Polish tenor Tadeusz Szlenkier’s recent and upcoming engagements include his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Das Tier Antikrist, Der Kaiser Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Don Alvaro La Forza del Destino at the Polish National Opera. He also appears as Ctirad in Šárka at the Prague National Theatre and as Mario Cavaradossi Tosca at the Ópera Nacional de Chile and the Kraków Opera. Other highlights include Turiddu Cavalleria Rusticana and Canio Pagliacci with the Opéra de Toulon and the Opéra de Saint-Étienne, and the title roles in Parsifal and Lohengrin at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. He also performs Silvanus Schuller in Penderecki’s Die schwarze Maske with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
His extensive repertoire includes Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, the Prince Rusalka, Manrico Il Trovatore, the Italian Singer Der Rosenkavalier, Don José Carmen, the title role Don Carlo, Gustavo Un ballo in maschera, Emperor Die Frau ohne Schatten, Leicester Maria Stuarda, Jontek Halka, Shepherd Szymanowski’s King Roger, Stefan The Haunted Manor, Le Chevalier des Grieux Manon, Ismaele Nabucco, Sinodal The Demon, and the Male Chorus The Rape of Lucretia.
He has collaborated with esteemed conductors such as Joana Mallwitz, Patrick Fournillier, Björn Huestege, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Guido Johannes Rumstadt, Edward Cumming, Leon Botstein, Giuseppe Grazioli, Jeremy Silver, Antoni Wit, Uwe Theimer, and Eraldo Salmieri.