Essence / Various - Essence [CD]

Anna Lasota - vocalist, actress, one of the best Polish voices on the musical theatre and film scene in Poland. A soloist of the Musical Theatre in Poznan, where she has performed outstanding leading roles, awarded with the Jan Kiepura Prize for the Best Musical Theatre Vocalist in 2016 and the Young Art Medal in 2019. Anna Lasota graduated from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and since the very beginning of her career she has been performing both classical and original music repertoire. The artist has been affiliated with the Musical Theatre in Poznan since 2008. She has played there leading roles in the musical theatre and operetta repertoires. She has given the performances, adored by the audience, of Adela in 'Die Fledermaus', Eurydice in 'Orpheus and Eurydice', Eliza in 'My Fair Lady', Eva Peron in 'Evita', Maria Magdalena in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' or, more recently, of Morticia in 'The Addams Family'. Since 2011, she has participated in major film music events in Poland and Germany, each time being applauded by the audience of a dozen thousand people. Together with, inter alia, the Polish Radio Orchestra and renowned choral ensembles, she has prepared monographic concerts presenting Hans Zimmer's or John Williams' music. "In musical theatre and cinema, loved by Ania with a reciprocal affection, a human voice should always tell us - the audience - a story. This voice must be reliable, though fabulously flexible at the same time. Her voice is not just excellently prepared in technical terms. Each time Ania develops it by combining technique, imagination and sensitivity. And that is why whenever she is singing about something, I do believe her." (Magda Miska-Jackowska, RMF Classic)