Maria Sartova

           Maria Sartova studied voice as one of the very last pupils of Ada Sari, the celebrated Polish singing teacher, at the Warsaw Music Academy where she graduated with honors. She then travelled to Milano and to Paris to gain perfection in style and technique.

Shortly after, she made her début at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, followed by performances with the Wroclaw Opera. Her career, singing many major roles, then spread throughout Europe, to France, Germany, and Switzerland, followed by performances in Israel and the USA. She was strongly acclaimed in the role of Tatiana in Tchaikowsky’s “Eugene Oneguin”.

At the same time, her love of theatre, developed over many years of contact with great artists such as Grotowsky, Kantor, and Szajna, turned her imagination more and more to staging and the use of space in theatre. In Paris, her meeting with Bronislaw Horowicz, pupil of  Leon Schiller, the world famous director, developed into a long friendship and artistic collaboration, where she became very active in theatre staging and film productions.

For the French and Polish televisions, she produced many documentary films, founded upon the cultural life and personalities of these two countries and worked with many well-known artists such as Leslie Caron, Maria Laborit, Andrzej Seweryn, Alexandra Stewart, et al.

Since 2002, as stage director, she has collaborated with many theatres such as :

The Grand Theatre in Poznan :

2002 - “Pêcheurs de Perles”  by Georges Bizet 
2002 - “Norma” by Vincenzo Bellini 
2006 - “Der Freischütz” by Carl Maria von Weber  

The Opera Theatre in Szczecin :

2002 - “Ballo in Maschera” by G. Verdi  : nominated for the “Golden Mask” prize given by the once-a-year theatre and musical competition in Poland.
2003 -  “Princess Czardas” by Emmerich Kalman   

Gliwice Musical Theatre :

2004 - “Hello, Dolly” by Jerry Herman
2005  - “42nd Street” by Harry Warren   

2007  - “Ragtime” - by Stephen Flaherty

  Maria Sartova