Richard Haan

One of the most frequent guests of the Prague State Opera and one of the most sought-after Czech baritones at the present time, Richard Haan is a pupil of the voice teachers R. Tucek and J. Svabova as well as of I. Josifov, with whom he studied as a resident at the International Vocal Studies in Sofia. He began his professional career in Ústí nad Labem, and later took regular engagements in Olomouc, Brno and Bratislava. Now he is again a member of the corps of soloists at the National Theater in Brno, where he also works as a teacher at the Janáček Academy. He appears regularly as a guest not only at the Prague State Opera and other opera houses in the Czech Republic, but abroad as well – in Bratislava, Paris, Caracas, Jerusalem, and Kazan. His repertoire is very extensiv – let us mention at least Verdi’s Rigoletto, Nabucco, Rodrigo di Posa (Il Trovatore), Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Scarpia (Puccini: Tosca), Telramund (Wagner: Lohengrin), Jochanaan (Strauss: Salome), Escamillo (Bizet: Carmen), Jan Mathis (Weis: The Polish Jew) and Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas all of which roles he has performed at the Prague State Opera. Richard Haan was awarded the Czech prestigious Thalia 2010 prize.