{"id":94986,"date":"2024-12-20T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/?p=94986"},"modified":"2024-12-19T14:21:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:21:25","slug":"karoline-podolak-receives-bronze-cross-of-merit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/karoline-podolak-receives-bronze-cross-of-merit\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Podolak Receives Bronze Cross of Merit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">(Credit: Robert Moskalik)<\/h6>\n<p>Soprano Karoline Podolak has received the Bronze Cross of Merit.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CanadianOpera\/status\/1867698586449818010\/photo\/1\">Canadian<\/a> Opera Company announced the news and said, &#8220;Congratulations to Ensemble Studio soprano Karoline Podolak on receiving the prestigious Bronze Cross of Merit! Awarded by the Polish President, this honor recognizes Karoline&#8217;s remarkable contributions as an artist. Bravo, Karoline!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Podolak is a Polish-Canadian soprano who has own the Grand Prize at the 2023 George and Nora London Foundation, First Prize and Audience Choice Prize Winner at the 2022 Canadian Opera Company Competition, and Second Prize at the 2023 Loren L. Zachary Vocal Competition. She has performed with the Silesian Opera House, Canadian Opera Company, Bulgaria National Opera, Staatstheater Augsburg, and Southern Ontario Lyric Opera, among others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations to Ensemble Studio soprano Karoline Podolak on receiving the prestigious Bronze Cross of Merit!<\/p>\n<p>Awarded by the Polish President, this honor recognizes Karoline&#8217;s remarkable contributions as an artist. Bravo, Karoline!<\/p>\n<p>: Robert Moskalik <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rAy9vfTvtH\">pic.twitter.com\/rAy9vfTvtH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canadian Opera Company (@CanadianOpera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadianOpera\/status\/1867698586449818010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Credit: Robert Moskalik) Soprano Karoline Podolak has received the Bronze Cross of Merit. The Canadian Opera Company announced the news and said, &#8220;Congratulations to Ensemble Studio soprano Karoline Podolak on receiving the prestigious Bronze Cross of Merit! Awarded by the Polish President, this honor recognizes Karoline&#8217;s remarkable contributions as an artist. 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