Hubert Kowalczyk

Hubert Kowalczyk’s 2026/2027 season will be highlighted by his role and house debut at Teatr Wielki — Opera Narodowa in Warsaw, where he will sing the bass solo in Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem under the baton of Yoel Gamzou, as well as by his company and role debut with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, as Tierbändiger and Athlet in a concert performance of Alban Berg’s Lulu, conducted by Sakari Oramo.

Hubert Kowalczyk has been a member of the Hamburg State Opera ensemble since 2021, where he has appeared in roles such as Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Colline (La bohème), Crespel (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Eremit (Der Freischütz), Ferrando (Il trovatore), Oroveso (Norma), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), and Zuniga (Carmen).

Guest engagements have taken him to renowned stages across Europe, including the Zurich Opera House (as Nourabad in Les pêcheurs de perles and Truffaldin in Ariadne auf Naxos), the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin (as Zuniga in Carmen), Theater Basel (as Fasolt in Das Rheingold), and the Bregenz Festival (as Haly in L’italiana in Algeri).

He has also appeared as a guest soloist with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.

Hubert Kowalczyk completed his vocal studies at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin, where he studied with Prof. Martin Bruns and Prof. Dr. Mikhail Lanskoi. In 2019, he joined the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera and was subsequently accepted into the house’s ensemble.