Polish baritone Daniel Miroslaw is establishing himself as a powerful dramatic baritone, with a repertoire centred on Verdi, Puccini and the major dramatic roles of the Italian and Slavic repertoire. Recent seasons have brought debuts at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra national du Rhin, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Theater an der Wien and Theater St. Gallen, alongside appearances at Staatsoper Hannover and Opernhaus Zürich. His signature roles include Iago in Otello, Scarpia in Tosca, Gérard in Andrea Chénier and the title role of Don Giovanni.

2026/27 SEASON

Daniel Miroslaw opens the 2026/27 season as Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca at Denmark’s Opera Hedeland Festival, conducted by Carlo Goldstein and directed by Rodula Gaitanou. He subsequently makes his role debut as the Magician Tchelio in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges at the Opéra de Lyon, in Laurent Pelly’s production conducted by Dmitry Matvienko. The production is also presented in concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Later in the season, Miroslaw returns to the role of Tchelio as the production travels to the Opéra national du Rhin, with performances in Strasbourg and Mulhouse conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov and Sunny Xia.

Returning to one of his signature Verdi roles, Miroslaw appears as Iago in Otello at the Teatr Wielki in Łódź. He concludes the season with another major engagement as Iago at Theater St. Gallen’s summer festival, in a new open-air production directed by Krystian Lada and conducted by Pietro Rizzo.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

In summer 2026, Miroslaw made his debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten, in Barrie Kosky’s new production with the Orchestre de Paris. Other recent highlights include Radcliffe in Britten’s Billy Budd at the Opéra de Lyon, Iago in Verdi’s Otello at Staatsoper Stuttgart and Staatsoper Hannover, and Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Theater an der Wien.

Further engagements have included Alfio and Tonio in Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci at the Opéra de Toulon, Gérard in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier at Theater St. Gallen, Scarpia and Marcello at the Teatr Wielki in Łódź, Kuligin in Janáček’s Katja Kabanova at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, and the title role in Don Giovanni in Lublin.

During his time at Staatsoper Hannover, Miroslaw appeared in a wide range of repertoire, including the title role in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan and Vodník in Dvořák’s Rusalka. He has also appeared at Opernhaus Zürich, Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile and Glyndebourne Festival.

Miroslaw is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Academy of Music in Łódź.

SELECTED ROLES

Iago · Otello
Staatsoper Hannover · Staatsoper Stuttgart · Opéra national du Rhin

Scarpia · Tosca
Opéra national de Lorraine · Opéra de Toulon · Teatr Wielki Łódź · Opera Hedeland

Gérard · Andrea Chénier
Theater St. Gallen

Don Giovanni · Don Giovanni
Teatro Municipal de Santiago · Wrocław Opera · Teatr Wielki Lublin

Alfio & Tonio · Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
Opéra de Toulon