These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut for Magdalena Kuźma.

In the 24/25 season, Polish-American soprano Magdalena Kuźma returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Papagena in a production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute; in December of 2025, she appeared in Warsaw with the National Opera of Poland in The Magic Flute as Pamina. Other recent projects include her debut as Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the Aspen Music Festival, her recital debut at the Cincinnati Song Initiative, Mahler Symphony No. 4 with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Santa Rosa Symphony, and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra.

A graduate of The Julliard School and Yale University, Kuźma was a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program and is a recipient of the George London Award 2025. She won the KF Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition in 2024 and first prizes at the Butler Opera International Competition and Pasadena Vocal Competition in 2022. She is a graduate of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program, Santa Fe Opera, Ravinia Festival, Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall, and Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists Vocal Academy.