Wiktoria Studzińska-Marczewska Studziński

Wiktoria Studzińska-Marczewska, whose full name was Ewa Marianna Salomea, was a soprano and actress born in Kraków in 1816. She belongs to the world of Polish musical theatre in the first half of the nineteenth century, when the companies of Kraków and Warsaw formed the principal stage for opera in the Polish language. She was the sister of Wincenty Studziński, a relationship mentioned in the accounts that record her.

Her vocal training was entrusted to a teacher named Gorączkiewicz. She made her debut as a soloist in 1832 at a theatre in Kraków and afterwards toured with that company to other towns across the country. Between 1842 and 1844 she sang at the Teatro Grande in Warsaw and, from 1844 to 1846, performed once more with a Kraków theatre. Her final stage appearance took place in 1848. After marrying she gave up her career, although for a time she taught singing in Sandomierz.

Her voice is described as not especially large but pure, firm and clear, and she is portrayed as a natural and charming actress, very popular on the stages of both cities. Her greatest triumph was the role of Marie in Donizetti's La fille du régiment. Her legacy rests chiefly on this local reputation, as the date of her death is not known with certainty and probably falls after 1881.