Praised by the Boston Globe for “a rich voice that could go in a blink from speaking to soaring,” soprano Paulina Swierczek is a vibrant storyteller, combining technical facility with a passion for communication. Concert highlights include Handel’s Messiah, Strauss’s Four Songs, op. 27, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Egmont, op. 84, Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. Favorite roles include Brunnhilde (Die Walkure, Siegfried), Therese (Les Mamelles du Tiresias), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), The New Prioress (Les dialogues des Carmelites), and the Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro). A Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center (‘17+’18), she has premiered works at the Festival of Contemporary Music, performed with the TMCO (Sieben fruhe Lieder, Chantefleurs et Chantefables) and has been featured in numerous cantatas of J. S. Bach under John Harbison. She made her debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andris Nelsons as a soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in the 19/20 season, and was recently seen as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kevin Fitzgerald. Among others, Paulina has also appeared with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Little Orchestra Society, The Orchestra Now and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Her 22/23 season includes her role and company debut as Donna Elvira in Toronto City Opera’s Don Giovanni as well as concert performances with the Union College Orchestra and Downtown Music at Grace.