Edita Adlerová
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Edita Adlerová is a Czech
classical mezzo-soprano
who has been active in operas, concerts, and recitals since the early 1990s. She is the recipient of the Czech Music Fund Award.
, Adlerová studied singing at the Pardubice Conservatoire, earning a degree in vocal performance in 1991. Shortly after she graduated, Adlerová made her professional opera debut at the Pilsen Opera in the title tole of Georges Bizet
's Carmen
. Only nineteen years old at the time, she remains the youngest singer to portray Carmen in Czech opera history. She has since created Carmen and Flamenco, a presentation of the music from Bizet's opera which features flamenco dancers and music arranged for two Spanish guitars and castanets.
While still occasionally appearing in operas, Adlerová has chiefly established herself in the concert repertoire, particularly in performing worked by contemporary Czech composers like Miloš Bok, Marek Kopelent
, and Roman Z. Novák. She is also known for her work as an oratorio
singer and her performances of pieces by Antonín Dvořák
. She has sung in numerous concerts with the Prague Symphony Orchestra
, including appearing as a featured soloist in the 1999 concert of Claude Debussy
's The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian under conductor Serge Baudo
. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Prague Philharmonia
, the Brno State Philharmonic, the Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic of Pardubice
, the Philharmony Hradec Králové, and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra among other orchestras. Adlerová has also recorded several different song cycle
s with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)
and recorded works for Czech radio and television.
As a chamber musician, Adlerová has appeared in concert with such ensembles as Czech Nonet and Clarinet Factory. She has also given two recitals at the Prague Spring International Music Festival, and appeared in recital at the Smetana's Litomyšl International Opera Festival, the Kishinev Spring Festival in Moldavia, and Les Invalides
in Paris. She has also given recitals of Jewish music at Prague's Nine Gates Festival.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
classical mezzo-soprano
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...
who has been active in operas, concerts, and recitals since the early 1990s. She is the recipient of the Czech Music Fund Award.
Biography
Born in PardubicePardubice
Pardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle...
, Adlerová studied singing at the Pardubice Conservatoire, earning a degree in vocal performance in 1991. Shortly after she graduated, Adlerová made her professional opera debut at the Pilsen Opera in the title tole of Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
's Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
. Only nineteen years old at the time, she remains the youngest singer to portray Carmen in Czech opera history. She has since created Carmen and Flamenco, a presentation of the music from Bizet's opera which features flamenco dancers and music arranged for two Spanish guitars and castanets.
While still occasionally appearing in operas, Adlerová has chiefly established herself in the concert repertoire, particularly in performing worked by contemporary Czech composers like Miloš Bok, Marek Kopelent
Marek Kopelent
Marek Kopelent is a renowned Czech contemporary composer, who is considered to be at the forefront of the "New Music" movement.-Biography:Kopelent was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on 28 April 1932...
, and Roman Z. Novák. She is also known for her work as an oratorio
Oratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
singer and her performances of pieces by Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
. She has sung in numerous concerts with the Prague Symphony Orchestra
Prague Symphony Orchestra
The Prague Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 by Rudolf Pekárek. In the 1930s the orchestra performed the scores for many Czech films, and also appeared regularly on Czech radio. An early promoter of the orchestra was Dr...
, including appearing as a featured soloist in the 1999 concert of Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
's The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian under conductor Serge Baudo
Serge Baudo
Serge Baudo is a French conductor, the son of the oboist Étienne Baudo. He is the nephew of the cellist Paul Tortelier....
. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Prague Philharmonia
Prague Philharmonia
The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 1995 by Czech musicians with the German conductor Friedemann Riehle. The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra quickly developed into one of the leading orchestras for CD-recording in Europe. The orchestra plays about 200 recording sessions every year...
, the Brno State Philharmonic, the Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic of Pardubice
Pardubice
Pardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle...
, the Philharmony Hradec Králové, and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra among other orchestras. Adlerová has also recorded several different song cycle
Song cycle
A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist. Unification can be achieved by a narrative or a persona common to the songs, or even, as in Schumann's...
s with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOCR)
The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra is based in Prague in the Czech Republic.- History :Regular radio broadcasting began in the Czech Republic in May, 1923. Live classical musical broadcasts became very popular...
and recorded works for Czech radio and television.
As a chamber musician, Adlerová has appeared in concert with such ensembles as Czech Nonet and Clarinet Factory. She has also given two recitals at the Prague Spring International Music Festival, and appeared in recital at the Smetana's Litomyšl International Opera Festival, the Kishinev Spring Festival in Moldavia, and Les Invalides
Les Invalides
Les Invalides , officially known as L'Hôtel national des Invalides , is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's...
in Paris. She has also given recitals of Jewish music at Prague's Nine Gates Festival.