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 Justyna Giermola brings a traditional European flavor to opera with a layered, luxuriant voice, and striking beauty. The critics called her a soprano with a rich, velvety timbre, during her performance with the Glens Falls Symphony. Her voice was described as “sparkling” and “pristine” as the featured soloist in Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. “She displays all the qualities for a young soprano on her way to a wonderful career in opera.”
As a young artist Justyna joined the Aspen Opera Theater in 2004, International Institute of Vocal Arts in 2005, and the New Jersey State Opera West Essex Guild where she performed the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni in 2010 and in the title role as Tosca for Playhouse 22 in 2010, a reprise of her 2009 Tosca performance for the New Jersey Opera Guild. Additional previous appearances include excerpts as Mimi in La Boheme, Nedda in Pagliacchi, and Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana in 2012. She performed as La Suora Infermiera in Suor Angelicain 2010.
On the international stage Ms. Giermola made her European debut at the Polish National Opera House (Teatre Wielki) in Warsaw, Poland where she was featured in a critically acclaimed concert promoting the works of the national composer Stanislaw Moniuszko. Ms. Giermola is also a featured soloist in the “Palac Radziejowice” yearly summer concert series in Warsaw, Poland held every August. With the Polish Theatre Institute of NYC she sang the title role of Czerwony Kapturek (Little Red Riding Hood) in Rzeszow, Poland and was featured as the Ingénue in a cabaret that the group performed for the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York.
Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Giermola has performed as the featured soloist in Mozart’s Requiemand Missa Brevis, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Handel’s Messiah. Some of her favorite performances have included Schumann’s Frauenliebe und leben, Rossini’s La regata venezianaand Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder.
Justyna recently returned from Zaragoza, Spain where she participated in 2012 at the Montserrat Caballe International Singing Competition and was chosen among the top 30 finalists out of over 300 participants. Additionally she was a Semi-finalist at the 2010Opera atFlorham Violetta Dupont Vocal Competition, a Semi-finalist in the 7th International Stanislaw Moniuszko Vocal Competition, and the Winner of the 2007 Marcella Sembrich Competition.
In 2013, Ms. Giermola sang the roles of Auretta in Motzart's L'oca del Cairo for Garden State Opera, Violetta in La Traviata for Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, the Mother in Hansel and Gretel at the Carl Pfeifer PAC, the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors for Bravo Alliance, as the featured soloist in Winter Song at St. Anthony of Padua, a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall with Operafest. 2014 found Justyna as Micaela in Carmen and Musetta in La Boheme with Eastern Opera Company, Liu in Turandot, Musetta in La Boheme, Nedda in Pagliacci. Upcoming for Justyna will be Elvira in Don Giovanni for Eastern Opera Company in 2015
A US Citizen, Justyna resides in Fort Lee, New Jersey where she continues to work with her voice teacher Josephine Mongiardo, and coach David Maiullo weekly. A recent addition to her vocal advisors is noted voice coach William Vendice, whom she is working with on a regular basis in New York and Los Angeles.
ROLES PERFORMED
TOSCA, Tosca, Eastern Opera, 2015
ELVIRA, Don Giovanni, Eastern Opera Company, 2015
NEDDA, Pagliacci, Eastern Opera Company, 2014
MUSETTA, La Boheme, Eastern Opera Company, 2014
MUSETTA, La Boheme, New Jersey Verisimo Opera, 2014
LIU, Turandot, Bravo Alliance, 2014
MICAELA, Carmen, Eastern Opera Company, 2014
MOTHER (GERTRUDE), Hansel and Gretel, Opera 691, Carl Pfeifer PAC
AURETTA, L’Oca el Cairo, Garden State Opera Theater, 2013
VIOLETTA, La Traviata*, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, 2013
MOTHER, Amahl & The Night Visitors, Bravo Alliance, 2013
SUORA INFERMIERA, Suor Angelica, Opera 691, 2012
HALKA, Halka*, Palac Radziejowice, 2012
MIMI, La Boheme*, Bravo Alliance, 2012
SANTUZZA, Cavalleria Rusticana*, Bravo Alliance, 2012
NEDDA, Pagliacci*, Bravo Alliance, 2012
TOSCA, Tosca, Playhouse 22, 2011
TOSCA, Tosca, New Jersey State Opera Guild, 2010
DONNA ELVIRA, Don Giovanni, New Jersey State Opera Guild, 2009
RED RIDING HOOD, Revenge of Little Red Riding Hood, Polish Theater Institute, 2008
MERCEDES, Carmen, The Downtown Symphony, 2007
*Excerpts
ORATORIO AND CONCERT APPEARANCES AS A SOLOIST
Requiem, Mozart, Masterworks Chorus & Orchestra, 2015
Requiem, Brahms, Masterworks Chorus & Orchestra, 2014
Mozart's Journey, Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, 2014
Soloist, OperaFest, Carnegi Hall, 2013
Winter Song, St. Anthony of Padua, 2013
Archidecezja Inauguracja Roku Wiary, Dom Kultury, 2012
Recital, Centrum Kultury Muza, 2012
Recital –Polskie Kwiaty, Dom Kultury, 2012
Koncert Mlodych Talentow, Palac Radziejowice, 2009
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Mahler, Glen Falls Symphony, 2008
Requiem, Mozart, 1st Presb. Church of Ridgewood, 2005
MUSICAL TRAINING
2004 Aspen Opera Theater Center – Aspen Music Festival
Voice Teachers: Josephine Mongiardo*, Eduardo Valdes*, Charles Kellis.
Voice Coaches: David Maiullo*, Kathy Olsen*, William Vendice.
* Current
EDUCATION
MM Degree in Vocal Performance – New Jersey City University, 2005;
BM in Vocal Performance – Seaton Hall University, 2002.
AWARDS
2012 Finalist – Montserrat Caballe International Vocal Competition; 2010 Finalist – Opera at Florham Violetta Dupont Vocal Competition; First Place – 2007 Marcell Sembrich Vocal Competition.
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