Henryk Grychnik: key obituary facts
Is Henryk Grychnik dead? Yes. Henryk Grychnik died on November 7, 2026, at age 93.
Cause of death: Henryk Grychnik's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Henryk Grychnik known for?
He was a Polish operatic tenor and longtime soloist of the Silesian Opera.
More about Henryk Grychnik
Henryk Grychnik, a Polish operatic tenor and longtime soloist of the Silesian Opera, died November 7, 2026, aged 93.
Born in Zabrze in 1933, he worked in opera as well as oratorio and cantata performance. His principal association was with the Silesian Opera in Bytom, where he was a soloist from 1956 through 1991.
During part of that tenure, from 1968 to 1970, he was also a soloist at the Zurich Opera. The parallel appointments placed him in two opera companies, while his performances also took him to the Grand Theatre–National Opera in Warsaw and the Wroclaw Opera. Grychnik’s recognition included a second prize at the International Music Competition in Geneva in 1963. In 1974, he received the City of Katowice Artistic Award. The following year brought the Golden Mask, and in 1978 he was awarded the Silver Mask. The distinction in Geneva came before the Katowice award and the two Mask awards, while the Zurich engagement fell within his long Bytom period. His professional record thus included sustained service at a Polish opera house and work with companies in Switzerland and elsewhere in Poland.