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About Gabriela

­­­Hailed as "the star of the evening" (Orfeo), Polish soprano Gabriela Legun has a voice praised for its golden warmth and dramatic conviction across an increasingly international career. The 2026/27 season brings a run of major role and house debuts. At Teatr Wielki (Polish National Opera), Gabriela debuts as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, alongside Roxana in King Roger, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. She makes her house debut as Desdemona in Otello at Teatr Wielki Łódź, with further engagements including Mimì in La bohème, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Micaëla in Carmen at Opera Śląska, Bytom; Mimì and Micaëla at Opera Bałtycka, Gdańsk; and Antonia at Opera Wrocław. 

Recent seasons have brought a string of notable debuts at Polish National Opera, including Amelia Grimaldi in Simon Boccanegra, Pamina, Mimì, Hanna in The Haunted Manor, and Micaëla, alongside her role debut as Desdemona in Otello at Teatr Wielki Poznań. Internationally, she has appeared as Cristina/Virginia in Rivoluzione e Nostalgia at La Monnaie, where one reviewer called her simply a "phenomenally gifted soprano," and as Pamina at Komische Oper Berlin and Teatro Regio di Torino. In 2025/26 she debuted as Liù in Turandot at Oper Köln, and in Kraków was singled out as a "rising star of the opera stage."

A laureate of numerous international competitions, Gabriela won First Prize at the Ada Sari International Vocal Competition (2019), the Ewa Kleinitz Award at the Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino (2021), the Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura Award at the International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (2022), and First Prize at the 5th Adam Didur International Opera Singers' Competition (2024). She was awarded the Silver Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Gabriela is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, and a former member of the Opera Academy at Teatr Wielki– Polish National Opera.

Gabriela is based in Warsaw, Poland

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Angelica Conner

Angelica Conner

Senior Artist Manager
Katy Crompton

Katy Crompton

Associate Artist Manager
Charlotte Bateman

Charlotte Bateman

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

Worldwide representation with Askonas Holt

Season Highlights

Sep 2026
Opera Śląska, Bytom
Don Giovanni (Donna Anna)
Oct 2026 - Nov 2026
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
Roméo et Juliette (Juliette)
Nov 2026 - Feb 2027
Teatr Wielki Łódź
Otello (Desdemona)
Dec 2026 - Jan 2027
Opera Bałtycka, Gdansk
La bohème (Mimì)
Jan 2027
Opera Wrocław
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Antonia)
Apr 2027 - Jul 2027
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
Die Zauberflöte (Pamina)

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Selected Repertoire

Bizet

Carmen (Micaëla)

Gounod

Roméo et Juliette (Juliette)   •   Faust (Marguerite)

Karol Szymanowski

Król Roger (Roxana)

Mozart

Don Giovanni (Donna Anna)   •   Die Zauberflöte (Pamina)

Offenbach

Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Antonia)

Puccini

La bohème (Mimì)   •   La rondine (Magda de Civry)   •   Turandot (Liù)

Stanisław Moniuszko

Haunted Manor (Hanna)

Verdi

Simon Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)   •   Otello (Desdemona)   •   La traviata (Violetta Valéry)

Press

  • Turandot (Liù)

    Oper Köln
    May 2026 - Jun 2026

    • Gabriela Legun as Liu is Turandot's tear-jerking antagonist... She sings the role of Liu with a radiant voice and exquisitely soft pianissimo tones in the high register. Her great final aria in the last act, "Sì, Principessa, ascoltami! Tu, che di gel sei cinta, da tanta fiamma vintal'amerai anche tu!" became a musical highlight of the evening and truly resonated deeply.

  • Nostalgia e Rivoluzione (Cristina/Virginia)

    La Monnaie
    Mar 2024

    • Gabriela Legun embodies the role of the young filmmaker Cristina with beautiful complexity. The soprano, appearing for the first time on the stage of La Monnaie , received a standing ovation from the audience, charmed by the young singer's clear and precise tone. With no technical limitations, she established herself as a versatile coloratura vocalist.

    • Equally clear and limpid in voice, Gabriela Legun (who played her own mother in Rivoluzione ) continues to radiate the energy of her singing. Warmer, deeper, and imbued with profound romanticism, the young artist, making her debut at La Monnaie , opens the opera with a solo from Il Corsaro , “Egli non riede ancora!” which sets the tone for her role. Her high notes reach ethereal heights, tinged nonetheless with a somber solitude.

    • Cristina, the voice of peaceful resistance is that of Polish soprano Gabriela Legun, achingly beautiful in her one or two arias... Gabriela Legun kicks off with a simply exquisite 'Egli non riede ancora'...

    • We also loved Gabriela Legun's Cristina, no less impressive in her intentions, combining superlative technique, breath control, and rich vocal colors.

    • Gabriela Legun’s nuanced and masterful performance is the standout revelation of this first instalment. She is undoubtedly a young soprano whose artistic career is well worth following with interest.

    • Polish soprano Gabriela Legun compensates, however , with a clear and balanced vocal production, pianissimos of exquisite beauty, and a vocal line of the utmost elegance and expressiveness. It was her first performance at La Monnaie, and on the second evening (Nostalgia), she offered us that difficult and moving aria from Il Corsaro, “Non so le tetre immagine,” with conclusive conviction and commitment.

    • The revelation that is Gabriela Legun embodies inner turmoil and authenticity in a vocal texture that spirals like a memory.

    • We prefer the superb performance of the most Verdi-esque of the group, the young Polish soprano Gabriela Legun, still unknown but not for long, who embodies the all-too-brief roles of Cristina in Revoluzione and then her daughter Virginia in Nostalgia, dazzling us with her regal vocal assurance. She opens Act 2 in particular with a stunningly masterful rendition of "Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente" (Lucrezia's aria from I due Foscari): trills, ornamentation, soaring and commanding high notes, vocalizations, a superb musical line, long sustained notes—nothing is lacking. And we are delighted to see her again in the second part, despite the brevity of her appearance.

    • ...and Gabriela Legun , with her warm and superbly controlled voice, who delivered a truly exemplary interpretation of Medora's aria (Il Corsaro).

    • Soprano Gabriela Legun , the only soloist to appear in both parts of the production, lends her supple voice and luminous timbre, with a more youthful and appealing freshness, to both Cristina the mother – in Rivoluzione – and her daughter – Virginia – in Nostalgia. Her slightly higher tessitura and lighter foundation are perfectly suited to these two more ethereal characters, who endure fate rather than confront it.

    • And yet I must single out Gabriela Legun for a moment, for she deserves it a thousand times over. She must have a direct connection with Mr Verdi himself. Rarely has one heard a soprano sing with such otherworldly beauty and technical excellence. A small – no, a great – miracle. That she is, moreover, unashamedly beautiful is a comment that is no longer of this age. A real stroke of luck for Opera Gazet!

    • ...the breathtaking Gabriela Legun in the small role of Christina. Fortunately, she can be seen again in Nostalgia as Christina's daughter Virginia.