Born in Poland, soprano Justyna Giermola brings a traditional European flavor to opera with alayered, luxuriant voice, and striking beauty. The critics called her a soprano with a “rich, velvety timbre” and her performances described as “sparkling and pristine”.

Coming up, the versatile soprano has several debuts of both new works and new roles. She will add the role of Rosalinda in Strauss’s classic Die Fledermaus, the title role in Halka by Moniuszko, the title role in Carmen in Bizet’s beloved classic and Sara in a new operaBloodlines composed by Shuying Li with a libretto by Lila Palmer. She will also make her Zankel Hall debut at Carnegie Hall singing a concert of works by the Polish composer Stanislaw Moniuszko. Most recently, the soprano had the honor to debut three songs by Patricia Giannattasio in a concert dedicated to women composers and made her company debuts with Hudson Lyric Opera and NYC Productions singing Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana and First Witch in Dido and Aeneas, respectively.

The 2018-2019 season brought the soprano to The Cleveland Opera with a role debut in the U.S. premier of the Stanislaw Moniuszko opera The Haunted Manor (Straszny Dwor) as the“lovely and understated” Jadwiga. She started the season singing the solo in Poulenc’s Gloriawith the Rockland Choral Society and had the opportunity to sing the solo again later in the season with Masterwork Chorus. Other upcoming performances include reprising the roles ofNedda in I Pagliacci and the title role in Manon Lescaut. Highlights of 2017-2018 included the world premiere of the new musical drama In Search of Desdemona in the role of Santa di Carlo / Desdemona at Lincoln Center. She added the title role in Manon Lescaut and had the opportunity to perform Mimi in La Boheme. Ms. Giermola has sung the roles of Aurettain Mozart’s L’oca del Cairo for Garden State Opera and Violetta in La Traviata at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi (Pollenza, Italy). Later that season she added the role of Musetta in La Bohemewhen she made her company debut with New Jersey Verismo Opera and reprised the role with Eastern Opera Company that same year. A regular at Eastern Opera Company she has sung the roles of Micaela in Carmen, Nedda in Pagliacci, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Santuzza inCavalleria Rusticana and the title roles in Tosca and Suor Angelica with the company. Other roles include Mother in Hansel and Gretel Aldonza in Man of La Mancha and Mimi in La Boheme.

Equally active on the concert stage her performances have led her to venues such as CarnegieHall’s Weill Hall and Zankel Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Lincoln Center in NYC andinternationally to Spain, Italy, Germany and Poland. Ms. Giermola recently made her company debut with the St. Peter of the Sea Orchestra in an all Puccini concert in collaboration with theNew Jersey State Opera. After a successful world premier of Robert Butts’ Symphony #1, where she was the soprano soloist, Ms. Giermola was very excited to be asked back to sing with The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey in their Czech Mates concert where she debuted anoriginal orchestration of Dvorak’s “Song to the Moon” from the opera Rusalka. Ms. Giermolahas performed as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation Mass and Missa Brevis, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass Faure’s Requiem, Brahm’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Handel’s Messiah. She was also the featured soloist with the Glens FallsSymphony in Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.