Jerzy Kozlowski, Bass

Jerzy’s extensive choral experience began in England, working with The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, the Collegium Musicum of London and the Saltarello Choir. After moving to Australia, Jerzy worked regularly with the Victoria State Opera and has performed with Opera Australia in every Melbourne season since 1996. He has also worked with Ozopera, Melbourne Opera Company, Operalive, Melbourne City Opera and Victorian Opera in roles such as Sparafucile in Rigoletto, the title role in Nyman’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Grandpa Moss in Copland’s The Tender Land, Dr Bartolo in Barber of Seville and Leuthold in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell.  Jerzy has sung solo with all major Melbourne choral groups in repertoire ranging from Handel’s Messiah to Verdi’s Requiem and solo recitals include performances of Shostakovich’s Suite on Verses by Michelangelo and Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin. He has performed in many premieres of works by Australian composers such as Richard Mills, Johanna Selleck, Helen Gifford and Iain Grandage, including two song cycles written especially for him by Michael Bertram and Lawrence Whiffin. Recent performances have included the solo roles of Christus in Arvo Pärt’s Passio and also James Macmillan’s Since It Was the Day of Preparation, an Australian premiere.