Adam Plachetka, the best Mozartian baritone

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Adam Plachetka, the best Mozartian baritone

Adam Plachetka spontaneously decided to pursue a career in singing after finishing elementary school. He is now acclaimed as the best Mozartian baritone of his generation in Czechia and around the world, but also takes the occasional break to appear in musicals. He even sang on the sweltering roof of the renovated Lucerna Palace in the centre of Prague, in front of an audience that was cooling off in bathtubs of water.

The best Mozartian baritone

He performs with some of the world's most famous conductors, and has sung as characters from operas such as Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Libuše and La Bohème on some of the world's most prestigious stages - from Munich, through Brussels to Boston. As a permanent member of the Vienna State Opera, he makes regular guest appearances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Salzburg Festival.

Czech vocal star Adam Plachetka’s wife is the top Czech soprano Kateřina Kněžíková. They enjoy spending their free time with their children at their cottage in the Znojmo region in the vineyard paradise of South Moravia. The couple are also regular guests of the Znojmo Music Festival.

As part of the celebrations marking the Year of Czech Music, he and his wife Kateřina Kněžíková will perform in a concert of the festive opera Libuše during the Prague Spring festival. He will make another festival appearance at Smetana’s Litomyšl, at the château in Kroměříž on 28 July, at the Žižkov Tower in Prague on 31 July and also at the Janáček Brno show.

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Adam Plachetka: I'm lucky, I'm already singing my dream roles

The famous Prague Spring Festival (Pražské jaro) is approaching, so we want to introduce you to the best Czech opera singer of today. Bass baritone and baritone, Adam Plachetka, has achieved a lot at the age of 35. He has not only sung in Prague, but also shone in Vienna, Salzburg, Munich and the New York Metropolitan Opera. In the course of ten years, he has sung in over two hundred performances in 30 different roles.

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