Mateusz Ługowski
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In the 2025/2026 season, Mateusz Ługowski returns to Wrocław Opera as Miecznik (Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor/Straszny Dwór), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), and Jochanaan (Salome), and to the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk as Marcello (La bohème). At the Teatro Communale di Bolzano, he gave his house and role debuts as Creon and Messenger in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex under Donato Renzetti, which was also recorded and broadcast by the RAI.
His 2024/25 season included several debuts on major Polish opera stages: at the Baltic Opera in the role of Marcello (La bohème), at Wrocław Opera as Escamillo (Carmen), at the Polish National Opera (TWON) in Warsaw as Monterone (Rigoletto), and at the Baltic Opera Festival as First Nazarene (Salome). At Hamburg State Opera, he could be heard as the Boyar-in-Attendance (Boris Godunov), as Baron Douphol (La traviata), the notary (Don Pasquale) and as Billy Jackrabbit (La fanciulla del West).
During the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, Mateusz Ługowski was a member of the International Opera Studio at Hamburg State Opera, where he performed a wide range of roles. These included Wagner (Faust), Policeman (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Messer Amantio di Nicolao (Gianni Schicchi), Boyar-in-Attendance (Boris Godunov), Marchese d’Obigny and Il Barone Douphol (La traviata), Marullo (Rigoletto), Benoît (La bohème), il Principe Yamadori (Madama Butterfly), Captain (Eugene Onegin) and Billy Jackrabbit (La fanciulla del West). In 2023/24, he also gave his house debut at the Grand Theatre in Poznań as Escamillo (Carmen) and Lescaut (Manon Lescaut).
He has collaborated with esteemed conductors such as Stefano Ranzani, Paolo Carignani, Kent Nagano, Giampaolo Bisanti, Alexander Joel, Yaroslav Shemet, Aleksander Gref, Matteo Beltrami, Finnegan Downie Dear, Marco Guidarini, Nicolas André, Vladimir Kiradjiev, Grzegorz Wierus, and Andriy Yurkevych and directors, including Krzysztof Cicheński, Romuald Wicza-Pokojski, Axel Ranish, Angelina Nikonova, Frank Castorf, Rares Zaharia, and Gerard Jones.
Mateusz Ługowski graduated with distinction in vocal performance from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in 2024. He is a laureate of several international vocal competitions, including second prize and the ZASP award at the Viva Calisia Competition in Kalisz (2022), and the Special Career Development Support award from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden at the Belvedere Singing Competition (2022).
He has received numerous accolades for his artistic achievements, including the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Award (2022/2023), the title of Student of the Year (2023/2024), and multiple scholarships from the Rector of the Academy of Music in Poznań.
Mateusz Ługowski previously earned his degree in choral conducting from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in 2022. His conducting debut took place at the Polish Dance Theatre in Poznań and the Kaunas Philharmonic, where he conducted Widma by Stanisław Moniuszko.
October 2025 – For the most recent biography, please contact Bartosz Jakobczak
