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JIRIKOVA, IVETA Iveta Jirikova
Principal singer with the National Theatre Opera in Prague, the soprano Iveta Jirikova studied singing at the University of Musical Arts in Bratislava, winning first prize in the M. Schneider-Trnavsk International
singing competition in Trnava in 2000 and giving a guest performance at the Stadttheater
in Giessen in the role of Dido in Purcells Dido and Aeneas. After
graduating she was engaged as a soloist by the National Theatre Opera in
Prague, where she has performed many roles, including Mafienka in Smetana's The
Bartered Bride, the Countess in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Mila in
Janacek's Fate, Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflote and Micaela in
Bizet's Carmen. With the National Theatre in Prague she went on tour to Salzburg with The Bartered Bride in 2002 and to Japan with Le nozze di Figaro in
2003. Under director Robert Wilson she gave a guest performance as Mila
in Janacek's Fate at the Teatro Real in Madrid. In recent years she has
been a permanent guest of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava,
interpreting roles such as Mafienka in The Bartered Bride, Micaela in Carmen
and Vendulka in Smetana's The Kiss. She also enjoys a successful
career in concerts, recitals and oratorio.
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