

Hlas poskej sopranistky Joanny Zawartko sa pôsobivo a expresívne vznášal nad hustou orchestrálnou faktúrou a prispel ku katarznému vyzneniu Symfónie žalospevov.

 

Hudobný život

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Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin - Tchaikovsky

Z przyjemnością słucha się Joanny Zawartko w bezbłędnej wokalnie partii Tatiany.

 

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Moniuszko - Halka - Halka

Joanna Zawartko, with her natural charm, highlighted the inner beauty of her character.

 

- Iwona Karpińska , Cameral Music

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It is worth — and indeed necessary — to remember the excellently prepared soloists, including soprano Joanna Zawartko, who breathed true emotion into the role of Halka, [...]

 

- wroclaw.pl

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Joanna Zawartko was extraordinary, movingly conveying the drama of the title character, [...]

 

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Giuseppe Verdi - Otello - DESDEMONA

Wonderful Joanna Zawartko as Desdemona, with her pure lyrical soprano that reveals everything — tenderness, horror, and mortal fear — with the Willow Song as the culmination.

 

- Ursula Wiegand , Online Merker

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At a glance: Joanna Zawartko: news & press

2025-08-13

 Joanna Zawartko joins TACT

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