Anna Cymmerman

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Anna Cymmerman is a Polish operatic soprano. She studied at the Academy of Music in Łódź where she majored in Vocal Acting and Performance and graduated with honors in June, 2000. While a student, she debuted as a soloist in the Grand Theatre, Łódź. There, she performed in Polish as Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites directed by Krzysztof Kelm.{{cite web |title=Anna Cymmerman |url=https://encyklopediateatru.pl/osoby/27121/anna-cymmerman |website=Elektroniczna Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego |language=pl}} For this role, she was judged the best opera debut of the 1999/2000 season. She has since performed in opera productions in Austria, Denmark, Holland, and Germany.[https://cyfrowemuzeum.operalodz.com/person/anna-cymmerman/ "Anna Cymmerman profile"], Grand Theatre, Łódź Her performance in Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater at Chicago's International Music Theater was considered a great success. She sang in a concert organized by the Polish embassy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for more than 1000 IOC representatives.[https://encyklopediateatru.pl/artykuly/58458/pekin-anna-cymmerman-zaspiewa-na-olimpiadzie "Anna Cymmerman zaśpiewa na olimpiadzie"], [Anna Cymmerman to sing at the Olympics] by Renata Sas, Express ilustrowany, 5 September 2008

Cymmerman's repertoire of leading roles includes Elvira in Verdi's Ernani; Corinna in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims; Neddy in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Marguerite in Gounod's Faust; the title role of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur (Grand Theatre);[https://encyklopediateatru.pl/artykuly/5344/lodz-przed-premiera-adrianny-lecouvreur "Wystawna 'Adrianna...'] by Renata Sas, Express ilustrowany, 21 October 2004 the Countess in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and the title role in Stanisław Moniuszko's The Countess. In the lighter repertoire, her roles include Sylva in Kálmán's Die Csárdásfürstin, Hanna Glawari in Lehár's The Merry Widow, Rosalinde in Strauss' Die Fledermaus, the Widow in Kander's Zorba, and Clara in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.