Following the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Opera magazine exclaimed, "In terms of dramatic intensity, there was perhaps no one who sang better or more consistently than the Polish mezzo Edyta Kulczak" and further praised her for her "full and rich voice and naturally elegant presence." In the 2007-08 season, she returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Grimgerde in Die Walküre, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Mercedes in Carmen, and the Lady comme ci comme ca in The Gambler in addition to joining the company for its productions of La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, War and Peace, and Manon Lescaut. She also sings the title role in Carmen with the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra in Louisiana.

Ms. Kulczak has been a frequent guest at the Metropolitan Opera since the Grand Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and her subsequent debut as Flora in La Traviata. Her previous engagements with the famed company include Mercedes in Carmen, Ninetta in I Vespri Siciliani, the Priestess in Aida, Flowermaiden in Parsifal and Third Sprite in Rusalka. She has also joined the company for Le Nozze di Figaro, Kata Kabanova, Le Rossignol, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Moses und Aron, Italiana in Algeri, Das Rheingold, Don Carlo, Faust, Les Troyens and La Clemenza di Tito.

Ms. Kulczak has been heard as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Santa Barbara Grand Opera, Flora in La Traviata with Opera Theater of Saint Louis, and Preziosilla in La forza del destino under the direction of Carlo Bergonzi with the A. Toscanini Fondazione in Busseto, Italy.

On the concert platform, Ms. Kulczak has sung Bach's Magnificat and Handel's Alexander's Feast with the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Sapporo, Japan, Szymanowski's Stabat Mater, Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Mozart's Missa di Requiem, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and many song recitals throughout the United States and Europe.

She received her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Chopin Conservatory of Music in Warsaw and Artist Diploma from Northwestern University School of Music. With these institutions, she performed the roles of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, and Frau Reich in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor. She received additional training at the Music Academy of the West where she sang Eduige in Rodelinda. Ms. Kulczak has also received first prizes with Barnett Foundation, the national competition of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Society of American Musicians, and the Chicago Bel Canto Foundation Opera Competition.

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