Piotr Becza?a is a Polish operatic tenor. Becza?a was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice in southern Poland and initially trained in Katowice. He studied under Sena Jurinac in Switzerland. His first engagements were with the Linz State Theatre from 1992 to 1997, after which he became a regular member of Zurich Opera. Between 2004 and 2006, Becza?a made several major international house debuts. In April 2004, he made his debut at London's Royal Opera House as the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier, later returning in October of that year in the title role of Faust, then in June 2005 as the Duke in Rigoletto, and in September 2006, again in Faust. In November 2004, he made his San Francisco Opera and American debut as Lensky in Eugene Onegin. Becza?a's La Scala debut came in January 2006 as the Duke in Rigoletto, the role in which he also made Metropolitan Opera debut on December 19, 2006. In 2007, Becza?a was awarded the Munich Opera Festival Prize. In 2012/2013, Becza?a reprised his role as the Duke in Michael Mayer's new "Rat Pack" production of Rigoletto at the Met. 

December 28th, 1966 in Czechowice-Dziedzice (Age 57)