18 Facts About Adrianne Pieczonka

Adrianne Pieczonka, OC is a Canadian operatic soprano singer.

Adrianne Pieczonka graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1985, and from the Opera School of the University of Toronto in 1988.

Adrianne Pieczonka made her professional stage debut with the Canadian Opera Company in 1988 singing The Female Prisoner in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtensk.

Adrianne Pieczonka moved to Europe in 1988 and quickly won first prize at the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands as well as First Prize at the International Singing Competition in La Plaine-sur-Mer, France, in 1988.

Adrianne Pieczonka became a member of the Vienna Volksoper in 1989 where her roles included Countess Almaviva, Donna Elvira, Laura and Tatyana.

Adrianne Pieczonka moved to London, England in 1995, and made her British debut at Glyndebourne as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, returning there for Arabella in 1996.

Adrianne Pieczonka made her debut at the Royal Opera House as Donna Anna in 2002.

Adrianne Pieczonka moved back to Toronto, Canada in 2005 and performed regularly with the Canadian Opera Company.

Adrianne Pieczonka was awarded a Dora Award for her outstanding portrayal of Sieglinde in the 2004 production of Die Walkure.

Adrianne Pieczonka debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 2004 as Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades.

Adrianne Pieczonka has performed with the world's leading opera companies for over three decades.

Adrianne Pieczonka made her Salzburg Festival debut in 2001 singing a concert version of Lohengrin and has since sung Elisabetta, The Marschallin and Leonore at this prestigious festival.

Adrianne Pieczonka made her Bayreuth Festival debut in 2006, singing Sieglinde in Die Walkure and was hailed by Die Zeit as "The Sieglinde of our time" Adrianne Pieczonka returned to Bayreuth to sing Senta in The Flying Dutchman in 2012.

Adrianne Pieczonka has worked with the world's finest conductors in concert and opera including Sir Georg Solti, Christian Thielemann, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Pierre Boulez, James Levine, Semyon Bychkov, Kent Nagano, Sir Colin Davis, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Donald Runnicles, Philippe Jordan, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and Richard Bradshaw, among many others.

In March 2007, Adrianne Pieczonka was invested as an Austrian Kammersangerin.

Adrianne Pieczonka has received Honorary Doctorates from McMaster University, Hamilton and from her alma mater, University of Western Ontario.

Adrianne Pieczonka received a Ruby Award from Opera Canada in 2015.

Adrianne Pieczonka is a Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada as well as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.