Miloš Horák

Bassbaritone Miloš Horák is a private student of professors René Tuček and Katarína Bachmannová who is still his vocal coach. The singer participated in the masterclasses of Professor Nikolaus Hillebrand. In 2000, Mr Horák joined the opera company in Ústí nad Labem, North Czech Republic, singing roles in Madama Butterfly (Bonze), La traviata (Marquis d’Obigny), The Tales of Hoffmann (Hermann). In 2004, the bassbaritone joined the Prague State Opera chorus, appearing in a wide range of roles such as Narumov (The Queen of Spades), Count Ceprano (Rigoletto), Fiorello (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Imperial Commissioner (Madama Butterfly), Mandarin (Turandot) and others. In 2008 the singer was a finalist of the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary. In 2009 he was appointed soloist at the Prague State Opera, performing in The Magic Flute (Papageno), Otello (Lodovico), Aida (Ramfis). He sang Ramfis with the Prague State Opera on tour in Salzburg and in Japan. At the National Theatre, Mr Horák made a guest appearance as the Canadian ice hockey forward and the Japanese attendant in the re-run of Nagano, an ice-hockey opera by Martin Smolka. In 2010 he sang in The Storm, a cantata by Vítězslav Novák, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. His regular appearances in opera houses in Plzeň, West Czech Republic, and České Budějovice, South Czech Republic, include Colline in Puccini’s La bohéme, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Leporello in Don Giovanni. Mr Horák performs in concert, singing bass in Bach’s Magnificat, Händel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and in Dvořák’s Te Deum.