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BIOGRAPHY  
 

Since 2006 Karolina Gumos has been engaged as a house soloist at the Komische Oper Berlin. Future parts here include Rosina in Rossini´s "The Barber of Seville" and Guiletta in Offenbachs "The Tales of Hoffmann", Prinz Orlofsky in  "The Fledermaus" and Dorabella in Mozarts "Cosi fan tutte"..

The mezzosoprano KAROLINA GUMOS was born in Gdynia (Poland). She studied the violin before turning to singing. After successfully completing her Recital Diploma at the Poznan Music College with Professor Wojciech Maciejowski in 2001 she decided to continue advanced studies as a mezzo-soprano with Professor Anneliese Fried at the Hanns Eisler  music college in Berlin. 

Whilst still a student she performed frequently in oratorios by Bach, Händel, Mozart and Pergolesi. Karolina Gumos attended masterclasses and took part in numerous radio and television broadcasts with ARTE and the ZDF in Germany and Polish Radio 1. She has been invited to festivals such as "Ruhrtriennale" in Duisburg, "Vratislavia Cantans" in Wroclaw, Schloss Rheinsberg Chamber Opera Festival and the Lutoslawski Festival. She has been a prizewinner in the international Ada Sari Singing Competition. 

From 2002 to 2005 she was engaged as a house soloist at the Dortmund Opera by the director of opera, Christine Mielitz. Here she was singing   such roles as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Annina (Rosenkavalier), Fenena (Nabucco), Cherubino (Figaro), Olga (Eugen Onegin), Suzuki (Madame Butterfly) und Dorabella (Cosi fan Tutte). 

In 2005/06 she was engaged as a house soloist at the State Theater Braunschweig. Here she sang roles such as Nicklausse / La Muse ( Contes d´ Hoffmann), Ottavia (L´incorinazione di Poppea), Sextus (La Clemenza di Tito) and the title role in the first performance in Germany of Philippe Boesmans´"Julie".

She has performed with famous conductors (such as Reinhard Schwarz, Pedro Halffter, Ion Marin, Ferdinand Layer, Jörg Peter Weigle,  Eugeniusz Kus,  Gernot Schulz and Arthur Fagen) and she has also worked with opera producers as Willy Decker, Hans Neuenfels, Christine Mielitz, Udo Samel, Beverly Blankenship, Lucas Kindermann, Uwe Schwarz and Martin Schüler). She has guest contracts with the Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla, the Hamburg State Opera , the BESETO Opera Seoul,  and has given concerts in Spain, Poland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Korea.

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