Alfred Orda

Alfred Orda-Wdowczak, known professionally as Alfred Orda, was a Polish operatic baritone born in Łódź in 1915. He was a Polish operatic baritone and soloist who began his vocal training at 19 and traveled to Milan in 1936 to study under Alfredo Cecchi. In 1940, he moved to the United Kingdom due to the war and started performing professionally with the Scottish Orchestra. Orda's breakthrough came in 1942 as Valentin in Faust with the Carl Rosa Company. He was a regular performer at the BBC Proms from 1943 to 1964, and toured extensively with the Polish Opera Company in Canada and the USA between 1945 and 1946. He passed away in 2004, following a heart attack.