Stanisława Zawadzka, also known as ''Zavaska'' or ''Stani'', (5 February 1890 in
Warsaw
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– 21 July 1988 in
Skolimów) was a Polish
soprano
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singer. She was a soloist at
La Scala
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in Milan,
Covent Garden
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in London (1923 to 1935) and the
Poznań Opera.
After
World War II
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, she lectured at the
National Music School in Kraków and the
National Music School in Warsaw, where she was a professor since 1955. Her most notable pupil is
Stefania Woytowicz.
References
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1890 births
1988 deaths
Polish operatic sopranos
Academic staff of the Academy of Music in Kraków
Polish music educators
Polish women music educators
Academic staff of the Chopin University of Music
Musicians from Warsaw
20th-century Polish women opera singers
Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland
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