Jana Sibera

Soloist of the State Opera Prague

Jana Sibera is a soloist of the State Opera in Prague. Her high coloratura soprano has celebrated a great success in many roles – Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), Violetta (La traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Cunegonde (Candide), Musetta (La Bohème), Adela (Die Fledermaus), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera) and many others. For several seasons she has been also co-operating with the National Theatre where she performed the roles of Zerlina (Don Giovanni), First Nymph (Rusalka), Frasquita (Carmen) and the triple role of Waiter – Miraculous Child – Student in Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr Brouček conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

Her roles also include Norina (Don Pasquale) and Blonde (Die Entführung aus Dem Serail) which she performed at the Theatre of J. K. Tyl in Plzeň. With Opera Mozart Praha she played in more than 40 repeats of the summer staging of Don Giovanni in the Estates Theatre.

In June 2008 she was a finalist at the Barbara Hendricks International Vocal Competition in Strasbourg. Her collaboration with the famous tenor J. Kaufmann for his CD for Decca was also a major success.

She graduated from the Prague State Conseravatoire and The Music and Dance faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.