Irena Santor ends her career. “I had a specific reason to say goodbye to the stage”

The great lady of Polish song, delighting audiences with her mezzo-soprano voice since the 1950s, decided to say goodbye to the stage. He also made the same decision Jerzy Połomski.

In a recent interview with Newseria Lifestyle, Santor admitted that she “took advantage of the pandemic” in making this decision:

The 86-year-old admitted that it was time to rest. Jerzy Połomski made a similar decision.

“Of course, I feel sorry that Jurek left the profession, because he has such a beautiful voice, nature has endowed him with such a beautifully sounding voice and, in addition, musicality. But one day he decided not to sing anymore, I don’t know why, it happens sometimes“- Irena Santor emphasized in an interview with the agency.

The artist performed on stage for years – but in the end, the years of work took its toll, and concert activity began to be exhausting for the artist. A year ago, Santor appealed that the situation of artists during the pandemic is extremely difficult. She admitted then that she had a grudge against the Polish authorities. “Apart from a few exceptions, they do not support people of culture. As long as they needed us, we had their time, it was fun. Now they have turned their backs on us. It is sad. They treat us neglectfully, and yet we pay our taxes like everyone else. I am full of hope, the theaters will open any moment and everything will start to return to normal, she said in an interview with Super Express.

“The First Lady of Polish Song” began her career as a 16-year-old in the “Mazowsze” Song and Dance Ensemble, to begin her solo career at the end of the 1950s. Hits such as “No more wild beaches”, “You will come back here”, “Little flat in Mariensztat” or “No one will give up these years” is known to every Pole.

Irena Santor: information

Irena Santor She was born Irena Wiśniewska on December 9, 1934 in the small village of Papowo Biskupie, located in what is now the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Quite quickly, she and her family moved to Solec Kujawski, and from 1948 she lived with her mother in Polanica Zdrój. After primary school, she studied at the Glass Decoration Gymnasium, and later at the Basic Vocational School of Glass Industry in Szczytna.

Santor is one of the most popular Polish singers. She made her solo debut in 1959 with a performance at the Sala Kongresowa in Warsaw during a concert organized on the occasion of the 50th issue of the Zgaduj-Zgadula program. She has performed, inter alia, at the Ateneum Theater and the Syrena Theater.

She has recorded several dozen albums, incl. “In the land of songs”, “Remember it’s me”, “Warsaw, me and you” or “Time runs”. Santor’s last work is the album “Point of View”, released in 2014.

A laureate of international song festivals, she was also the first singer in Poland to receive an honorary doctorate.

Source: Lifestyle Newseria

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