Already at the age of seven, Aleskandra Kurzak began her musical  education with violin and piano lessons. She studied vocal arts at the  Musikhochschule Breslau, later at the University of Music and Theatre in  Hamburg, where she was at the same time member of the Opernstudio of  the Hamburgische Staatsoper. At the age of 21, still a student, the  winner of numerous international competitions debuted as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.  Between 2004 and 2007 she was member of the ensemble of the  Hamburgische Staatsoper. At the age of 27 she made her debut at the Met  as Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann and at the ROH Covent Garden as Aspasia in Mitridate. In 2010 she debuted at Teatro alla Scala as Gilda in Rigoletto. Her repertoire includes roles such as Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Maria Stuarda, Donna Fiorilla (Il turco in Italia), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Nedda (Pagliacci), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Marzelline (Fidelio), Nannetta (Falstaff), Gilda, Adele, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Musetta (La Bohème), Marie (La fille du régiment), Norina (Don Pasquale), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Violetta (La traviata),  Rosina, Lucia di Lammermoor. She made her debut at the Wiener  Staatsoper in 2008 as Rosina and sang also Adina, Susanna, Marie, Gilda  and Violetta.    http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Kurzak.en.php