Karyl Ryczek, soprano

Karyl Ryczek, soprano, has enjoyed a varied and rich performance career on the opera, oratorio and concert stages. Her singing has been described as intelligent, dramatically informed and in possession of opulent tone. A frequent soloist with the Cantata Singers, Ms. Ryczek has also appeared with Boston Baroque, the Monadnock Music Festival, Boston Musica Viva in addition to numerous orchestral engagements. Ms. Ryczek made her Symphony Hall debut with the Cantata Singers in a world premier of T.J. Anderson’s, Slavery Documents II and in a remounted performance of Donald Sur’s, Slavery Documents.

She made her Boston operatic debut with Collage New Music in a premier of Charles Fussel’s chamber opera, Astronaut’s Tale. Ms. Ryczek also created the role of Madame Dubarry in the opera, Grace, a production created for Opera on the Edge.
She has performed the widely popular Third Symphony of Gorecki with the Boston University Orchestra and she has performed Robert Kapilow’s children’s operas, Green Eggs and Ham and Gertrude McFuzz with the Hingham Symphony.

Favoring the recital stage, Ms. Ryczek has sung the Boston premiers of Aaron Jay Kernis’ song cycle, Valentines and of Revol Bunin’s Russian song cycle, Romance. She has also premiered the work of John Harbison. Ms. Ryczek sang with the Grammy Award winning Pacifica String Quartet in a performance earlier this season at the Regatta Bar in Cambridge.

This season she will perform works of Benjamin Britten and Yehudi Wyner with Cantata Singers and Alea III. A world premier of a song cycle written for her by composer Paul Brust is scheduled for a recording later in the year. 

Ms. Ryczek is an adjunct professor of voice at Bridgewater State College in addition to serving as the Chair Voice at the Longy School of Music.