Tomáš Černý

At present, one of the most outstanding Czech tenors Tomáš Černý performs as a permanent guest soloist at both the National Theatre Opera in Prague and the Prague State Opera. He made a highly successful debut at Staatsoper Stuttgart in Jully 2008 as Laca in Calixto Bieito’s production of Janáček’s Jenůfa under the baton of Marc Piollet and at Opernhaus Zürich as the Prince from Dvořák’s Rusalka in June 2010 (conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev). In December 2009 Tomáš Černý gave a Tchaikovski concert at the Komische Oper Berlin under the chief conductor Carl St. Clair. Tomáš Černý is specialized in Dvořák’s concert repertoire and is internationally acclaimed for singing tenor parts in his Stabat Mater, Requiem, and The Spectre’s Bride.

Tomáš Černý was awarded the Czech prestigious Thalia 2000 prize for the interpretation of Prince Sou-Chong in Lehár’s Land of Smiles. Furthermore he was awarded within the Festival Opera 2005 for the best interpretation of the title role of Edgardo from Lucia di Lammermoor and he was the Thalia nominee for the role of Laca from Jenůfa (2005) and for the role of Jeník from Smetana’s The Bartered Bride (2008). After the Masterclass in 2006 with Prof. Margreet Honig he has been improving his voice performance with her. He also has co-operated with the soprano Christina Vasileva lately. Since 1997 he had studied with Prof. Jiří Kotouč and since 2002 with Prof. Svatava Šubrtová.

On opera stages, he has created a number of important roles of the Czech as well as world tenor repertoire such as Rodolfo (La bohème), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Alfredo (La traviata), the Prince (Rusalka), Jeník (The Bartered Bride) and Laca (Jenůfa). He takes successfully part in international festivals, e.g. Rheingau Musik Festival, ION – Musica Sacra in Nürnberg, Herrenchiemsee Festspiele, Murten Classics, Milano Musica, Smetana’s Litomyšl, The Prague Spring, The Prague Autumn, International Music Festival Český Krumlov, International Theatre Festival in Rumanian Sibiu, International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn and he also performed at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, etc.

He has co-operated with orchestras such as Czech Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Dvořák’s The Spectre’s Bride), Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig (Verdi’s Requiem), Bremer Philharmoniker, the Brabants Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Dvořák’s Stabat Mater), Odensee Symphony Orchestra (Dvořák’s Requiem), Orquesta Nacional de España (Martinů’s Gilgamesh), RAI Torino Orchester, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc.

Mr Černý has worked with conductors such as Petr Altrichter, Serge Baudo, Jiří Bělohlávek, Alan Buribayev, Aldo Ceccato, Gabriel Chmura, Oliver Dohnányi, Olari Elts, Leopold Hager, Eliahu Inbal, Ken-iciro Kobayashi, Jiří Kout, Ondrej Lenárd, Christoph Poppen, Helmuth Rilling, Leoš Svárovský, Martin Turnovský, Maximiano Valdés, Caspar Zehnder, and others.

During his career, Tomáš Černý has performed in concerts all across the world; the places of his appearances stretch from Tokyo Oji Hall cross most of the European countries (e.g. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland) to the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. His extensive concert and oratorio repertoire includes in addition to the common concert repertoire (Dvořák, Verdi, Bruckner, Berlioz, Janáček, Martinů) also baroque and classicist top works (Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini).

Future projects 2010/2011 include his debut in the role of Don José in Carmen in the Prague State Opera, from concerts e.g. the final concert Massenet’s Marie-Magdaleine at the Rheingau Musik Festival and concert with The Czech Philharmonic and conductor Ondrej Lenárd.

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