Polish bass-baritone

MichałKarski

Mozart · Verdi · Bizet · Korngold · J. Strauss

“whose deep, almost cavernous bass holds our attention”Classical Music Daily · La traviata, Strasbourg, 2025

Opéra · 2021 — 2026
Next· Oldenburgisches Staatstheater· 30 Aug 2026· Oldenburg
The artist

Biography

Michał Karski is a Polish bass-baritone, born in 1996. A graduate of the Dutch National Opera Academy in the class of Hanneke de Wit, he was a member of the Opéra national du Rhin Opera Studio from 2023 to 2025.

At the Opéra national du Rhin he has appeared as Doctor Grenvil in La traviata, Mr Bellomy in The Fantasticks and the Third Robber in Les Trois Brigands, sung the title role in Brundibár, and performed in Barrie Kosky's Sweeney Todd. In 2026 he returns to Strasbourg as the Third Judge in Korngold's Das Wunder der Heliane.

In concert he has sung Zuniga in Carmen with the Strasbourg University Orchestra, appeared in L'elisir d'amore and Don Giovanni at St Paul's Cathedral in London, and made his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.

Voice
Bass-baritone
Education
Dutch National Opera Academy
Opera Studio
Opéra national du Rhin, 2023–2025
Calendar

Upcoming concerts

30 Aug 2026Oldenburg

Aus Haydns Opernschatz

Soloist · Oldenburgisches Staatstheater · Musikfest Bremen · Orchestra of the 18th Century, cond. Zephyr Brüggen

Info
2026Strasbourg

Das Wunder der Heliane — Korngold

Third Judge · Opéra national du Rhin · date to be confirmed

date to be confirmed
On stage

Repertoire

Mozart

PapagenoDie ZauberflöteGuglielmoCosì fan tutteBartoloLe nozze di Figaro

Stage roles

ZunigaCarmen · Bizet
Il dottor GrenvilLa traviata · Verdi
BrundibárBrundibár · Krása
FrankDie Fledermaus · J. Strauss II
AchillaCleopatra e Cesare · Graun
Le Baron de PictorduCendrillon · Viardot
Les six JugesDas Wunder der Heliane · Korngold

Music theatre

BellomyThe Fantasticks · Schmidt
Troisième BrigandLes Trois Brigands · Puntos
SoloistSweeney Todd · Sondheim
Watch & listen

Video

Sweeney Todd — trailer (Opéra national du Rhin)
Sweeney Todd — trailer (Opéra national du Rhin)
Ro & DNOA: Die Fledermaus
Ro & DNOA: Die Fledermaus
Mozart programme — rehearsal (Residentie Orkest × DNOA)
Mozart programme — rehearsal (Residentie Orkest × DNOA)
Bredewegfestival: Opera zonder Straat 2021
Bredewegfestival: Opera zonder Straat 2021
Archive

Selected performances

2026 Das Wunder der Heliane · Les six Juges Nederlandse Reisopera
2025 Le nozze di Figaro · Bartolo Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
2025 Sweeney Todd · Soloist · dir. Barrie Kosky Opéra national du Rhin
2025 Brundibár · title role Opéra national du Rhin
2025 La traviata · Il dottor Grenvil Opéra national du Rhin
2024 Les Trois Brigands · Troisième Brigand Opéra national du Rhin
2024 Carmen · Zuniga Orchestre Universitaire de Strasbourg
2022 Die Zauberflöte · Papageno Dutch National Opera Academy

Full performance archive 2021–2026 on Operabase.

Contact & booking

Enquiries about performances and collaboration