Václav Sibera

Soloist of the Prague State Opera

He graduated from the Prague Conservatory, subject clarinet (1991 – 1997) and opera singing – baritone (1993 – 1999). He took part in a number of competitions – on the Antonín Dvořák International Song Contest in Karlovy Vary / Karlsbad in 1998 he was awarded the 3rd place, on the Emma Destinová International Song Contest in České Budějovice / Budweiss in 2001 he won the 1st place and in the same year he got through to the finals of the Ferruccia Tagliavini International Song Contest in Deutschlandsberg. Since 1999 he has been the soloist of the Prague State Opera, where he played a number of baritone roles such as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte), Pseudolus (The Soldier and the Dancer), Peer Gynt (Peer Gynt), Maximilian, Captain (Candide), Schaunard (La Bohème ) and others. As Papageno he toured Japan in January 2005 and in April he played the same role in the Beseto opera in the Korean Seoul. In the years 2006 – 2008 he had cooperated with the Opera Mozart in the summer stagione Don Giovanni, where he played the title role. Since 2003 he has cooperated with the Prague National Theatre, where he played the triple role Poet, Cloudy and Vacek Bradatý from the opera Výlety páně Broučkovy (The Excursions of Mr. Brouček) by L. Janáček under the baton of Sir Charles Mackerras. In 2007 he made a recording of the above opera with the BBC Symphony orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek for the company Deutsche Grammophon in London. In 2008 he has decided to change the vocal fach and after a year-long study he debuted as Alfredo (La traviata) in the Prague State Opera in March 2009.